when you have phone number and you will callThe normal thing is to open the calling application as Google Phone. In the future, you can open WhatsApp instead.

The latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android is hidden inside a classic phone dialerthat is, in numbers. Although it’s not yet functional, it looks like Meta has plans for us to use the app to call not just our friends, but strangers as well.

WhatsApp for phone calls

Calls have been available on WhatsApp for many years, and there are several ways to do them both from the chat and from the phone. Calls tab. Exactly in this tab, if we tap on the floating button to start a new search, the search bar contains a bookmark icon, so we can type a phone number and call people with that number.

Now the application is being prepared a phone dialer window the old way with the traditional T-9 keyboard, which doesn’t seem to serve the same purpose in theory. It looks the same as other Android phone apps.

Although not functional yet, this phone dialer seems to show us a future. We will use WhatsApp to call numbers that are not on the agenda (via WhatsApp), instead of using a traditional phone call. In a way, WhatsApp would become a Viber a few years later.

The problem, of course, will be Not all phone numbers have WhatsAppespecially if they are constant numbers. WhatsApp does not allow us to register with a landline number in a normal account, although it is available in business accounts. In this context, we can use WhatsApp to call the corner bakery if the bakery in question has saved this number in its WhatsApp Business account.

WhatsApp dialer is, to say the least, An interesting innovation is on the way. Since it still doesn’t work and doesn’t have a single text in it, we can’t help but guess how it will work beyond the obvious (type a number and call).

via | WaBetaInfo

Xataka on Android | WhatsApp does much more than sending messages: 13 little-known tricks