WhatsApp video calling appears in 'latest update'

As widely rumoured,

video calling

feature on WhatsApp is coming soon -- rather very soon. The functionality has already made its appearance in WhatsApp Messenger app for Android for beta testers under the version 2.16.80.

As expected, the WhatsApp video calling feature can be accessed by tapping on the phone icon placed at the top-right corner of the window inside a particular chat. While earlier tapping the icon directly initiated the voice calling, now tapping on the icon will give users the option to choose if they want to make a voice call or a video call to the person whose chat window is currently open. The option, for now, is only accessible from inside the chat window and not from the 'Calls menu'.


Also, presently though users can see the 'video calling' option they will not be able to make the call. As, on tapping on the video calling option, the app says it cannot place the call and adds “Video Calling is unavailable at this time.” However, it is not difficult to assume that the feature will be added soon as the option can now be seen inside the app.

It is worth mentioning here that the beta testers can download this version from the Google Play store. Facebook-owned WhatsApp has so far not rolled out the beta-testing feature to iOS users.

The world's most popular instant

messaging

app is also expected to soon receive the ‘call back’ feature that will allow users to give a 'call back' later to the users whose calls they missed without even opening the app.

WhatsApp may also get the voice mailing feature, where users can record voice mails and send it to others. Zip file sharing feature is also rumoured for the instant messaging app.

The company earlier this week rolled out the document sharing feature to its WhatsApp for Web platform. The document sharing option was made available for the

Android

and iOS

apps

last year.