WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging platforms in the world. It allows users to make free voice and video calls worldwide. You need an internet-enabled smartphone to make WhatsApp calls. But, did you know that you can also make WhatsApp calls from your laptop or desktop computer? Yes, it is possible. I’ll tell you how.
Usually, when we talk about using WhatsApp on desktop, WhatsApp Web comes to our mind. It is as simple as it seems. is accessible at web.whatsapp.com From any web browser. This is the easiest way to use WhatsApp on computer or laptop. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any option to make voice or video calls from there.
So, how is it possible to make WhatsApp video calls on a laptop? In fact, this is possible with the WhatsApp desktop version available for Windows operating system. This involves downloading the desktop version of WhatsApp on your Windows computer. This article will guide you step by step to make video calls using WhatsApp desktop version.
How to make WhatsApp video calls on laptop or desktop?
As mentioned above, you need to install the desktop version of WhatsApp to make video calls from your laptop or desktop. WhatsApp’s calling feature is currently not available on WhatsApp Web. Let me guide you step by step on how to download WhatsApp on your laptop and make video calls.
- Once the WhatsApp installer setup is downloaded on your PC, click on it.
- As soon as you click on setup, it will automatically start downloading WhatsApp from Microsoft Store.
- Once it is successfully downloaded, you will see the following welcome screen. Now, click get started button.
- Now, you will see a QR code. bus Scan this QR code To log in, as we did when using WhatsApp Web. Even if you don’t know how to scan a QR to log into WhatsApp desktop version, the steps are mentioned on the QR code screen itself as shown in the screenshot below.
- And finally, after you are logged in, click on the chat section of the contact you want to video call. In the top right corner, click on Video call iconAnd that’s it.
This way you can make WhatsApp video calls from your laptop or desktop computer. To make video calls from your laptop you need to install the desktop version of WhatsApp. As mentioned earlier, currently, this feature is not available on WhatsApp Web.