Open Inbox settings, find your WhatsApp number in 3. Connected pages and press turn on next to Calls: Off. Then make sure your Meta app's WhatsApp webhook also sends the calls field.
Where to find it
Admin › CRM › Inbox › Inbox settings (সিআরএম › ইনবক্স › ইনবক্স সেটিংস), section 3. Connected pages.
Only the store owner (Super Admin) sees the turn on / turn off link, because it uses the number's access token (Inbox keys & tokens (owner)). The Admin can open Inbox settings and see whether calls are On or Off, but cannot change it.
Before you start
- A running Premium or Custom package (the inbox is Premium only).
- The WhatsApp number is connected to the Inbox and messages already come in.
- The number's daily limit is at least 2,000 customers. If it is lower, the number's line says "WhatsApp calls open at 2,000."
Step by step
- Go to Admin › CRM › Inbox › Inbox settings.
- In 3. Connected pages, find the WhatsApp number (for example "Rangdhanu Fashion WhatsApp").
- Under it you see Calls: Off. Press turn on.
- The panel asks Meta to switch calling on for the number. You see "WhatsApp calls are ON for … Customers see a call button; calls ring in the inbox."
- The line now says Calls: On · customers' calls ring for the seller who has the chat.
- In your Meta app, open the WhatsApp webhook settings and subscribe the calls field, next to messages. Without it, Meta never tells your store that a customer is calling.
To stop calls, press turn off on the same line.
Good to know
- Customers see a call icon. Once it is on, WhatsApp shows a call button on your business chat.
- It is set at Meta. The switch changes the number's own calling setting at Meta, not only in your panel.
- The "Call us" button starts. With calls on, a "Call us" button goes into each WhatsApp chat once, after your first answer.
- Calls ring on every admin page of people who take inbox chats, as long as at least one WhatsApp number has calls on.
Common problems
- "Meta did not change it: …" Meta refused the change, and its reason follows. Fix what it says (for example the number's daily limit or the token), then press turn on again.
- Calls is On but nothing rings. Check the calls webhook field. See WhatsApp calls are not ringing in my browser.
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