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title: "WhatsApp to let non-users join calls without an account"
description: "Most outlets reported the development of a new WhatsApp feature allowing non-users to join calls without an account. They noted the feature was spotted in a beta version of WhatsApp for Android and described it as an extension of the app’s existing call-link functionality. The framing and wording were largely consistent across the excerpts, with no significant differences in emphasis."
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# WhatsApp to let non-users join calls without an account

technology · updated 7 Sep 2026, 6:25 PM PKT · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the development of a new WhatsApp feature allowing non-users to join calls without an account. They noted the feature was spotted in a beta version of WhatsApp for Android and described it as an extension of the app’s existing call-link functionality. The framing and wording were largely consistent across the excerpts, with no significant differences in emphasis.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **BOL News** — [WhatsApp to let non-users join calls without an account](https://www.bolnews.com/technology/whatsapp-to-let-non-users-join-calls-without-an-account) · 7 Sep 2026, 6:25 PM PKT
  > A new WhatsApp feature could soon allow users to call people who do not have a WhatsApp account. The feature was spotted in WhatsApp’s Android beta version 2.25.22.13 and expands the company’s existing call-link feature. Users would not need to install WhatsApp or create an account and could join calls through a web browser.
- **ProPakistani** — [WhatsApp Will Let You Call Users With No WhatsApp Accounts](https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/07/whatsapp-will-let-you-call-users-with-no-whatsapp-accounts/) · 7 Sep 2026, 6:20 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > WhatsApp is developing a guest calling feature that will allow people without a WhatsApp account to join calls through a… Read More
- **The News International** — [WhatsApp to let non-users join calls without an account](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1415202-whatsapp-to-let-non-users-join-calls-without-an-account) · 7 Sep 2026, 12:23 PM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing
  > A WhatsApp user could soon call someone who has never opened the app. The feature, spotted inside a beta build of WhatsApp for Android tagged 2.25.22.13, extends the company's existing call-link tool to people who don't have an account at all,...

## Part of a bigger story

Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology).

- [WhatsApp introduces guest calling feature for non-users](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14384-whatsapp-users-can-now-invite-anyone-to-join-calls-without) · 15 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 88% related

4 articles from 3 outlets, 7 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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