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WOW! WhatsApp Calling to Unsaved Contacts Coming Soon

WhatsApp Calling

Meta owned WhatsApp is working on making WhatsApp calling and texting to unsaved contacts much easier. Presently, WhatsApp Calling and texting is only available for saved contacts.

Which means that if you need ot text or call someone on WhatsApp, you will have to add that number to your contact list first.

A new beta build for Android (WhatsApp Beta version 2.22.8.11) has revealed that the company is working on a solution for this. The build reveals that simply tapping on an unsaved number in a chat bubble will open up a few options, one of which will let you message that particular number right away.

Other options that appear when you tap on this unsaved number also include ‘Dial’ and ‘Add to contacts,’ reveals a screenshot by Android Authority. Currently, tapping on a new number in WhatsApp chats will take you straight to the phone dialler instead.

WhatsApp Calling

However it may work, WhatsApp Calling will have its limitations.

A major limitation is that it will only work for numbers which exist on a chat that you can tap. This means either someone else has to send you this number or you must send it to someone before you can tap on it to open up the new options.

WhatsApp Calling to unsaved contacts in Beta version

This option is still in beta testing version, with no information when it would be rolled out.

Till then, you can try this for WhatsApp Texting with an unsaved contact –

Open up a browser on your phone and visiting the URL https://wa.me/phonenumber where the ‘phonenumber’ can be replaced with the number you want to text. This URL ay not work at times.

However, there is no way by which one can initiate WhatsApp Calling without saving a contact, as of now.

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