WhatsApp's new update will let users join a Group video call after it has begun

WhatsApp has introduced a new feature to cater to this new normal. In an era of video calls for everything, from personal to professional, the messaging app has updated its call feature.

With the new update, users will be able to join a WhatsApp video or audio call even after it has begun.

"Joinable calls reduce the burden of answering a group call as it starts, and brings the spontaneity and ease of in-person conversations to group calling on WhatsApp," the Facebook-owned app said in a blogpost.


WhatsApp has also created a call info screen to let users see who is already on the call, and who has been invited but not yet joined.

If you hit the ‘ignore’ button on a call, you will be able to join later from the calls tab.

"When you receive a group video call, the incoming video call screen will show the participants who are currently on the call, and the first contact listed will be the participant that added you," the blog post explained.

WhatsApp group calling allows up to eight participants on a call.