WhatsApp users can now make voice and video calls using the desktop app. The Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp announced this in a tweet.
As per the post shared by WhatsApp on Twitter, calls made using its desktop app will offer end-to-end encryption. “Secure and reliable, end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls are now available on our desktop app,” reads the tweet.
The voice and video calling feature till now was available only for the mobile app of WhatsApp. The latest announcement will come in handy to those using the WhatsApp desktop app.
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It is still not available for the WhatsApp Web, the app’s browser version. This means that a user will be able to make voice and video calls only if they have downloaded and installed the WhatsApp desktop app on their desktop/laptop.