We had warned it, and finally – Video calls by more than four groups on WhatsApp have begun to become available, thus allowing families and groups of friends from all over the world to keep in touch through the messaging app most commonly used in these confinement times.
As they confirm in the portal WABetaInfo, WhatsApp video calls with more than four people It is now available in the latest version of the application. Therefore, all those team members will have to download and install the latest version of WhatsApp to be able to use this function.
WhatsApp video calls increase the participation limit
Although it was initially uncertain what would be the new limit for participants In WhatsApp video calls, we finally learned that a decision had been made Double the original numberso now it will happen Make video calls with up to eight people
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How to make a video call of up to 8 people on WhatsApp
Before looking at the steps you need to follow to make a WhatsApp video call with up to eight different people, you need to pay attention to that, right now. this function only works in version beta from WhatsApp for Android and iOS. Therefore, the first requirement to perform this procedure will be to register in the application beta, and then update the app to version 2.20.50.25 in the case of iOS, or 2.20.133 on Android devices.
A few weeks ago, WhatsApp had decided simplify the process of making video calls, including a button to make a quick call to those groups of four or less participants. As, at present, this direct understanding does not come from discussions with more than four stakeholders, it will be required place video calls manually by following these steps:
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Open WhatsApp and enter the group where you want to make the video call.
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Tap the call button, located in the top right corner, represented by the phone icon and +.
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Select the group contacts you want to video with. Once all participants have updated the app to the latest version, you can select a total of seven contacts in the same group.
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Tap the video camera icon that will appear on the right of the contacts you have selected to start the call. Your friends will receive a notification on their mobile phones, and they can accept or reject the invitation to join the video call. If they accept, you'll start to see them and the group video call will start on WhatsApp.
If possible some of the participants are not updating the app in the beta version, the notification will indicate that it is necessary to select a few participants as some team members have an older version of the app installed. With any luck, WhatsApp will not take long to extend this feature to all users of the app, thus eliminating the need to be part of the app's beta program.
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