WhatsApp now allows up to 8 people to join a group video call: Details here

WhatsApp emphasised that like written messages, all calls on its platform are protected with end-to-end encryption

Facebook-owned instant messaging platform, WhatsApp now allows up to eight people in a group video call.  The number of total participants allowed in a video call were earlier limited to four. The change has been done in view of increasing number of people turning to digital platforms to connect with friends and family amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Last month, WhatsApp said that people on average are spending over 15 billion minutes talking each day on WhatsApp calls, well above a typical day before the pandemic.

"...we see that people all over the world are turning to voice and video calling