WhatsApp Voice Calling Feature For Android Now Online

Latest Technology News It’s finally here! WhatsApp’s new calling feature has finally been released, at least for Android phones. While the new functionality is open to all users, without any invites (or workarounds) required, you need the latest version to access it.

The update hasn’t yet been pushed over-the-air but you can download the new version 2.12.19 apk from here or directly from WhatsApp’s website. Remember to enable third party apps in your phones Security Settings before you try to install this. Once that’s done, the app will reflect the new interface, with a separate tab for Calls at the top, alongside Chats and Contacts.

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Latest Technologies News The Calls tab logs all your incoming, outgoing , and missed Whatsapp calls, and you can make a call while chatting with someone, or through your contact list. The calling feature works like your standard caller, allowing you to switch to speakerphone or mute your mic, as well as displaying a timer.

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The call receiver will also need the new version for you to be able to call them, however. If the contact is offline or unavailable, you’ll hear the phone ring with no answer, and it’ll register a missed call for them to see the next time they open the app. This new feature also means that there’s no shortcut from within the app anymore to allow you to make a network call New Updates In Social Media.

So far, with both link for the apk being signed off by WhatsApp, it seems like this is the official rollout we were waiting for. Fingers crossed.

WhatsApp Voice-Calling Feature: Here’s How To Activate It

Personal Technology News After multiple flip-flops, WhatsApp has finally released the Voice-Calling Feature for all Android users. You will need to download version 2.11.528 from the Play Store or version 2.11.531 from the WhatsApp website.

According to AndroidPolice, the voice-calling can be activated is by receiving a call from someone whose voice-calling is already activated. After you get the call, you need to close and then reopen the app. After that, instead of seeing the most recent chats, you will get three tabs namely Calls, Chats and Contacts. The call tab shows incoming, outgoing and missed calls at the precise times.

This time around WhatsApp has decided to keep the invite-window open for longer duration. Unlike some weeks back when WhatsApp had kept the invite-window open only for a couple of hours.

WhatsApp has been beta-testing the voice-calling feature for quite a while now. We had earlier seen, how WhatsApp was testing this calling feature in India. A Reddit userpradnesh07, even got the feature activated on his phone.

Latest Personal Technology News According to the images posted, users who receive the voice-calling feature will notice an icon for it, beside the Chats and Contacts tabs. The call interface seems to quite similar to a smartphone’s contact directory. The app keeps a record of recent WhatsApp calls as well.

Last week we read about a malware which was promising access to the WhatsApp voice-calling feature. According to the Daily Star, if users clicked on a link, they were taken to another website where they were asked to take a survey on behalf of the popular messaging service. However, the survey forces people to download applications and software that might contain dangerous malware.

Samsung Galaxy Tab A And Galaxy Tab A Plus Specifications Leaked

It was reported last month that Samsung is working on a couple of new tablet lineups which will be released later this year. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A and Galaxy Tab A Plus are believed to be among the upcoming tablets and their purported specifications have been leaked online. Both are said to be mid-range tablets with the Galaxy Tab A Plus being Samsung’s first tablet outside of the Note series to come with the S Pen.

Samsung Galaxy Tab A and Galaxy Tab A Plus both will have 8-inch and 9.7-inch models. The smaller Tab A will have the same specifications as the smaller Tab A Plus, same goes with the larger Tab A and Tab A Plus.

You might be wondering about the difference between these two tablets. For starters the Galaxy Tab A Plus is said to come with the S Pen and it may have 2GB of RAM as opposed to 1.5GB on the Tab A.

The 8-inch models of these tablets are said to come with a 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 quadcore processor, 1,024×768 pixel resolution display with 4:3 aspect ratio, 2 megapixel front and 5 megapixel rear camera, 16GB on board storage and a 4,200mAh battery Smart Phone News.

9.7-inch models will have more or less the same specifications with the exception of a 1.2Ghz Qualcomm APQ8016 processor and 6,000mAh battery.

LTE and Wi-Fi only variants might be offered and the tablets are going to be just 7.4mm thin.  No word as yet on when Samsung plans on announcing these new tablets.

IPhone 6 Full Specification

iPhone 6 price, specs, release date rumours – 4.7in and 5.5in screen sizes and a better camera

Thanks to the raft of product announcements at the end of 2013, including the
iPad Air, iPad Mini with Retina Display, iPhone 5s and iOS 7, we got a glimpse of what Apple had been up to and an idea of what the hotly anticipated iPhone 6 would be like.

With the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M8) released, we now know what the big competition is doing this year, too, and what Apple has to compete against.

With the other big launches out of the way, the rumours are now all about Apple’s latest smartphone. They’re coming in thick and fast, so we’re updating this article regularly to keep you up-to-date. We’re also doing out best to filter out the rubbish, getting rid of the leaks, rumours and photos that are obviously fake. As we get ever-close to the launch date, the rumours will increase and we’ll get a better idea of what to expect.

iPHONE 6 DESIGN

Typically, Apple uses the same design for a product for two iterations, before bringing out something new. As we’ve had the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S, it makes sense for Apple to go for something different for the iPhone 6.

Rumour has it that the iPhone 6 is taking design cues from the iPod Nano and iPhone 5C.

Rumours published on the Japanese blog Macotakara stated that Apple wants to replicate the multiple colours of the iPhone 5C, giving people a choice for their new phone.

The iPhone 5C was made of plastic, which wouldn’t seem like the right move for a high-end smartphone; Apple seems to agree and is also looking to the construction of the iPod Nano. This product comes in multiple colours, too, but uses anodised aluminium body to provide the colour.

With a metal body, Apple will then take some of the design cues from the iPhone 5C, including the curved edges, and the same speaker and microphone holes in the bottom of the handset.

Allegedly, the phone would be just 7mm thick. At this size, the current camera would protrude from the back of the phone. Apple may make the phone thicker to compensate or, by the time the phone is released, have a smaller camera module.

These rumours seem to be been proven as true, if the latest leaked photos are to be believed. The iPhone 6 allegedly snapped in the Foxconn factory shows a new curvier design. Rather than the harsh edges of the iPhone 5S, the smooth, curved sides are definitely closer to the iPhone 5C and iPod Nano.

There’s nothing for scale in the photo, so we can’t tell how big the phone is, although it’s pretty much accepted that the new iPhone will have a bigger screen (see below for more information).

As well as showing off the casing, the photos also seem to show a new sensor on the bottom right. A second snap from the factory showed a CAD drawing of the phone, with the sensor labelled, but the resolution is too low to read it properly. It may be a pulse reader, as Apple is said to be gearing the iPhone 6 towards fitness.

Don’t believe the hype, this isn’t the iPhone 6

We’re not against renders, as they can help visualise what a feature might look like. However, we are against renders being passed off as the real thing. As for the iPhone 6, we’re going to have to wait a bit longer to find out what it will really look like.