WhatsApp releases video calling for Android and iPhone – Estadão

Application is used by 1 billion people around the globe

WhatsApp has released this Monday, 14, a new feature called in video. In test since the end of October, the function is already available for devices with operating systems Android, iOS and also for Windows Phone.

According to the office of WhatsApp in Brazil, the update may take a few days to reach all the brazilian users.

To use the video calls, the system will be quite similar to the currently used with voice calls. To start a call, simply access the on-screen messages with your specific contact and click the phone symbol in the sequence, a menu will open asking for the user to choose between voice call or video. The system is similar to Skype and the Duo, from Google.

Used by more than 1 billion people, WhatsApp had already begun to conduct tests of the video at the beginning of the year, but during a short space of time.

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After the Twitter to announce the end of the Vine, the Facebook releases a new app of videos, and demonstrates that this format is the new focus of the social network, which now also will allow the scheduling of live broadcasts.

With a proposal more similar to that of the late Vine the Instagram is ideal for posting short videos, with filters that can make it more beautiful or with a more artistic.

Popular among the youngsters, the application allows you to send your videos, snapshots that self-destructed, giving a tone more informal content.

Is the fundamental platform for this type of content. All the groups are gathered together on YouTube, which allows video producers to make hit with anyone who is interested in any subject.

Platform specialized in the niche of transmissions in video games and online matches, is also used a lot by companies in the sector seeking to make big announcements.

WeTransfer is the only one of these applications that serves for the strict video sharing and private manner, allowing for sending large files by e-mail, since videos in general tend to not fit in the attachments of the messages.

in Addition to WhatsApp, other instant messengers like Viber, Telegram and All are ideal for uploading videos to specific groups of known, but not necessarily publish them or send individually to each person.

The app, which was sold to Facebook for$ 22 billion, is betting on diversifying the means of communication between its users. For the brazilians, a factor that may be detrimental to the use of the video feature is the quality of the mobile internet in the country.

WhatsApp has already done, in the past few months, other updates to enhance the experience of its users. In addition to allowing people to draw on your pictures, like in Snapchat, the app can also be used by companies in contact with their customers.

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Google Allo, a new app messaging Google, has versions for iOS and Android. As a differential, the app account with the help of a robot for conversations that uses artificial intelligence to assist their users to choose, for example, the restaurant where you can find.

Very popular for its encryption technology, which protects the messages, the Telegram is another good tool for anyone to continue talking during the blocking of WhatsApp. It is available for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and PC.

do Not give to send videos, photos or voice messages, but the good old SMS is a simple way of exchanging short messages in any mobile. The cost of SMS varies according to package, but generally the rates are around R$ 0.50 per message

App messaging Facebook, it works for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Allows you to record voice messages as in WhatsApp, in addition to send photos, videos and figurines.

Application famous by the large amount of stickers (those emoticons bigger and with movement). It is popular in Japan, but has the brazilian version. Makes connections within the app and is available for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Nokia Asha and Firefox OS.

The application of Skype has the same functions as the traditional version for computer, video and voice calls. On mobile phone, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Nokia X and Amazon Fire. Also on tablets, TVs and video games.

in Addition to messages, the Viber has the distinction of making free phone calls from Viber to Viber. The connection is made via connection to the internet (VoIP). Available for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Nokia. Also on the PC.

source south Korean, is available in Brazil. In addition to the basic functions of messages and exchange files, makes links inside the app. You can follow posts from celebrities within the application. Available for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Nokia.

Mixing app messaging with social networking. Allows publication of photos in a public profile. For those who want to meet new people, have a function to discover people. Available for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Symbian and Nokia.

Who used the internet in the year 2000 reminds us of the ICQ (oh oh!). In 2014, he returned: a differential of the app is to allow you to connect your social networks to ICQ and focus their exchanges of messages. Works on Android, iPhone and Windows Phone.

App of the Google, the old Gtalk became Hangouts. Makes video calls, including in the group. It works within Gmail but also as an app for the Android phones and the iPhone.