WhatsApp for iPhone Now Lets You Call Your Friends and Family for Free
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Posted April 21, 2015 at 6:12pm by iClarified
The WhatsApp Messenger app has been updated with the ability to call your friends and family for free. The feature is built into version 2.12.1 of the app and is being rolled out to all users over the next few weeks.
WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for iPhone and other smartphones. WhatsApp uses your 3G or WiFi (when available) to message with friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages. First year FREE! ($0.99 USD/year after)
What's New In This Version: • WhatsApp Calling: Call your friends and family using WhatsApp for free, even if they’re in another country. WhatsApp calls use your phone’s Internet connection rather than your cellular plan’s voice minutes. Data charges may apply. Note: WhatsApp Calling is rolling out slowly over the next several weeks.
• iOS 8 share extension: Share photos, videos, and links right to WhatsApp from other apps.
• Quick camera button in chats: Now you can capture photos and videos, or quickly choose a recent camera roll photo or video.
• Edit your contacts right from WhatsApp.
• Send multiple videos at once and crop and rotate videos before sending them.
You can download WhatsApp Messenger from the App Store for free.
The new call button for iOS is rather different than for Android. Android has a cool tab, which gives more info. We on iOS have a little phone icon next the the persons pic in the upper right corner of the chat screen. Also, there is no way of currently seeing call log that I can find. Because I knew that Android folks had to be "triggered" during this unrolling period, I had a friend call me to attempt to trigger the ability for me. If that worked, I'm not sure as I was looking for a user interface similar to android (ie tabs). I might not have noticed that little phone icon initially... By the next day, I surely noticed it and started using it.
Ok how do you make a free phone call on Whatsapp? How Do you know if your making a free call as I tried to make a call but I didn't show if it was a free whatsapp call and it was very clear ? Any one know the answers please ?
Too bad WhatsApp is a spam magnet. Until the developers smarten up and enable features to restrict spam (not just prevent subsequent messages from same user) then WhatsApp is doomed to be irrelevant and replaced by customer centric models.
Already deleted this POS software - good riddance!
@Gizmo
No, android user can't make a call to iOS user even if android user already using calling feature. I tried it didn't work.
I think when iOS user have that feature and if he will call to a iOS user then it will be enabled.
Right now it looks like only incoming whatsapp calls to iOS from limited iOS customers who got the calling feature or if you have a friend on android who use whatsapp they can call you on iOS via whatsapp calling !!!
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