Telegram followed through on a promise to launch video calling in 2020, enabling one-on-one sessions as it works toward the rollout of group calling capabilities.
Now available on iOS and Android, the new video calling tool features picture-in-picture mode, allowing users to multitask while on a call. Telegram stressed all video calls use end-to-end encryption, which can be verified by ensuring a set of emojis displayed to each chat partner match.
In a blog, the company said the rollout comes in response to an increased “need for face-to-face communication”, adding it is working to launch group video calls “in the coming months”.
The move could help Telegram better compete with Facebook-owned WhatsApp, which also provides secure messaging and calling with end-to-end encryption. WhatsApp launched one-to-one video calling in November 2016 [1], and followed with group calling capabilities [2] in July 2018.
But Telegram has a long way to go to catch up to WhatsApp: while the former boasts over 400 million users, WhatsApp crossed the 2 billion user mark [3] in February 2020.
[1] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/apps/news-apps/whatsapp-intros-video-calling
[2] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/apps/news-apps/whatsapp-launches-group-calling
[3] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/apps/news-apps/whatsapp-hits-2b-user-mark-hails-encryption-practice
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