WhatsApp adds the ability to pause a call to take a new call. Here’s how it works
WhatsApp is updating with a surprise feature: the iOS version of the app has added the ability to put a call on hold to accept a new one. This isn’t a huge new feature, but it is a small update that improves one of the most used features of the messaging app.
To get the new feature, just download the new version of WhatsApp from the App Store and install it on your iPhone. There is no need either to uninstall the app or to enable some option in the app’s settings. With the new update, the developers have also released other novelties: the Chat screen has been modified to make messages more readable, while for those with visual impairments it is possible to send messages from the Braile keyboard when using VoiceOver mode (a feature dedicated to accessibility). Finally, small updates also regarding privacy to make the application and users’ profiles more secure.
How to pause a phone call on WhatsApp
Calls and video calls on WhatsApp are one of the most loved features by users. With the spread of “all in one” phone subscriptions (calls, messages and data traffic included in the monthly cost) making calls over the Internet has become easier and cheaper.
WhatsApp is one of the most used apps to call friends and family, but until now the feature had some problems. If while we were engaged in a phone call on WhatsApp we received another one, also on the messaging app, we were not notified. With the update, however, you can decide to pause the call you are making, to answer the incoming one. You can manage everything through the phone’s screen, where a message will appear alerting you to the new incoming call. If you want to answer, just pause the first call and the transition will happen automatically.
In contrast, the problem between calls on WhatsApp and calls received on the phone line has not been solved. In case we are talking on the messaging app and at the same time we receive a phone call on the “normal” line, the call on WhatsApp is interrupted. It is difficult to find a solution to this problem, since the two calls are made on two different lines
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