Voice calls on WhatsApp are the news that most interests the millions of users of the most used instant messaging application in the world. However, there is a lot of confusion among the users of the various Android phones , iPhones and Windows Phones . In fact, each type of device has different update times and ad hoc designed applications. Because of this, many iPhone users are wondering why they are unable to activate voice calls. Same thing for those who use Android, who have often read the news of the arrival of voice calls on WhatsApp but do not know how to activate them.

Let’s clarify by looking at the most important news regarding voice calls.First, it’s not really true that voice calls are free . There are costs for WhatsApp voice calls that we could define as “secondary”, but which we cannot ignore when we use the application.

It is also good to know that voice calls on WhatsApp are not real “calls” as we have understood them to date. In fact, WhatsApp uses Voip technology (Voice via Internet Protocol), a particular technology that uses the Internet connection to allow voice conversations.
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All Android devices, from 1 April 2015, can take advantage of WhatsApp voice calls. To activate them, just update the application to the latest version of WhatsApp available by downloading it directly from the Play Store of your mobile phone. To make a call from an Android device, you need to enter the profile of the contact you want to call and click on the phone icon at the top right of the screen. NB If after downloading the latest version of WhatsApp you do not see the call key, restart the phone. NB2. If the user you are calling has not yet activated calls, you will not be able to establish a connection and WhatsApp will notify you with a message.

WhatsApp voice calls for iPhone: incoming

Completely different speech for WhatsApp voice calls on iPhone. The owners of smartphones with the bitten Apple will still have to wait a few days before they can try the new function. Official sources of the property of WhatsApp have communicated that the update for the iPhone will be available around the middle of April.

Update April 22: Voice calls on iPhone are officially active

WhatsApp voice calls for Windows Phone: uncertain date

Still no official date for WhatsApp voice calls on Windows Phone. Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, said in late March 2015 that engineers are hard at work getting the update done quickly . But considering that the planned update for the iPhone – which already has a date – will take place in mid- April , it’s hard to imagine that Windows users will be able to make calls from WhatsApp before May.