NEW DELHI: WhatsApp has been expanding by leaps and bounds across the world. In India its expansion is faster than many other nations. It has more than 100 million users and more than 70 million are active users who share messages, pictures, videos and other info with their friends on a daily basis. There are many others who use it constantly throughout the day.
But while the messaging app is expanding super fast, it was resisting the demand to launch the free voice call app. For more than a year people have been asking the company to do what Viber did sometimes ago by coming out with voice call features, but WhatsApp refused to hear the popular demand.
But then all in a sudden the company started rolling down the feature for select Android users in many parts of India. But the step taken by company was not unexpected. People were expecting it as an Indian messaging app Hike messenger had introduced its free voice call feature in India merely a week or so ago. But what was unexpected was the sudden reaction.
whatsappNonetheless it is going to take some time before it actually lands on your handset. It is invite only and not many have got it till now. Reports suggest that the latest feature is reportedly included in WhatsApp’s 2.11.508 version, which is not yet available in Google’s Play Store. Officially, the new voice calling feature of the messaging app is still being tested.
The company has more than 700 million users across the country and it is investing heavily in India where it wants to see a massive surge in its users with the ever rising smartphone base.
With over 600 million users globally, WhatsApp till now was available only on smartphones across operating systems Android, iOS, Windows and BlackBerry. WhatsApp’s user base in India has grown to 70 million active-users, accounting for over a 10th of its global users.
