Guest Jared Peters Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 WhatsApp, under new management from Facebook, has shifted course slightly on its 2014 roadmap. At MWC this year, CEO of the company, Jan Koum, announced that WhatsApp users would be seeing a new feature rolled out in the next few months: voice calling. Voice calling will initially become available to Android and iOS users in Q2 of 2014, with BlackBerry and Windows Phone users seeing the addition later on in the year. They didn’t reveal any details about how the voice calling would work, but it’s very likely that it will work like WhatsApp’s normal messaging service in that users will get a free trial period, then have to pay 99 cents per year to keep using it. Of course, if that is the plan, it’s still as cheap as ever. So far, it’s looking like Facebook plans to keep WhatsApp separate, but continue to drive new features for the app. Voice calling is just the first step, and I imagine we’ll see more news from the company later this year. Be sure to keep up with the rest of our MWC 2014 coverage. source: Android Authority Come comment on this article: WhatsApp to bring voice calling to Android and iOS in Q2 2014 Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more! News via TalkAndroid
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