

But considering just how widely used WhatsApp is, having the ability to call from your desktop client, this is a pretty significant feature that will benefit many users. There are in fact plenty of alternatives out there that offer similar calling features for some time such as Facebook Chat and Google Duo. That being said, the ability to make calls on messaging clients is not new.

At present, it is noted that WhatsApp Desktop has a higher priority. Though WhatsApp has not announced an official release date, the feature should be coming to more users in the coming weeks. WABetaInfo says that WhatsApp is currently rolling the voice and video call support on its web and desktop clients via a beta test and it is only available to a handful of users. It is worth noting that users will see a warning on screen if they don’t have a camera attached and try to make a video call.
