Whatsapp and facebook audio and video calls can now have up to 8 participants as announce today.
The current limit is 4, but this will “soon” double to 8 for everyone, the company revealed today. The new functionality has already been spotted in beta versions of the app. As before, these calls, whether audio or video, are end-to-end encrypted, meaning no one else can view or listen to them, not even WhatsApp or Facebook.
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That’s in stark contrast to the also just unveiled Messenger Rooms, which don’t come with end-to-end encryption. On the other hand, Rooms does allow for up to 50 people to be on a call.
Unfortunately, Facebook hasn’t shared a specific launch timeline for the new maximum limit of participants for WhatsApp. Previous clues found in beta versions of the app implied that all of the 8 participants would have to use the latest iteration of the app, once the functionality launches in the wild. We’ll have to wait and see if that pans out.
