The rumors were right,
yes, Facebook is raising the maximum limit of people allowed to take part in a
group audio or video call on WhatsApp.
The new cap is 4 but for all, the company announced today, this will "soon" double to 8. Beta versions of the software have already found the latest features. As before, these calls, whether audio or video, are encrypted end-to-end, ensuring that no one else, not even WhatsApp or Facebook, can view or hear them.
That's in sharp contrast
to the Messenger Rooms, also just introduced, that don't come with end-to-end
encryption. Rooms, on the other hand, require up to 50 persons to be on call.
Unfortunately, Facebook
has not published a clear timetable of the launch for WhatsApp latest maximum
participant cap. Past hints contained in beta versions of the software
suggested that the current iteration of the software would have to be used by
all 8 participants until the program was released in the wild. We're going to
have to wait and see how that works out.
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