Yesterday we announced that Whatsapp had announced the progressive activation of video calls, for all its users. We gave you all kinds of details about them and we touched on a topic that was not very clear. This topic was the data consumption of this type of calls.
We commented that on the website Xatakamovil.com, they published an article advising that the consumption of video calls from Whatsapp was 5 times higher than that of other apps. Here we pass you the image of the comparison between platforms
In beta phase, the consumption of video calls from Whatsapp skyrocketed at 33mb per minute.
Yesterday we began to test the data consumption, up to the minute, of each call. Below we show you the conclusions we drew.
DATA CONSUMPTION IN WHATSAPP VIDEO CALLS:
We took our iPhone,we reset the mobile data consumption statistics and made a 1-minute video call, without saying a word in it. We only watched the video of the call. The consumption was as follows.
Then we do the test again but in these video calls, we don't stop talking for the whole minute. Consumption was
Then we deactivate the option « Lower the use of data » (this option is found within the settings of Whatsapp,in the section «Use of data and storage»), which we had activated, and the result in a video call with conversation, was the following
Obviously, the consumption of data that is made in one of these audiovisual calls depends on factors such as the image and audio that is shared. If the video being broadcast is full of colors, there is a lot of mobility in it and you don't stop talking throughout the conversation, the consumption data will rise.
In conclusion, the data consumption per minute in a video call from Whatsapp, can range between 3, 5mb and5, 5mb. These figures may vary, as we have said, depending on the content that is shared in the call.
If you want to check the data consumed in each of these types of calls, from Whatsapp you can check it. Enter the "Calls" menu and click on the rounded "i" of the video call you want to consult. This is where the data consumption made will be shown
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