WhatsApp group calling to now support upto 8 members
Instant messaging app WhatsApp continues to offer new features for its users. Recently, the company had informed that soon a very interesting and useful feature will be added to the group calling for the users. The company had revealed that it is going to double the group calling limit on WhatsApp. At the same time, the company has officially made this feature available. It can be used on both Android and iOS platforms. Now the group calling limit on WhatsApp has been increased to 8 instead of 4. That is, now you can do group calling with 8 people simultaneously.
WhatsApp has shared this information on its blog. It states that now 8 members can enjoy group calling together on WhatsApp. This feature is available for both Android and iOS users. It has also been informed that if you want to take advantage of this feature, then it is mandatory for your phone to have the latest version of WhatsApp.
WhatsApp says that last month, people have spent an average of 15 billion minutes on WhatsApp calls, which is much higher than before. The use of WhatsApp calls has increased significantly in the lockdown caused by the coronavirus. Apart from calls, messages are also being used extensively. WhatsApp calls are completely protected by end-to-end encryption. The company says that we have designed group calling in such a way that users can also take advantage of it on slow network.
Apart from this, Facebook also launched the Messenger Rooms feature in view of the increasing response to video calls. In Facebook Messenger Rooms, users can avail group calling with 50 people at a time. Apart from the people working from home, this feature is also very useful for those students who are studying online nowadays.