Calling across desktop and mobile
By Whatsapp Since introducing Calling to WhatsApp in 2015, we’ve continually enhanced the feature by adding group calls, video calls, and multi-platform support.
Today, we are excited to announce several updates for WhatsApp, Web WhatsApp, and the WhatsApp website that will significantly improve your calling experience across all devices. These updates will be rolled out over the next few weeks:
Screen sharing with audio: Perfect for watching videos together, now you can share your screen and audio on WhatsApp, Web WhatsApp, and the WhatsApp website.
More participants: You can now have up to 32 people on a video call across all your devices, whether you’re using WhatsApp, Web WhatsApp, or the WhatsApp website.
Speaker spotlight: Easily identify who’s speaking with the speaker automatically highlighted and appearing first on screen on WhatsApp, Web WhatsApp, and the WhatsApp website
We also remain relentlessly focused on audio and video quality, ensuring clearer calls no matter where you are. Recently, we launched the MLow codec, which improves call reliability on WhatsApp, Web WhatsApp, and the WhatsApp website. Calls made on mobile devices benefit from enhanced noise and echo cancellation, making it easier to have calls in noisy environments. Video calls have higher resolution for those with faster connections. Audio quality is crisper overall, even if you have poor network connectivity or are using an older device. You can read more about the MLow codec and listen to the difference in audio quality.
We’ll continue making improvements to calling on WhatsApp, Web WhatsApp, and the WhatsApp website so you can make the best quality, private calls wherever you are in the world.
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