{"id":10980,"date":"2022-09-27T14:05:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=10980"},"modified":"2022-09-27T14:05:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:05:50","slug":"whatsapp-update-new-group-call-feature-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/whatsapp-update-new-group-call-feature-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp update: New group call feature coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp update: New group call feature coming soon. Instant messaging and calling platform WhatsApp is about to launch a new feature that will allow users to share a direct link to call.<\/p>\n<p>The feature will soon appear on WhatsApp this week and will be accessible through a banner at the top of the Calls tab.<\/p>\n<p>Those with the latest version of the application will be able to try the Call Link feature.<\/p>\n<p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the news on Facebook. He said that users would be &#8220;a single tap&#8221; away from sharing a link to a call.<\/p>\n<p>There was news of the feature in April where WhatsApp said users would be able to call up to 32 users at a time, naming it WhatsApp Communities.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/as-unrest-grows-iran-restricts-access-to-instagram-whatsapp.html\">As unrest grows, Iran restricts access to Instagram &amp; WhatsApp<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The newest feature will be available for both audio and video calls.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg confirmed in the post that encrypted video calling was being tested for group calls. Right now, WhatsApp only allows eight people in a single call.<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of the latest feature means WhatsApp could be competing against platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. All these platforms allow at least 100 users at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp update: New group call feature coming soon. Instant messaging and calling platform WhatsApp is about to launch a new feature that will allow users to share a direct link to call. The feature will soon appear on WhatsApp this week and will be accessible through a banner at the top of the Calls tab. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6958,6685,6959,157,312,158],"class_list":["post-10980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-mark-zuckerberg","tag-meta","tag-whatsapp-update","tag-facebook","tag-google","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}