{"id":8446,"date":"2021-10-19T06:06:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T06:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1370344"},"modified":"2021-10-19T06:06:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T06:06:50","slug":"whatsapps-new-button-will-let-you-join-calls-directly-from-the-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8446","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp\u2019s new button will let you join calls directly from the group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/plugged?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F06%2Falexander-shatov-_qsuER9xYOY-unsplash-e1622715808360.jpg&amp;signature=907cdd8dc275beb1fa2ebe848e1e7302\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>WhatsApp\u2018s group calls have been a blessing in the pandemic to connect with friends and family. The company has rolled out many features related to it, including <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/whatsapp-increases-group-call-limit-from-4-to-8-people\">increasing the limit to eight people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now the firm has rolled out a new button directly into the group chat that lets you join ongoing calls. The app said the feature is \u201c<span>a new spontaneous way to connect with their family and friends groups.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the new button in action in the video below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6666666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Need to pop in and out of a group call? Easily join ongoing calls right from your group chats! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OtOHKXh5Ev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OtOHKXh5Ev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsApp\/status\/1450130250671681537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WhatsApp rolled out <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/whatsapp-launches-joinable-calls-how-to-join-calls-after-they-start\">joinable calls back in July<\/a>. However, you needed to go to the call menu to see ongoing calls. With this new button, you can simply head to a group and join a call. To indicate a group\u2019s ongoing call, you\u2019ll see a small icon on the group\u2019s display picture in your chat window.<\/p>\n<p>The app also has a new distinct \u2018light\u2019 ringtone for group calls, which will help you recognize a WhatsApp call even if you don\u2019t have your phone in your hand.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the company rolled out one of the most requested privacy-related features: encrypted backups. You can read <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/how-to-turn-on-encrypted-backups-in-whatsapp\">our guide<\/a> on how to enable that option.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a newsletter all about consumer tech? It\u2019s called Plugged In \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/hello.thenextweb.com\/plugged\">and you can subscribe to it right here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/whatsapp-group-call-button-feature\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp\u2018s group calls have been a blessing in the pandemic to connect with friends and family. The company has rolled out many features related to it, including increasing the limit to eight&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}