Leaked images show video calling in WhatsApp

Facebook has planned to release video calling on its subsidiary, WhatsApp for a while now. Well it seems like those plans arent just plans anymore as a German Apple blog Macerkopf.de posted a few picture of the video calling feature on WhatsApp, a few days ago.

Judging by these images we can more or less confirm that the new version (v2.12.16.2) will have video calling. Controls to this add-on include a mute button, placed on the left side of the call disconnect button and a camera-switch button (which allows you to swap between the front and rear camera) placed on the right side of the call disconnect button. You can also move an image that your camera is capturing during the video call, much like what you would see during a Skype call.

The images are reportedly taken from the new version WhatsApp (v2.12.16.2) for iOS. The update is also reported to bring multiple chat tabs that allow users to switch between conversations without having to return to the chats list.

With this new update, WhatsApp will enter the likeliness of Applications like Skype and Facetime. WhatsApp already managed to pull some users from Viber and Skype when they introduced VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) telephony a while ago.

Even though all this looks and sounds very dandy the new version is currently still being tested, although it is speculated that the new version will be released on iOS in a couple of weeks. However, Android users are rumored to be getting the update at a later date.