How to Make a Whatsapp Group Video Call on Android / iPhone / iPad

The Whatsapp video calling is a popular feature on Whatsapp. To add to it, Whatsapp introduced the group calling feature in 2018. This enhanced feature of the Whatsapp video call lets you make group calls up to four members at a time. Previously, you need a third-party app to make group video calls but now, the Facebook owned app has brought all possible abilities to it to make users stay within the app for all of their needs over communication. So you can make a group video call on whatsapp over WiFi or mobile data and Whatsapp claims that they have made the feature in such a way that it works perfectly even on slow networks. Today let us see how to make Whatsapp group video calls on Android and iOS.

User privacy is the top priority of Whatsapp and so the group calls are end-to-end encrypted like the Whatsapp chats. As it is developed as a part of the Whatsapp video calling feature, it follows the same pattern as making a WhatsApp video call. You can make a group video call or you can also convert a normal video call to a group video call by adding participants.

TF FACT: Whatsapp support only a maximum of four persons in a group video call which is way more less when compared to its pals. Facebook Messenger supports group video calls of up to 50 members. Whereas Skype supports up to 25. Meanwhile, Snapchat supports 16 participants on a call and Apple’s FaceTime works up to 32 people.

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Steps to Make a Whatsapp Group Video Call – Android

Follow these steps to make a group video call on an Android device.

#1 Open Whastapp on Android mobile or tablet.

#2 Tap the Calls tab on top.

#3 Tap the New call icon on the bottom right.

#4 From the contact list, tap the New group call option on top.

#5 Tap to select the participants to the group call. You can select only 3 members.

#6 Now tap the Video camera icon next to the participants to make the call.

Whatsapp will connect the call and you can view the participants on the split screen accordingly.

#7 Tap the red call icon to cut the call.

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Steps to Make a Whatsapp Group Video Call – iPhone / iPad

These steps will help you make a group video call on whatsapp from an iOS device.

#1 Open Whatsapp on your iPhone / iPad.

#2 Tap the Calls tab in the bottom.

#3 Now tap the New call icon on the top right.

#4 On top, tap on the New Group Call feature.

#5 Select the participants to the call from the displayed whatsapp contacts.

#6 Once you have selected three participants, tap the video camera icon next to it.

#7 Whatsapp will connect the call and the participants will appear on screen when they attend the call.

#8 Click the Screen Sharing button to share your smartphone screen on the WhatsApp Video Call.

#9 Tap the red call icon to end the call.

Alternative Method

You can make group calls using the methods mentioned above. At the same time, there is another way by which you can make Whatsapp group calls. Firstly, make a normal video call to a person on Whatsapp, then tap the add participant icon on the top right. This way you can add persons one by one to the group call. A point to remember is that, you can only add one participant at a time and that too only after a person has attended the call.

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Final Thoughts

The Whatsapp group video call is a fun feature and at the same time very useful when you want to have a group conversation. It is well developed from the video calling feature released by Whatsapp in 2016. Let us expect Whatsapp to add more features to it and more importantly to increase the number of participants from 4, in the future updates. Comment you thoughts on this topic below.