{"id":1024539,"date":"2026-07-29T09:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1024539"},"modified":"2026-07-29T10:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:46:12","slug":"whatsapp-introduces-browser-calling-with-call-transfer-waiting-room-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/29\/whatsapp-introduces-browser-calling-with-call-transfer-waiting-room-features\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp introduces browser calling with call transfer, waiting room features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta-owned WhatsApp has launched browser-based audio and video calling, allowing users to make and receive calls directly from a web browser without downloading a desktop application. <\/p>\n<p>The new feature supports one-on-one and group calls and includes screen sharing, reactions and a dedicated calls tab for viewing call history and favourites, WhatsApp said in a blog post. <\/p>\n<p>The company has also introduced a call transfer feature that allows users to move an ongoing group call between devices, such as from a mobile phone to a desktop, without disconnecting and rejoining the call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta-owned WhatsApp has launched browser-based audio and video calling, allowing users to make and receive calls directly from a web browser without downloading a desktop application. The new feature supports one-on-one and group calls and includes screen sharing, reactions and a dedicated calls tab for viewing call history and favourites, WhatsApp said in a blog post. The company has also introduced a call transfer feature that allows users to move an ongoing group call between devices, such as from a mobile phone to a desktop, without disconnecting and rejoining the call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,80,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-pioneer","category-the-pioneer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1024555,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024539\/revisions\/1024555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}