

If this feature becomes mainstream, other apps will lose their market share for sure since Whatsapp still remains the king of social messaging in India after Facebook messenger and Snapchat. Users have been successful only with APKs downloaded from third party stores since those APKs have been optimized for better performance. Users will be able to activate the voice calling feature only if someone who has it enabled on their account calls them through WhatsApp.

Currently the invite system is under wraps and most users are waiting for official confirmation of download by Whatsapp to better authenticate the security of this APK.Īlthough the APK is now officially available on for official download, however, most users have not been successful in enabling the feature even after being invited and having the specified features in their phones.

You need to be on Android 4.4 KitKat for this feature to work, although some users have claimed that Jelly Bean users are also using the feature effectively. Side-load (additional over-write) this app via enabling third party app installation (enable Unknown Sources in Developer settings) and then wait for an invitation to try this feature by someone who is already allowed to use it. What you can do to try out the feature for yourself is to download the Whatsapp APK (v2.11.508) from a third party APK download website like or. The story was first leaked on popular social media platform Reddit, by a user called Pradnesh Patil (pradnesh07), who posted a few screenshots of the Whatsapp interface showing a ‘Calls tab’ in the app menu and later added a video showcasing the feature in action to fortify his claims. The revered WhatsApp calling feature hasn’t yet been launched into the mainstream and will continue to be under beta phase until it passes all quality checks. According to few speculated reports doing rounds of the internet, Whatsapp has finally integrated a voice call functionality into its interface via an updated APK that is available to select beta-testers only. Finally, Whatsapp is ironing out the creases slowly to rise to the top again.
