Whatsapp, the messaging service owned by Facebook, said it launched support for voice and video calls for its application across computers, providing convenience for a large number of users.
And WhatsApp explained that its desktop application, approximately 5 years old, for Windows and Mac OS supports one-to-one calls at the present time, but it will expand this feature to include voice and video calls in the future.
Video calls run smoothly, and the desktop app is set to always be on top so you never lose video chats in a browser tab or the pile of open windows.
Support for voice and video calls does not extend to the WhatsApp web app at this time.
Support for the new feature will be useful to millions of people who use the WhatsApp desktop application every day, and have had to use Zoom or Google Meet to make one-on-one video calls over the desktop.
WhatsApp, which is used by more than 2 billion people, did not share the prevalence of audio and video calls on its platform, but said it handled more than 1.4 billion calls on New Year's Eve.
And just like the 100 billion messages that WhatsApp processes through its platform every day, voice and video calls are also encrypted end-to-end.
After the service became notorious for taking months to add enhanced features to its app, it is clear that WhatsApp has gotten faster at adding new features in the past year.
The new features come as WhatsApp tries to convince users to agree to the planned changes to the privacy policy.