At the commencement of year 2014 , it
was learnt that WhatsApp was planning
on diminishing the dependability of its
users on other calling services and had
glad plans of introducing a voice calling
feature. Months passed , but there was
no sign of the said feature on the cross-
platform mobile messaging service.
However, a reliable source has come up
with some interesting screenshots that
depict the calling feature on WhatsApp .
The website Androidworld . nl posted
some pictures of the new version of
WhatsApp that shows voice calling . The
screenshots also suggest that the
upgraded version will have a separate
window for making calls to WhatsApp
contacts and a dedicated call log . Users
calls and received calls through this
window . Additionally , it can also include
options like call mute , switch to text
message , and hang up.
However, these are just leaks and there
is no proof of its authenticity . Jan
Koum , WhatsApp CEO , said in an
industry conference that the company
will surely be rolling out voice calling
feature in Q 1 2015 . The delayed release
has been due to some technical
complications faced by the development
team .
If WhatsApp succeeds in overcoming all
the said hurdles and brings out a
version featuring voice calling , it can
prove to be a threat for the other
services like Viber, Line , Facebook
Messenger and more.
