Users are still waiting on WhatsApp’s
voice calling feature which has been in the news for the longest
time. Though there have been leaked
screenshots explaining the feature, recent reports have
suggested that WhatsApp will in fact, integrate ‘Call via Skype’ feature to its
app.
The screenshot of the log seen above shows calling features such as Call
Mute, Call on Hold, Call via Skype and so on
Maktechblog reported,
that while digging into the WhatsApp for iPhone app, which was updated in
November, they found several references that indicating that WhatsApp
would add ‘Call via Skype’ feature. As you can see in the image above, one
of the translation string is of “Call Via Skype”.
According to this report, WhatsApp
will integrate ‘Call via Skype’ feature very soon. Other features will
also include ‘Call Hold, ‘Call Mute’, ‘Call Back’, ‘Call Back Message’, ‘Call
Me in X minutes’, ‘Call Notifications’, and a separate screen for call logs.
WhatsApp, which has now been acquired
by Facebook might also include a Driving Mode feature which could
read out messages and calls while the user is driving or is on the ‘Do not
Disturb’ mode. WhatsApp seems to be following the same lines as Facebook
which has also partnered with Skype to launch it’s video service.
It has been reported earlier that, WhatsApp
will not get voice-calling feature till early 2015, we hope to get
a concrete time-frame, as to when these new features will be added.
The instant messaging app has revealed that it
is being used by 700 million people every month, up from 600 million in August
2014. CNET reported
that, the company’s CEO Jan Koum wrote in a Facebook post that users are
sending 30 billion messages per day.
Earlier reports suggest
that WhatsApp may soon run on desktops as well. In an interview with TechCrunch,
co-founder of rival messaging app Telegram,
Pavel Durov said that he thinks that WhatsApp is working on a web version
similar to web.telegram.org, since
they tried to hire Telegram’s web developer.
If WhatsApp does launch a desktop version, it
will make competition tougher for the other apps in the market, although it
will be a late entrant in the field.
