WhatsApp's Next Version To Include VoIP Calls and Recording

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 12, 2014 @05:43PM from the everything-that-converges dept.

An anonymous reader writes that WhatsApp is adding a feature that may elevate it for many users' purposes: VoIP. "Apps like Viber, Skype, Tango and Google Hangout already support VoIP, which allows you to make voice calls over a broadband connection. Beyond WhatsApp's huge pool of over 600 million active users, which will undoubtedly disrupt cell service providers' payment model, what is even more intriguing is the VoIP recording feature. With the exception of third-party add-ons available for Skype, no other VoIP app includes this feature."

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Most VoIP apps include recording. by Animats · 2014-10-12 20:03 · Score: 5, Interesting

It's just that the user doesn't have access to the playback function.
Nope by sociocapitalist · 2014-10-12 23:46 · Score: 3, Insightful

"..., which will undoubtedly disrupt cell service providers' payment model"
Service providers already know that there is no future in voice and to count only on data subscriptions moving forward.

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