New Delhi: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature in iOS beta, which will allow users to start group calls with up to 15 people. Group calls already support 32 participants, but it was only possible to start a group call with 7 people, WABetaInfo reports.
However, with the new feature, beta users can now start group calls with up to 15 people. Although it is possible to select up to 15 users for an initial call, group calls can have a total of 32 participants.
With this feature, the company aims to make it more convenient for users to select more participants during group call setup.
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The ability to start group calls with up to 15 people is currently being rolled out to some beta testers who install the latest update to WhatsApp beta for iOS from the TestFlight app, and is expected to roll out to more users in the coming days, the report said.
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the 32-person video calling feature for WhatsApp in November last year. Earlier this month, it was reported that the messaging platform is rolling out a feature in iOS beta, which allows users to send high-quality videos.
Although this feature preserves the video dimensions, a slight compression will be applied to the video, thus it is not possible to send the videos in their original quality. The default option for all videos will always be ‘Standard Quality’, so, users should select the high-quality option whenever they want to send a video in good quality.
A tag will be added to the message bubble when sending a video with high-quality options to notify the recipient that the video has been sent using this feature.
