How to call VK from a laptop via video and audio

Today, thanks to favorable rates for mobile Internet and almost ubiquitous availability Wi-fi access points video calling is becoming more accessible and popular among ordinary people users. Most often, the interlocutors communicate via audio or video through special applications, however, in recent years, popular social networks also try to keep up with competitors, and provide their users with the ability to make audio and video calls.
The social network Vkontakte in this case is not an exception, however, most users when trying to make a video call through VK face a number of problems. This article is intended to dot the “i” in the issue of Vkontakte video communication, as well as provide valuable advice on how to establish it.

How to call VK from a laptop: instructions

Today, there is only one way to make a Vkontakte call through a laptop, but it is also very specific. The fact is that the developers of the social network did not consider it necessary to add a video or audio call function to the computer version of their product. This means that if you go to the page of any of Vkontakte’s friends, or look into the dialogue with him, the “video call” button or a similar one cannot be found. However, if the user just needs to make a call from a laptop, he should:

1. Find an Android OS emulator on the Internet
2. Download and install it on your computer
3. Run in it the official mobile application from Vkontakte
4. Having selected the interlocutor, make a video call

Advice! If you consider how many unnecessary manipulations in this case the user will have to perform, then you can understand that it is much easier to In this case, you will make a call from any smartphone, because the video call function in VK is present in the application for the mobile version.

Who can I call from a laptop?

If the user still decides to use the emulator, or uses a mobile application, then for the possibility of making a call is necessary so that the interlocutor’s profile is not closed, and the exchange of messages with him available. In addition, you cannot make a call if the user you want to call has restricted the function of receiving calls through the privacy settings. In the privacy settings, in addition to completely blocking incoming calls, you can also set to receive calls from:

• All users without exception
• Of friends
• Friends and those people who are added to their friends lists
• Selected user group
• Call barring for selected user group

Reference! The social network Vkontakte paid great attention to protecting the personal information of its users, so all calls (both audio and video) are carried out using a special encrypted protocol (ICE), which helps protect user data from possible attacks intruders.

Therefore, you cannot save or listen to the call. In addition, the company itself does not save data recorded as a result of video and audio communication sessions, but the communication itself It is carried out without access to dialogue servers, that is, the recording of conversations “in archives” is completely excluded.

Summing up the above about the methods of making calls in this social network, we can summarize that in order to call someone on VK, the user will need:

• Or an Android emulator installed and running on a computer or laptop
• Or a regular smartphone with the official application from Vkontakte installed on it

It is worth noting that the use of the first method is somewhat complicated by unnecessary manipulations when using the emulator, since it does not always work without failures. As for calls through the official application, they are most often made without interference and with high quality communication when provided that the user has access to high-speed Internet through the mobile data function or access point wifi

Why can the other person not pick up the phone?

There can be several answers to this question. Among the most common reasons why the interlocutor may not answer the call, you can name:

• The banal absence of the interlocutor in the network (due to the imperfection of the current system, sometimes even the inscription "Online" on the user’s page cannot guarantee that at this moment the interlocutor is really online)
• Problems connecting to the Internet from the caller
• The presence on the device of the interlocutor of a network connection, but the absence of the user in the immediate vicinity of the device
• Inability to answer the call due to external reasons (the interlocutor is behind the wheel, etc.)

Another thing is if a connection is not established between the two subscribers, or the call button is not in the dialogue or on the interlocutor’s page. In the latter case:

• Update the application to the latest version (old versions of the application simply did not support the recently appeared video communication function)
• Verify the ability of the current OS to support the video call function
• Install (in case of its absence) Flash Player, because it is with its help that video communication is carried out
• Check your own privacy settings and, if necessary, make changes to them

Reference! When you switch from a mobile data transfer to a wi-fi access point during a conversation, disconnection usually does not occur when ringing on Vkontakte.

How to make a video call VK?

It is noteworthy that even after all the necessary versions of the application are installed on Android or another OS, it will be necessary to activate the video call service. When this feature first appeared on the social network, the application notified the user about a new opportunities and immediately offered to make a call, however, now such notifications to users do not send out. In order to activate the function, you should:

1. Find in the list of your friends a user who has already used this function for Vkontakte audio or video communication.
2. Ask him to call
3. Answer a call

After these simple operations, the video call function will become active, and the user will have full access to it. In order to make a call after this, he will need:

1. Go to the dialogue with the interlocutor, or go to his page in the social network
2. Find the call button on the screen (usually it is indicated by the image of a small handset) and click on it
3. To make a video call, click on the corresponding button (usually it looks like a video camera)

If after the call is completed, the user wants to delete information about it, then it will be quite easy to do. To do this, it will be enough to go to the dialogue menu with the interlocutor, find the video call records in it (as a rule, these will be the bottom lines of the dialogue), and mark them by clicking on them with the left mouse button. After all the records to be deleted are marked, you will need to click on the trash can icon that appears above the messages at the top of the screen.

Reference! Like text messages, data on video and audio calls disappear only in the dialogue of the user who deletes them. For complete deletion of data, both interlocutors should do it.

Knowing how to make a Vkontakte video call, users of this social network can enjoy all the advantages of high-quality video communication without installing third-party applications for this.