WhatsApp vs Telegram voice call data consumption test - March 2023

[Jan]

Telegram calls use significantly more data than WhatsApp

Telegram voice calls consume substantially more data than WhatsApp’s, even with reduced data usage enabled, a MyBroadband test shows.

WhatsApp and Telegram have useful built-in measuring tools that show how much data you spend on different parts of the apps, such as calls and messages.

 

[SubtleBeast]

Tracks.
WhatsApp voice calls are s**t.
Telegram quality much better.

 

[metadevj]

Would it have been too much to ask to include SIP (G729, PCM) and maybe Skype in that comparison to get a fair overview of the industry

 

[Gravedigger]

Interesting, but I rarely make Telegram calls, so it does not really matter whether I use WhatsApp or Telegram when making calls.

 

[Johand]

And also Signal please! Having the free and open source and independent option compared to the commercial options will be great!

 

[grant_cpt]

WhatsApp calls are made directly between devices. Think a central server is used to initiate and ring the other device, but otherwise, it's a direct connection.

Does Telegram use the same?

 

[dj_jyno]

And also Signal please! Having the free and open source and independent option compared to the commercial options will be great!

Was about to ask about Signal.

 

[Neo_X]

Also might be due to audio detection.

e.g make sure the voice actually ummmm contains voice?

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Is 2MB such an issue today? What are you on, dial-up?

 

[grant_cpt]

Is 2MB such an issue today? What are you on, dial-up?

valid point. Latency and jitter is more important

 

[Bliksis]

Is 2MB such an issue today? What are you on, dial-up?

We live in a place where people still buy R10 data to read messages they didn't receive yesterday because they had no airtime.

 

[EdDante]

Unless you also comparing the signal quality of each app (not to mention latency etc) the raw data number are entirely meaningless. Could be like saying dialup is better than fibre because over 5 min of use dial up uses a tiny fraction of the data that fibre uses.

Misleading, poorly considered article.