Twenty years ago, if you wanted to make an international phone call, you would have to use a landline phone and pay a lot of money for the privilege. But with the internet, those days are long gone. With messaging apps like WhatsApp, you can now make international calls all for the cost of the internet data it consumes. Here’s how to make a free international call on WhatsApp and even reduce the internet data that call will consume. Show Read more: How to use WhatsApp: A step-by-step beginner’s guide How to make a free international call on WhatsApp (Android and iOS)To make a call on the WhatsApp mobile app, go to the contact you wish to call. In the top right-hand corner, you’ll see icons for phone and video. Tap on the one you want to use. If this is the first time you’re making such a call, your phone will ask permission to access and use your camera and microphone.  The call will then start ringing. You can switch between audio and video calling at any time by tapping the video and audio icons. You can also mute yourself using the microphone icon. How to make a free international call on WhatsApp (desktop app)First, we should clarify that this is for the desktop app, not the web app. WhatsApp Web does not provide a call feature. On the desktop app, go to the contact you want to call. In the top right-hand corner, you’ll see phone and video icons. Click on the one you want to use. If this is the first time you’re using the call function, your computer will ask you for camera and microphone access. Once you click either the phone icon or video icon, it will ring. Even if you chose the phone icon, you could easily switch to a video call by clicking the video icon on the far left. Clicking the microphone button will mute you. FAQsCurrently, WhatsApp Web does not have phone and video calls baked in. If the person you’re calling is already in your phone’s contact list, then they’ll also show up on WhatsApp. If you don’t wish to put them in your phone’s contact book, we have a handy article on circumventing that requirement. On the mobile app, go to Settings > Storage and Data. Toggle the option Use Less Data for Calls. This will lower the amount of data taken from your internet plan when you make WhatsApp phone calls. However, the downside is that the call quality may suffer slightly. Yes. For WhatsApp to know the origin of the country of the person you’re calling, it needs the country’s dialing code. If you don’t know the country code, you can look it up here. Note that instead of the 0 at the start of the dialing code, you must instead type a +. You can accomplish this by holding down the 0 key on a mobile device. WhatsApp calls are free of charge. The amount of data deducted from your monthly internet data plan is the only real “cost.” This is not an issue if you have an unlimited data plan. How do I make a call on WhatsApp without a contact?Visit the address https://wa.me/phonenumber. Note: Add the registered WhatsApp mobile number you want to chat with on the phone number field in this format https://wa.me/919734652818. The country code, which for India is 91, needs to be added as well.
Can I call a regular phone from WhatsApp?WhatsApp can't be used to make a telephone call to a mobile number that isn't in your WhatsApp contacts list. Nor can it be used to phone a landline number. So, while your WhatsApp call to a contact in another country may look, sound, and feel like an international phone call, it's actually a voice call or voice chat.
Can you use WhatsApp to call someone without WhatsApp?For example, you can't call users who do not have WhatsApp installed on their device. Similarly, you cannot place calls to regular numbers (including both landlines and cell phones). This is different from Skype and smartphone apps that specialize in VOIP-to-phone calls.
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