It's about time! You can finally make WhatsApp video calls from your laptop

WhatsApp recently announced that the voice and video call functionality is no longer limited to smartphones. (Photo: GALLO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES) WhatsApp has finally caught up with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Skype, Apple Face Time and Google Meet and introduced a video call option from its desktop app for PCs and laptops.Voice and video calls are nothing new to WhatsApp, but this functionality is no longer limited to smartphones, as video call apps have become the new norm in the pandemic era.   “Answering on a bigger screen makes it easier to work with colleagues, see your family more clearly on a bigger canvas, or free up your hands to move around a room while talking,” WhatsApp said in a statement announcing the new feature.READ MORE | Here’s what you need to know about WhatsApp’s new privacy policyThe WhatsApp smartphone app allows group video calls with up to eight people and this will soon be available on the desktop app too – but the Facebook-owned company has not yet said when it’s likely to be enabled.HOW TO DOWNLOAD THE WHATSAPP DESKTOP APPThe new app isn’t yet available for browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer, but it can be downloaded from…
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