Thanks to WhatsApp calls it is possible to communicate easily and for free using voice or video in the popular messaging application. Now we will explain how to make calls from the computer , using WhatsApp Web in the browser or the desktop programs on PC or Mac.
We have already seen the data consumed by sending a WhatsApp , and in the case of voice calls it is about 180 kB per minute . An insignificant figure from a computer connected to WiFi with fiber or ADSL, and which is also very low for the current mobile rates with several gigs included.
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Instead, we must be careful with WhatsApp video calls, which consume a respectable 7 MB per minute, and can use up our mobile rate very quickly. This is not a problem when making computer-to-computer calls, although there are better options in that case, including Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams.
For now, on the computer we can only make individual calls with a single person, although it is to be imagined that they will soon work in groups as well. These are the steps:
- First we will enter WhatsApp Web from the link below, it is also possible to download WhatsApp for PC or Mac if we prefer:
Web: WhatsApp Web for browsers
- We must remember that for the moment WhatsApp on the computer requires having the mobile on and connected to the Internet , as it depends on the main app to work.
- We enter the conversation and look for the icon of the phone (or the camera to video call) in the upper right corner:
- Now a floating window of “Calling” will open while the other person attends to us, at any time we can press the red icon with a telephone to hang up:
- When the call starts, a green spectrogram of the sound will be shown, and we can press on the camera if we want to jump to a video call at some point:
- If we click on the three-point menu, the audio devices will open , to choose between the speakers, headphones or microphones that we have connected to the computer:
- When we want to end the call we will click on the red icon , there is no time limit for WhatsApp calls, so we can talk as much as we want
We must emphasize that WhatsApp calls are free , are made by VoIP (over the Internet) and the only cost involved is the data consumption of the mobile rate , although these are very low figures when making voice calls.
The computer version does not have this option (it is usually used from a fixed connection), but the mobile app lets us save data on calls if we activate the following menu:
Settings -> Storage and data -> Use less data for calls -> On
In short, it is easy and convenient to make WhatsApp calls on your computer , be it a PC or Mac, and it is worth taking the opportunity. To take full advantage of this system, we have made a guide to use WhatsApp Web that delves into all its secrets.