WhatsApp calls: that's the cost

If you want to call your friends via WhatsApp, you can do it quickly and easily with WhatsApp Calls. We show you what costs you will have to pay.

WhatsApp: Calls are generally free of charge

Not only the sending of messages and pictures, the calls are also free in WhatsApp. WhatsApp does not charge you any fees.
However, the calls cause a much higher traffic compared to messages. If you make calls in the WLAN, that's no problem.
The calls are only at the expense of your data volume on the move, in the mobile network. If you have a flat rate this is not a problem, but if you pay per MB it will be expensive. How high the data consumption of the calls is, however, difficult to say.

We have often measured the data consumption of WhatsApp. However, the results are quite different, so that no uniform consumption can be determined.
The measurements usually fluctuate between 0.7 and 1.5 MB per minute. The consumption depends on both the current connection and the smartphone used.
iPhone users are the most economical with around 0.7 MB per minute. On Android you can expect an average consumption of around 1 MB.
With WhatsApp, you can make calls without a flat, which is quite expensive: at 24 cents / MB, you pay between 17 and 24 cents per minute.

If you want to protect your mobile data volume, you should make calls via WhatsApp mainly in the WLAN. If you do not have an Internet flat rate, a normal call is usually cheaper.
To protect your mobile data volume, you can switch on the so-called "Reduced data consumption" in "Settings"> "Data volume". However, the speech quality also suffers from this.
On the iPhone you can access the pre-installed alternative FaceTime. The consumption here is even lower at around 0.5 MB per minute. Skype and Co. are not really more economical than WhatsApp.

On the next page you will find the most important questions and answers about WhatsApp calls.