There had been rumors about WhatsApp having a calling feature, well it looks like they've finally implimented it but it might be still in it's beta version, so it's not out for the public yet.
After announcing its acquisition of US-based voice-calling firm Zip Phone in early January, India’s very own instant messenger, Hike, had a unique gift for all its Android users on the occasion of 66th Republic Day, 2015. Hike Messenger has now enabled free voice calling in the latest update! iOS and Windows Phone users will get the 'Hike Calls' feature by the end of Q1 2015.
Now it's turn for WhatsApp. Instant messaging service WhatsApp has seemingly begun a slow rollout of its anticipated voice-calling feature to its users in India, as reported by GSM Arena. The current rollout, which has not yet been officially announced by WhatsApp, appears to be operating via an invite-only scenario. The feature gets switched on when a user who already has it enabled calls another user.
As mentioned in the XDA, one can activate it manually on a rooted device.
Requirements:
1)Root access
2) WhatsApp (version 2.11.508 or Above)
3) Terminal Emulator
Instructions:
1) Make sure you have the right version of WhatsApp
2) Open Terminal Emulator in your Android phone
3) Type in the following:
su
am start -n com.whatsapp/com.whatsapp.HomeActivity
4) WhatsApp should now open with the calling feature enabled.
Voice-calling will put WhatsApp in direct competition with the likes of VoIP services Skype and Viber.
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