Increase in number of participants from 8 is a very welcome move.
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WhatsApp Improving Video Calling With Support for More People, Picture in Picture
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So my hot take
1 as others have said I’d like an iPad app, even on my Pro Max screen 32 participants is going to be tiny!
2 for those of us with cellular watches can we have an Apple Watch app? It’s the only thing my watch lacks that would mean I could leave my phone behind or powered down for a lot of the time.
3 Whilst I realise for most people 4 devices signed in will be enough but why not make it match Apple so a maximum of 9 plus the phone?
4 Android users get their chats stored on Google drive free, why do we on iCloud have to use our storage?
1 as others have said I’d like an iPad app, even on my Pro Max screen 32 participants is going to be tiny!
2 for those of us with cellular watches can we have an Apple Watch app? It’s the only thing my watch lacks that would mean I could leave my phone behind or powered down for a lot of the time.
3 Whilst I realise for most people 4 devices signed in will be enough but why not make it match Apple so a maximum of 9 plus the phone?
4 Android users get their chats stored on Google drive free, why do we on iCloud have to use our storage?
Probably due to some deal Whatsapp had with Google. Before the availability of e2ee, Google Drive whatsapp backup is practically plain text, and you can imagine the amount of data Google crawled. Nothing is free.
That makes sense but now it is e2ee they continue. I guess they are still reaping the benefits
An arm’s length from government organisation. (it’s owned by the government but independent of it) I work with have a dedicated customer service team working on WhatsApp. It helps keep the phone lines free I’m told
E2ee backup is not enabled by default, so I can bet majority of users don’t take advantage of it.
Ah I didn’t know that I only came to WhatsApp after I got my first iPhone through my job, where I was advised it was the informal communication channel for making social arrangements etc, but not for work matters
Why is it scary? Whatsapp is end to end encrypted. It is actually better than regular insecure SMS.
Odd that they are finally getting around to adding features to compete with Zoom and Teams, et al, (two years too late) but don't recognize that people use these on large screen devices like Macs and iPads.
In Europe many public services use text interfaces to their normal IVR systems through whatsapp business to offer services to users based on their phone number on file. It's great for looking up information and getting account statues. It means they don't have have massive call centers and requests that require human assistance can go into a message queue that is much easier to manage on both ends than waiting on hold.
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