Since December of last year the beta was opened to make calls and video calls in the desktop application for some WhatsApp users . Now that this phase is over, all users of the Facebook messaging service will be able to get in touch that way, and here we explain everything.

How to make WhatsApp calls and video calls from PC?

Later you must install it as a normal program.

When the installation is finished, you must access your phone and scan the QR code that appears in the desktop application.

Once inside WhatsApp desktop, select a contact from your phone to make the call or video call. To do so, you just need to click on the icons that appear next to the contact’s name.

Once the button is pressed, a secondary window will be displayed.

The name of the contact, the time spent on the call, a voice animation and the following call controls will appear in the call window: mute, hang up and switch to video call.

As for video calls, the same elements will appear as regular calls, only the voice spectrum is removed and the webcam image is added.

In both options there is a menu in which you can select the devices with which you can make calls: cameras, microphones, audio outputs and if you want to superimpose the window on others.

With these instructions you can now make calls from the desktop of your Windows PC or MacOS. As a note, calls are fully compatible between devices, since you can call from a PC to a smartphone and vice versa.

This new option allows you to make calls from the comfort of your desktop or laptop PC without having to take your phone out of your pockets or disconnect it from the charger.

What do you think of this new option, is it useful for you?