WhatsApp has rolled out its new feature i.e. free voice-calling feature to a few users India which appears to be available on invite-only basis, as of now. The invite-only basis basically means that users will get a call through WhatsApp from someone who already has the feature updated. The feature is also restricted to Android only and you will need the updated 2.11.508 version to access the app.
Reddit user, Pradnesh07, has posted screenshots and a how-to post about it. The feature is reportedly being tested with some Indian users of the popular messaging app, In his post Pradnesh says that,
“I can’t seem to send invites to other people, the only thing I can ensure is that it works in India for people running Lollipop 5.0.x on a Nexus 5. Other Indians without the earlier combo don’t get it.”
Last February, WhatsApp CEO announced that the company is working on a voice-calling feature for its instant messenger. Later in 2014, the company noted that it was working to make the voice calling feature work seamlessly on slow networks.
The timing of the release is interesting too. Last month, an Indian messaging client Hike rolled out the same feature on its instant messaging client. Other than Hike, Facebook’s Messenger and Google’s Hangouts and a few other instant messaging services also offer voice calling feature.
Source: Reddit and BGR | Image via Reddit
