{"id":380939,"date":"2026-10-14T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=380939"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:36:10","slug":"whatsapp-gets-guest-call-links-join-calls-without-an-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-gets-guest-call-links-join-calls-without-an-account\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp gets guest call links: join calls without an account"},"content":{"rendered":"

WhatsApp<\/a>\u2019s newest mobile update adds guest call links<\/a><\/strong>, which means you can now invite people into voice or video calls with a shared link even if they don\u2019t have a WhatsApp account.<\/p>\n

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From the Calls tab, tap the + icon to create a link. Only someone with WhatsApp can make one, but guests can open it in a desktop web browser, type in a name, and wait for you to let them in, with no app to install<\/strong> and no sign-in step.<\/p>\n\n

WhatsApp still supports group calls with up to 32 people<\/strong>. Those calls keep the same end-to-end encryption, screen sharing, hand-raising, and guest removal controls. Guests still have limits, though: they can\u2019t start calls, send messages during the call, see phone numbers, or join from a mobile browser.<\/p>\n\n

If you use WhatsApp for family catch-ups, class calls, client support, or quick, lightweight meetings, this update makes a lot of sense to install. Calls are still free and unlimited<\/strong>, and it\u2019s another sign that WhatsApp is edging closer to Zoom<\/a> and Microsoft Teams<\/a>, backed by its 2 billion users and those planned Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook plugins.<\/p>\n\n

You can update WhatsApp on mobile now, and for the moment, guests can join only<\/strong> through a desktop browser.<\/p>\n

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WhatsApp\u2019s newest mobile update adds guest call links, which means you can now invite people into voice or video calls with a shared link even if they don\u2019t have a WhatsApp account. From the Calls tab, tap the + icon to create a link. Only someone with WhatsApp can make one, but guests can open … Continue reading “WhatsApp gets guest call links: join calls without an account”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9349,"featured_media":380938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-380939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380940,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380939\/revisions\/380940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380939"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=380939"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=380939"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=380939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}