New Delhi: Recently, WhatsApp has officially announced that they are expanding its calling capabilities by bringing audio and video calling to WhatsApp Web, enabling users to make and receive calls directly from supported web browsers without installing the desktop application in their laptop or PCs.
After months of beta experimenting with this feature, this rollout was officially announced by Meta on July 28, 2026. The feature enables a user to make voice calls, with video calls on the verge of getting added. It lets users make and receive voice, and coming soon, video, calls from WhatsApp Web. But, it was only previously avilable for Windows and macOS desktop apps, with the web edition limited to messaging only.
Once an account is linked to the phone, calls can be made via popular browsers like Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox. Browser-based calls continue to have WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, protecting voice and video calls. Users will be able to share their screen with each other during a call, which can be convenient for meetings at work, online teaching, and help sharing. This addition paves the way for WhatsApp to move into an ecosystem that allows users to seamlessly switch between mobile, desktop, and Web and enjoy a calling experience with WhatsApp.
This feature first appeared in WhatsApp Web beta earlier this year before extending to stable users. This rollout is gradual so that several users might receive it later than others. Group voice and video calls are not yet supported on WhatsApp Web. Meta is reported to be working on bringing group calling support in a future update.
This is one of the major and biggest updates to WhatsApp Web since its debut in 2015. Users who spend most of their time in the browser can now communicate without switching to the desktop apps, making WhatsApp a stronger competitor to browser-based collaboration platforms such as Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.
