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WhatsApp Calling Spotted in the Wild?

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12 years ago

March 15, 2014

Kyle Yeldell

[CNet]

This Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 photo shows the WhatsApp and Facebook app icons on an iPhone in New York. On Wednesday the world's biggest social networking company, Facebook, announced it is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to $19 billion in cash and stock. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

This Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 photo shows the WhatsApp and Facebook app icons on an iPhone in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Answer the phone — WhatsApp is calling.

Friday, screenshots purportedly depicting the widely popular messaging app’s coming-soon voice-calling features made their way to the Web courtesy of the blog iPhoneItalia. The shots, seen above, reportedly depict a beta version of WhatsApp for iPhone with a new interface for making calls.

The images suggest that WhatsApp with VoIP is on its way sooner rather later. Just weeks ago, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum promised to give the messaging app’s iPhone and Android users voice communication options. He said voice calling would be added in the second of quarter of this year.