SWITCH FROM WHATSAPP
WhatsApp to Calisto Equipo
The voice messages your team sends each other on WhatsApp, in Equipo's chats, Hubs and chats with other businesses, on the phone and at the desk.
Feature by feature
Calisto Equipo beside WhatsApp
- 20 In both
- 1 Only in WhatsApp
| 21 features | Calisto Equipo | |
|---|---|---|
| Voice Messages | ||
| Hold to Record, Release to SendCalisto: hold the microphone in any chat, speak, and let go to send.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Slide to CancelCalisto: sliding your finger off the microphone while you hold it throws the recording away.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Lock for Hands-Free RecordingCalisto: slide up to the lock while you hold the microphone and keep recording without holding it; a click at a desk starts it hands-free.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Pause and Resume a RecordingCalisto: Pause stops the recording and the microphone picks it up again in the same voice message; paused time is not recorded.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Listen Before SendingCalisto: while paused, play the draft back and move through it, then send it or delete it.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Delete a Recording Before SendingCalisto: the X beside the timer throws the recording away while you record.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Waveform While RecordingCalisto: the levels of your voice are drawn beside the timer as you speak.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Waveform in the MessageCalisto: each voice message is drawn as its waveform, filling as it plays; tap or drag along it to move.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Length of Each Voice MessageCalisto: each voice message shows how long it is, and the time played while it plays.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Play at 1.5x or 2xCalisto: 1x beside a playing voice message, or in the mini player, goes to 1.5x and 2x, and the device remembers it.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Move to Any PointCalisto: drag along the voice message to move to any point in it.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Pick Up Where You StoppedCalisto: a voice message paused part way starts again from there when you come back to it.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| See When It Was PlayedCalisto: your voice message's microphone fills once everyone it went to has played it; read receipts off shares neither way.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Unplayed Voice Messages MarkedCalisto: a voice message you have not played has a green microphone until you play it, on every device.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Consecutive Voice Messages Play in OrderCalisto: when one ends, the next voice message in the chat plays; Pause stops the run.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Keep Listening Outside the ChatCalisto: a voice message keeps playing when you scroll away, open another chat or another app page, with a mini player at the top.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Voice Message TranscriptsCalisto: the words of each voice message are written under it, transcribed by Calisto's own speech server.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Transcripts Automatic, Manual or NeverCalisto: Voice Message Transcripts in Settings: Automatically, When I Ask (Show Transcript) or Never, the same in Equipo and Inbox.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Forward a Voice MessageCalisto: Forward sends the voice message itself to another chat or Hub, and it plays there the same way.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| View Once Voice MessagesCalisto: where your business allows it, a voice message can be sent View once: each person it went to plays it one time, and its sound is erased once everyone has. Not allowed in a business until its owner allows it, and never while records must be kept; always allowed in your own chats.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Gaps | ||
| Earpiece When Held to the EarHolding the phone to your ear plays the voice message through the earpiece. A web page can read no proximity sensor and cannot choose the earpiece, so Calisto plays through the speaker or the headset in use.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from WhatsApp
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from WhatsApp and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from WhatsApp can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
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