WhatsApp Will Now Let You Make Free Video Calls

The feature will start rolling out to WhatsApp's 1 billion users around the world today.

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Pranav Dixit
by Pranav Dixit

BuzzFeed News Reporter

On Nov. 15, WhatsApp, the wildly popular messaging app owned by Facebook, announced a new video calling feature.

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WhatsApp has a billion monthly active users around the world and runs on everything from low-end, budget devices to iPhones.

Neeraj Arora, WhatsApp's business head, announced the rollout of the new feature at an event in New Delhi, India.

neeraj arora @neerajarora

Here we go! Really excited to be back in Delhi to introduce this feature to the world. https://t.co/lguUo3EX0A

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The country, with 160 million monthly active users, is WhatsApp's most important market in the world.

Making a video call looks like it will be really simple.

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The new feature competes directly with established video calling platforms like FaceTime, Hangouts, and Google's newest app, Duo.

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Video calling on WhatsApp will start rolling out around the world on iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone starting today.

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