After being revealed in January, WhatsApp is now rolling out a major upgrade to how the app will work on the web.

Support for voice and video calls between individual chats is now available to some beta testers, allowing web users to place and receive calls without giving Meta so much personal data via the WhatsApp desktop app.

By Foo Yun Chee and Padraic Halpin BRUSSELS/DUBLIN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' WhatsApp on Tuesday won backing from Europe's top court for its challenge to a fine that was increased to 225 million euros ($268 million) by the EU privacy watchdog,

Any warning from Google’s Project Zero threat hunters is taken seriously. This is the team behind many of the zero-day spyware discoveries plaguing Android and iPhone. This threat affects WhatsApp on Android, and relates to zero-click media downloads.

Russia is banning WhatsApp in the country for defying local laws. Can India, which has its own set of grievances against WhatsApp, too do it? As a sovereign country India can but it's neither simple nor easy.

A Meta spokesperson said the EU had "no reason" to intervene over it changing the app in January.

You'll need to enroll in the beta to try it early.

WhatsApp is rolling out voice and video calls on WhatsApp Web, starting with one-to-one chats. Screen sharing is included in video calls, while group calls and extras like call links are still in development.