WhatsApp introducing five new features

[mylesillidge]

New features for WhatsApp in South Africa

WhatsApp has announced several new features, including the ability to make and receive audio and video calls via WhatsApp Web.

WhatsApp said its web-based application could now be used for one-on-one and group calls without any additional downloads.

 

[BouncyNinja]

wish i could disable whatsapp phone calls , most of the time they sound like 1995 vodacom in the karoo

 

[RedViking]

wish i could disable whatsapp phone calls , most of the time they sound like 1995 vodacom in the karoo

Maybe you should move away from the Karoo. Whatsapp voice quality is far better now than traditional calls.

 

[Monkeyz]

Are they finally going to fix the windows store app? The damn thing uses recourses like its running on UE5

 

[saor]

Still no 'nudify a profile pic' option.? Fkall catering to perverts this tone deaf company.

 

[My_King]

Thank the lurd, one less MyBB article




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[SHL]

Maybe you should move away from the Karoo. Whatsapp voice quality is far better now than traditional calls.

No ways, standard voice call still better. WhatsApp voice has that 'delay' while talking and connection interruptions.

 

[saor]

No ways, standard voice call still better. WhatsApp voice has that 'delay' while talking and connection interruptions.

Don't think I've noticed that once in the last few months, sometimes with 20+ minute calls.

 

[Stinkbeaver]

Mark my words, Whatsapp will soon be a full subscription service like X. They have made inroads on their B2B monitisation already and the speed that META is moving towards making money out of the app is mad and don't think that all these features that look like random are cosmetics, They all have to do with the monetisation and upgrade model too.

 

[SHL]

Don't think I've noticed that once in the last few months, sometimes with 20+ minute calls.

Interesting, I notice it all the time. I try and avoid using it when I can.

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Mark my words, Whatsapp will soon be a full subscription service like X. They have made inroads on their B2B monitisation already and the speed that META is moving towards making money out of the app is mad and don't think that all these features that look like random are cosmetics, They all have to do with the monetisation and upgrade model too.

Surely their market share would sink like a stone if so? Plenty of other suitable apps (Telegram or Signal) and I don't think there is inherent "loyalty" to WhatsApp. Obviously the big value of WA currently is the "network effects" (because everyone else is on it, I need to be on it) but if that diminishes, so does the business case.

 

[netstrider]

wish i could disable whatsapp phone calls , most of the time they sound like 1995 vodacom in the karoo

I silence unknown callers.

If you can't be arsed to give me a regular phone call before whatsapping me then **** off.

 

[saor]

Mark my words, Whatsapp will soon be a full subscription service like X. They have made inroads on their B2B monitisation already and the speed that META is moving towards making money out of the app is mad and don't think that all these features that look like random are cosmetics, They all have to do with the monetisation and upgrade model too.

On the other hand do I really mind a small monthly sub for a 3rd party service I use literally every hour of every day? Though obviously there's a limit.

 

[Speedster]

I think they'll keep the basic functionality for free. They are making massive roads on the business side and on the paid messaging side, of which the big draw card is the consumer audience. If they start charging the consumers, then they lose their audience.

 

[RedViking]

No ways, standard voice call still better. WhatsApp voice has that 'delay' while talking and connection interruptions.

Sounds like an internet problem and not a WhatsApp problem.

 

[Lawnchairman]

For that we have Telegram

 

[RedViking]

For that we have Telegram

Yes, because there is noone to call or message you

 

[Stinkbeaver]

Surely their market share would sink like a stone if so? Plenty of other suitable apps (Telegram or Signal) and I don't think there is inherent "loyalty" to WhatsApp. Obviously the big value of WA currently is the "network effects" (because everyone else is on it, I need to be on it) but if that diminishes, so does the business case.

Market share is mostly depended on availability of close substitutes and so far Telegram and Signal are not those. Users are also not looking for loyalty per ser but decisions are based on simplicity and cost, which WA is currently providing,. The case for most social media apps is that they will always be people who are deeply entrenched that they will subcribe while the rest are force fed ads for not opting into subscriptions. This is What META aims to do.

 

[icantchooseone]

Are they finally going to fix the windows store app? The damn thing uses recourses like its running on UE5

chrome ? lots of users on reddit / whatsapp say use firefox to fix that

alternatively download WhatsApp for Windows

 

[BouncyNinja]

Maybe you should move away from the Karoo. Whatsapp voice quality is far better now than traditional calls.

its really hit and miss, most of the time i end the wa call and phone back on a normal call and can hear better