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November 15, 2016 10:11 am GMT

Video calling on WhatsApp is a bigger deal than just a new feature

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Video calling apps have existed for at least a decade. Skype offered free video calls way back in 2006, Apple launched FaceTime in 2010, Facebook Messenger got video calling last year and Google has been dabbling with the feature in multiple avatars for a while, and now has Duo. 

Yet, WhatsApp's entry is a bigger deal, especially in emerging markets.

SEE ALSO: WhatsApp will finally have video calling for everyone

The biggest thing going for WhatsApp is its sheer user base — over 1 billion monthly active users worldwide. To put the numbers into perspective, Skype has about 300 million monthly active users globally while WhatsApp has 160 million in India alone.   Read more...

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