WhatsApp Desktop App Now Includes Video And Voice Call Support

WhatsApp, through its official blog, revealed that video and voice call support has been added to its desktop app on Windows and Mac platforms. As you may recall from our previous report, the new features first entered beta testing in December 2020, but were only made available for a small number of users.

Unfortunately, users of the web version of WhatsApp will be disappointed to know that the new video and voice call features have not been implemented just yet. It is not known when the company is planning to roll out the update for that particular platform.

Launching the new functions on desktop is similar to how it is done via the mobile version of WhatsApp. Simply open up a chat window and then click on either the video camera or phone icon on top to start the respective type of call. Video calls will pop out in a resizable window, and will always appear on top of any opened applications on screen. Of course, a webcam and/or microphone are required in order to initiate these calls.

However, the Facebook-owned messaging service noted that the new features are only available for individual chats, and would eventually be expanded to groups at a later time. A blunder on WhatsApp’s end, as this delay will definitely give rival platforms such as Zoom and Skype an advantage in terms of multi-user video conferencing.

Surprisingly, WhatsApp is still offering new quality-of-life features to its users, despite receiving a tremendous amount of backlash for its upcoming policy change. However, these new additions and a majority of the platform’s functionality will eventually be stripped off from those who insist on refusing to accept its new privacy changes by 15 May 2021.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Specifications Now Official; Includes 3584 CUDA Cores And 170W TDP

NVIDIA unveiled its GeForce RTX 3060 earlier this year, alongside the announcement of its GeForce RTX 30 series mobile graphics for laptops, but fell short of giving us the full specs sheet of the card. Now, with its alleged 25 February launch date edging closer, the GPU maker seems to have made all relevant details of the card known.

As well all know, the RTX 3060 will have 12GB GDDR6 out of the box. Additional details – as per the card’s official product page – include 3584 CUDA cores, a base and boost clock of 1.32GHz and 1.78GHz, and a 192-bit memory bus out of the box.

As for output ports, the card will have the standard HDMI 2.1 port and three DisplayPort 1.4a ports, but that is subject to change, depending on the AiB partner. In terms of power consumption, NVIDIA says that the RTX 3060 will run with just one 8-pin PCIe power connector, but again, and how far NVIDIA board partners will push the card will also determine if their card will require more than just one 8-pin connector. Also, the card will have a power envelope of 170W and require a 550W PSU to properly run.

Pricing for the GeForce RTX 3060 is set to start at US$329 (~RM1325) and in any case, we should begin seeing reviews and hearing about other custom-cooled cards come 25 February. And before you ask: no, there is no indication that there will be enough of the card to go around at launch.