WhatsApp announced on Thursday the introduction of voice and video calls on its desktop applications for Mac and PC, extending the ways in which you can create the illusion of meaningful human interaction in this moment of crushing isolation.
“With so many people besides loved ones and adapting to new ways of working, we want WhatsApp conversations to feel as close to the person as possible, no matter where you are in the world or technology in the world. which you are using “Facebook owner WhatsApp has announced In his press release, a reminder that simply talking to another human being face to face with reckless abandonment could kill you.
This is good news for those of us who are so deeply exhausted by the last year that even owning a phone seems impossible: the new WhatsApp call functionality on the desktop “makes it easier to work with colleagues, to see your family more clearly on a larger canvas or release your hands to move around in a room while you talk, ”the company said. You know in depth that this is no different than using Google Meet or Zoom or FaceTime or any of the many apps that do exactly the same thing, but the word “easier” is so appealing right now that you appreciate the effort in doing so. they seem to be something to be happy about if nothing else.
And if you’re worried that WhatsApp (and, by extension, Facebook) is listening to your uncontrollable sigh as you explain to your mother in a video chat that, yes, you call Walgreens every 15 minutes to find out if they have vaccines. leftovers that you have to inject into someone’s arm before they expire and be thrown in the trash right next to the rest of your life, but no, they still don’t have them available, don’t be afraid! “Voice and video calls on WhatsApp are encrypted from one end to the other, so WhatsApp cannot hear or see them, regardless of whether they are ringing from the phone or the computer,” the press release reads.
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Voice and video calls on WhatsApp desktop applications, available for download Here, are currently limited to individual conversations, but the company promises to extend the function to group chats in the future, a period of time that either remains pleasant to think about or has become so tenuous and vague that it is transformed in a meaningless concept, depending on where you are in your personal cycle between hope and misery. And we all know that the only thing we need now is more group discussions.