Comments on: When Whatsapp Adds Voice Calling, WebRTC will be Used by 500 Million Users https://bloggeek.me/whatsapp-voice-calling-webrtc/ The leading authority on WebRTC Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:15:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tsahi Levent-Levi https://bloggeek.me/whatsapp-voice-calling-webrtc/#comment-117503 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:53:47 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=7723#comment-117503 In reply to Chintan Parikh.

Chitan,

Thanks for the input.

Tsahi

]]> By: Chintan Parikh https://bloggeek.me/whatsapp-voice-calling-webrtc/#comment-117502 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 09:00:31 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=7723#comment-117502 It can now be confirmed that WhatsApp is using WebRTC with codecs opus , G711 and G722.

Licenses of WebRTC and related technologies are mentioned in both Android and iOS app.

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi https://bloggeek.me/whatsapp-voice-calling-webrtc/#comment-117501 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:59:53 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=7723#comment-117501 In reply to Abhi.

Abhi,

While this is true, it seems they are still working on that service: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/whatsapp-delays-launch-voice-calling-service-q1-2015/2014-10-28

Voice apparently is more challenging than it seems 🙂

]]> By: Abhi https://bloggeek.me/whatsapp-voice-calling-webrtc/#comment-117500 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:56:32 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=7723#comment-117500 Just stumbled across this old thread. Its been more then Q2, no words on WA voice calling, even beta version does not have it. I feel voice scene is also fast becoming saturated with so many players already in market that a new enterent may find it hard to negotiate (WA may have strong msngr user base, but not present in voice yet) Or otherwise it could simply be understanding with cellular operators, ‘you give special WA plans, we’ll not spoil voice call party’ (Atleast in India, cellular association wants to control what you use your data for.)

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi https://bloggeek.me/whatsapp-voice-calling-webrtc/#comment-117499 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:36:24 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=7723#comment-117499 In reply to chakri.

Whatsapp is an app and not a web page. They can easily pack WebRTC as an SDK into their app, as many others have already done.

]]> By: chakri https://bloggeek.me/whatsapp-voice-calling-webrtc/#comment-117498 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:54:48 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=7723#comment-117498 How are they going to overcome in iPhone…? do you have any clue about this ?because WebRTC is not currently available on iPhone

]]> By: YOU KNOW https://bloggeek.me/whatsapp-voice-calling-webrtc/#comment-117497 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:54:08 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=7723#comment-117497 Unfortunately the whatsapp application is blocked in my country and we can’t use it.
so if they add webrtc audio/video to it, or not. it won’t work here :P

]]> By: Amir Zmora https://bloggeek.me/whatsapp-voice-calling-webrtc/#comment-117496 Thu, 22 May 2014 14:41:04 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=7723#comment-117496 It makes a lot of sense that they will use WebRTC. In this case WebRTC will simply be a media engine they stuff into their application. Not sure they will even say they are using it. It is a decision between buy/build a media engine and handle all the many problems associated with supporting many different phone models or just use the best media engine out there for free.

]]>