In a recent report it was revealed that the popular chatting application Whatsapp is going to launch the service of voice calling. This application has recently been acquired by Facebook, one of the most popular social networking sites. This release is going to take place in the second quarter of this year.
This app already has the future of free text massaging. The service will be for the Smartphone’s based on the Android version. Also, for the iPhone users this facility will be available. For blackberry and the windows phone the service will be updated later.
The founder of Whatsapp, Jan Koum, has stated that Facebook was working on this voice calling aspect. Being a resident of Russia he remembers having sharing telephone’s with his neighbors. He applied the same philosophy in this new feature and thus people can now stay connected from anywhere in the world. This statement was given by him on at the Mobile World Congress event which took place in Barcelona.
He also stated that the voice facility of Whatsapp will be the best voice app in the market. He is also ensuring that the most important aspects of this voice chat will be its speed along with its efficiency.