WhatsApp calling feature coming to Windows Phone

If you are using WhatsApp on your Windows Phones, then get ready to enjoy the experience of making phone calls on a go via your favorite instant messaging space. The WhatsApp calling feature is expected to come soon to Windows Phones.

Earlier this year at MWC2015, the WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum revealed the plans of the company to add the voice services to its feature list. After rolling out this new functionality on the Android platform, the developers of WhatsApp are all set to showcase it to their Windows Phone users in the near future.

WhatsApp Calling feature for Windows Phone

The new voice calling feature will soon arrive on the Windows Phone platform, probably in the upcoming weeks. The email shown below from the WhatsApp team shows that the company is inviting the Italian developers to locate the menu items related to the new feature for Windows Phone. The text confirms that the feature will be soon headed to the WhatsApp Windows Phone version.

This new feature for VoIP calls will not only enables users to make voice calls over the Internet, but also allow them to access the history of incoming as well as outgoing calls. In order to enjoy this new feature, you might have to update your app to the stable version (without any bugs).

Following his announcement, Koum and his team has already rolled out the voice calling services for the Androiddevices and are testing the same for the iOS platform. The latest news even confirms the arrival of the service on Windows Phone devices soon to be followed by the BlackBerry.

WhatsApp is the popular instant messaging client and with the arrival of the voice-calling feature to Windows Phone devices it might impose tough challenge to the already existing services such as Skype and Viber.

At the moment, there are no confirmed details regarding the public release of the voice calling functionality on the WhatsApp for Windows Phone.

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What is WhatSim for WhatsApp ?

The most popular texting service in the world constitutes over 700 million monthly active users. Just after its recent announcement on its web launch which enable users to use whatapp on PC, Zeromobile launched WhatSim. The WhatSim allows its users to use WhatsApp for free while traveling across the 150 selected countries. This initiative has been taken as many people suffer from high roaming charges while traveling another state. Through the usage of WhatSim people won’t get bothered about the WhatsApp data limit.

The WhatSim can be purchased from official WhatSim website at the price of Euro 10 (around Rs. 714). Their is an extra shipping charge of Euro 5 (Rs. 350). The WhatSim allows its users to use WhatsApp text messages service free for 1 year. The user of this sim have to buy some credits inorder send any kind of media eg: photos, videos or music etc. You can check detail plan of exact credit price as per your country from here.

€5 is charged inorder to purchase 1000 credit, which allows to exchange 50 photos or 10 videos in most of the countries. You can share unlimited free text, contacts and positions. The WhatSim site is mobile ready and hence recharging your sim is fairly easy. The CEO of Zeromobile also said “Soon recharges can be done with an dedicated application”.

The overall first moto of the company is to make WhatSim to be available in local stores in atleast 100 of those 150 countries. This is not the first initiative to offer unlimited WhatsApp sim, many had come before but none of them looked this much promising. All other initiatives regarding usage of WhatsApp through a dedicated sim are yet to reach more than 1 country. WhatApp also partnered with E-plus last year inorder to start selling prepaid WhatsApp sim.

Manuel Zanella Rngineer, Founder and CEO of Zeromobile, the company behind WhatSim, says, “WhatsApp is the future of mobile communications. Its only “limit” is the data connection especially when you are traveling because the roaming charges are expensive and you can’t always find Wi-Fi everywhere and it is not always free. As someone who appreciates and uses WhatsApp, I tried to figure out how to get around this problem. That’s why WhatSim is an extraordinary opportunity for WhatsApp.”

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WhatsApp voice calling goes live, here's how to get it on Android phones

It seems WhatsApp is finally rolling out the long awaited voice calling feature to all Android phones in India. The feature has been rumoured for a while now, with users reporting that voice calling has appeared on their WhatsApp Messengers, but there were also reports that the company has rolled it back. WhatsApp was believed to be testing the feature and cinducting 'soak tests' before going live. Looks like, the service and feature is not ready for prime time! While no official word has been recieved from the company yet, but many users are claiming that the feature is now active. According to reports, users will recieve an update to their app, which will add the voice calling feature.

The WhatsApp versions 2.11.528/531 are the ones that have the voice calling feature active. In fact, even newer versions like 2.12.5 and others haven't got the update yet. Once you get the required version of WhatsApp, a voice calling option will appear alongside the options on the top right of your screen. WhatsApp usually shows the Search, Friends and Menu options, but the update will bring a 'Voice Calling' option as well.

There are several webites where the apk for this version of WhatsApp is available, but it would be advisable to be patient. If you haven't recieved the update yet, then you should soon. If you do have a trusted source though, then you may go ahead and try the feature. The WhatsApp voice calling feature has been talked about a lot, for some time now. The company originally started rolling it out to users, but then stopped doing so. A number of bloggers have claimed that they got the update as well. Alternatively, there are also a number of scam messages being sent, asking users to click on various links to activate the Voice Calling feature. It would be wise to ignore such messages. WhatsApp voice calling can be recieved only through an OTA update sent by the company. 

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