{"id":73563,"date":"2026-09-09T18:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/73563"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:42:05","slug":"whatsapp-tests-guest-call-feature-for-users-without-an-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/73563","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp tests guest call feature for users without an account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>Meta is testing a guest call feature that allows users to join WhatsApp calls without setting up an account, using a secure web link. The feature is still in development and isn\u2019t available for testing yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>This new feature expands on the current call link option by letting people join a call through a link, even if they haven\u2019t installed the app or created an account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Each guest must be approved by the call host before joining, and calls will remain end-to-end encrypted. The feature uses the same technology that powers guest chats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>WhatsApp is updating its call link feature so people can make calls even without an account. Users can join through a secure web link without installing the app, and the host will approve each guest before they join.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Guests can open the link in their browser and join the call without creating an account, using the same technology as guest chats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hosts generate the call links, and they must verify each guest before allowing them to join as a security step. WhatsApp continues to protect all calls with end-to-end encryption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>WhatsApp has millions of users worldwide, but many people still haven\u2019t signed up. As a result, some companies use WhatsApp as their main way to talk to customers, which leaves out those who don\u2019t use the app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With guest calls, Meta would let more people use WhatsApp to connect with others, and they hope this will encourage more people to sign up for full accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The guest call feature is still being developed and isn\u2019t available for testing yet. Meta hasn\u2019t announced when it will be ready or released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Because the feature is still in development, it could change before it launches, and Meta hasn\u2019t officially announced it yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/whatsapp-tests-guest-call-feature-for-users-without-an-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta is testing a guest call feature that allows users to join WhatsApp calls without setting up an account, using a secure web link. The feature is still in development and isn\u2019t available for testing yet. This new feature expands on the current call link option by letting people join a call through a link, even if they haven\u2019t installed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":16,"label":"Pakistan"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-content\/uploads\/Whatsapp-1024x555.jpg",1024,555,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"frkhokhar@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/author\/frkhokhargmail-com"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":16,"name":"Pakistan","slug":"pakistan","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":16,"taxonomy":"category","description":"All about Pakistan","parent":0,"count":4896,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":16,"category_count":4896,"category_description":"All about Pakistan","cat_name":"Pakistan","category_nicename":"pakistan","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73564,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73563\/revisions\/73564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}