WhatsApp has now rolled out new features to the app. The new feature will allow users to add a group description so that users can know what the group is about. Additionally, a user can now switch between voice and video calling.

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Users can now add a description to any of their Groups, which can be 512 characters long. To add a description, a user must tap the Group Info and add a description in the box below the thumbnail image of the group. It should be noted that only group admins can change the description. Users can also search for names of the people in the group chat.

Also, users can now switch between voice and video calls. To toggle between the voice and video call, users will have to tap on a tab that will appear during a call. This will allow them to switch between the voice and video option.

WhatsApp, a popular messaging app that competes with the likes of Hike, Google's Allo and Viber in India, started offering video calling feature in November last year. The video calling feature also pitched WhatsApp against popular video calling apps like Microsoft's Skype, Apple's FaceTime and Google Duo.

Since then, it has seen a steady growth in usage. One of the driving factors has been falling data prices and free promotional data by newcomer, Reliance Jio. As per data shared by WhatsApp, India is the top country for video calling minutes with over 50 million video calling minutes per day.

Globally, users make over 55 million video calls per day, spending more than 340 million minutes per day on these calls. WhatsApp is also home to over 200 million monthly active users. This is the highest base for WhatsApp that has over a billion users globally.