Easily make WhatsApp voice and video calls from your computer. Yeah, that’s right, when the desktop version of Whatsapp came out it made life really easy and wonderful. Improving your texting reach and speed with the big laptop keyboard.
But there was still a downside as you couldn’t make and answer phone calls from the desktop app. For making and receiving a Whatsapp call you had to pick up your phone and do it the old fashion way. But the latest update brings yet another convenience. You can now make and receive calls directly from your Desktop.
How to make WhatsApp voice and video calls from your computer
There are a few things that you need to have installed and set up before you can start making voice or video calls. We’ll assume that you have WhatsApp installed on your phone already, so we’ll move on from there.
- Navigate to the WhatsApp website on your computer.
- Click Mac or Windows PC from the main WhatsApp website.
- After it has been downloaded, open the Downloads folder on your Mac or Windows computer.
- Click the .exe file if you are on Windows or the .dmg file if using macOS.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to install WhatsApp.
- After installation, open WhatsApp on your Android phone.
- Tap the three-dot overflow menu icon in the top right corner.
- OpenWhatsApp Web from the drop-down menu.
- Tap the Link a Device button.
- With WhatsApp open on your computer, scan the QR code using your phone.
Once those steps have been completed, you are all set and ready to go to use WhatsApp on your desktop. Now, you can make WhatsApp voice and video calls from your computer. As is the case when making regular voice calls, the same controls and buttons appear in WhatsApp. This makes it easy to end a call, switch over to a voice call instead of video, or mute the microphone really quickly.
- Open WhatsApp on your computer.
- Search or locate a contact you wish to begin a call with.
- Select the contact from your list.
- Click Video Call.
- After the other person picks up, the phone call will begin.
Hope you were able to utilize this info and were able to place a call from your desktop. Dont forget to tell us about your experience by commenting below.