Video telephony in WhatsApp soon possible?
from David Wurm 
on May 17, 2016, 19:20 am | 1 comment
It could happen soon: video calls in WhatsApp. Some WhatsApp beta testers are now reporting that a button for video telephony was displayed in the Android app on their devices. However, the feature cannot be used at the moment.
Who Android Authority It has now been reported that beta testers were shown the video feature in the app with version number 2.16.80, which is to be released in the foreseeable future. When the users clicked on the phone button in Messenger, “Video Call” should have been displayed as a further selection method. It is currently not known whether the WhatsApp beta could already use the feature; probably not, as the authenticity of the published screenshots could not be confirmed.
WhatsApp video telephony - Image: Macerkopf
Call feature has now disappeared again
After another update of the BETA version of WhatsApp, the feature is said to have disappeared again according to the testers. Accordingly, the very data-intensive function is not yet ready for so many users. Since WhatsApp now has over a billion users, such a function will only be rolled out very slowly. Maybe one will like last year with WhatsApp callsthat can activate the function from user to user. It is also possible that the function will initially only be activated for very few users. Based on this information, the official rollout of the function could follow in the near future. TechnikNews Of course, stay tuned and inform you as soon as there is something new about it.
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