WhatsApp's biggest calling update is here: You can now make audio and video calls on WhatsApp Web

WhatsApp has announced a new set of features that are being hailed as one of the biggest updates to its calling functionality in the coming years. This update not only brings the much-requested calling feature to WhatsApp Web, but it also offers users more control over their group calls. As far as availability is concerned, the Meta-owned messaging platform has already started rolling out these features and they should be available to WhatsApp users globally in the coming days. 

WhatsApp Web gets a major update

Let's talk about the WhatsApp Web first. WhatsApp is finally bringing its calling feature to WhatsApp Web. With its latest update, web users will be able to make voice and video calls through a web browser. This not only includes one-on-one calls, but it also includes video calls. This means that WhatsApp users will no longer have to rely on their smartphones on the company's Windows or Mac based apps to make and receive calls.

For the unversed, WhatsApp introduced voice calls to its Android and iOS-based apps in 2015. A year later in November 2016, it brought video calling features to its mobile apps. However, it wasn't until 2023 that it brought the calling feature, both voice calls and video calls, to its desktop-based apps on Windows and Mac. Now, almost three years later the feature is being rolled out to the web.