This story was originally published 2020/04/21
4:11am PDTon Apr 21, 2020 and last updated 2020/04/28
11:26pm PDTon Apr 28, 2020. 

WhatsApp has supported group audio and video calls since 2018, but you have always been limited to calling three other people at one time. During times of stay-at-home orders and quarantines, that might not be enough to stay connected with all of your friends and family. An update to the WhatsApp beta channel improves that situation as it raises the limit to up to eight participants (including yourself) for the first few users, but it involves a server-side change, too.