If you've been sitting, wishing and waiting for your Android handset to let you make free data-based calls, then today's your lucky day. Our chums over at Engadget Spanish have discovered that WhatsApp's long-promised voice calling is now available to everyone. Once updated, the app provides a new tab that'll let you dial friends on top of texting them. So how does it work? I gave it a whirl over here in France, calling my colleague Richard Lai in Hong Kong. The quality was pretty clear, though there was a delay of at least a few seconds -- though that's typical of any VOIP service (hello, Skype) and a redial might've cleared it up. Also, we are 6,000 miles apart.
If you're looking to get calling, you may need to be patient. First off, the update may not have arrived to all regions, and even if it has, may work intermittently. One UK user told us that his call contacts list was empty and that no one picked up when he rang. Nevertheless, it seems to be fine for most of us Engadget editors and worked equally well for our Spanish confreres. It's only available on Android for now, but WhatsApp founder Brian Acton recently said it would hit iOS very soon too.
Daniel Cooper contributed to this report.
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Source: Engadget Spanish
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