{"id":3730,"date":"2021-03-10T08:08:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T08:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2026-01-21T03:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:23:01","slug":"whatsapp-enables-voice-and-video-call-option-on-whatsapp-desktop-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/whatsapp-enables-voice-and-video-call-option-on-whatsapp-desktop-app\/10\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp Enables Voice and Video Call Option on WhatsApp Desktop App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WhatsApp has rolled out voice and video call feature on WhatsApp desktop application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s one of the most anticipated feature to be rolled out by WhatsApp recently. While the feature is limited and does not allow group video chat via it\u2019s desktop version, it still offers end-to-end encryption. You can download the WhatsApp desktop app for Windows or Mac OS from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this update, WhatsApp is not looking to compete with Zoom or Google Meet at the moment. Since both Zoom and Google Meet offers group voice and video call support, Whatsapp Desktop app lacks this feature. Sources say it&#8217;s mainly because Facebook brought voice and video call support for groups to Facebook desktop messenger application last year.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(See also:  <a href=\"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/21\/signal-whatsapp-and-telegram-which-is-more-secure-and-why\/\">Signal, Whatsapp, and Telegram : Which Is More Secure and Why?<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WhatsApp has not ruled out the possibility of bringing this feature on WhatsApp web in near future. With WhatsApp breaking the record with 1.4 billion voice and video calls on New Year\u2019s eve, it surely will bring every cool feature to lure users to stay connected with WhatsApp when there are new apps such as <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms&amp;hl=en_IN&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.telegram.messenger&amp;hl=en_IN&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegram<\/a> are competing for market share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>For creators, businesses, and community admins using WhatsApp beyond personal messaging:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>WhatsApp Channels and Groups are now major tools for marketing, announcements, and community engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Grow broadcast Channels \u2192 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/buy-whatsapp-channel-members\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/buy-whatsapp-channel-members\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">buy WhatsApp Channel Members<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Grow discussion-based Groups \u2192 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/buy-whatsapp-group-members\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/buy-whatsapp-group-members\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">buy WhatsApp Group Members<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has rolled out voice and video call feature on WhatsApp desktop application. It\u2019s one of the most anticipated feature to be rolled out by WhatsApp recently. While the feature is limited and does not allow group video chat via it\u2019s desktop version, it still offers end-to-end encryption. You can download the WhatsApp desktop app<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1150,1151,860],"class_list":{"0":"post-3730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-media","8":"tag-video-voice-call","9":"tag-whatsapp-desktop","10":"tag-whatsapp-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3730"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9620,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions\/9620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}