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With WhatsApp finally emerging from the dark ages of simply being an instant messenger to include voice call functionality like Skype, it's clear that it's only a matter of time until WhatsApp video calls become the next big feature update.

Facebook doesn't mess around. The social network showed serious guts by dropping a serious amount of money to purchase WhatsApp, especially when you consider it already had its own perfectly functional chat platform in Messenger.

Following the purchase, WhatsApp got a serious security overhaul by adding end-to-end encryption - effectively plugging WhatsApp's most obvious weak point. Following the security fix, WhatsApp added voice calling functionality.