With voice messages, it was quick and easy to have more expressive conversations in WhatsApp. Showing emotions or animations with voice is more natural than text, and in many situations, voice messages are the preferred form of communication in the app.
And as detailed in the platform blog, daily users send an average of 7 billion voice messages, which are secured with end-to-end encryption to keep them private and secure at all times.
WhatsApp releases an update with an extensive list of new features and gives the app a new look
With that in mind, new features have been announced that will make the experience of sending and receiving voice messages on WhatsApp even better. paying off:
- Restart outside the conversation: Listen to an audio message without having to keep the conversation open, while doing other things or reading and responding to other messages.
- Pause / resume recording: Now, when you’re recording a message, you can pause the recording if there’s an interruption or you need to think about what you’re going to say, and resume it when you’re ready.
- waveform display: Displays a visual representation of the sound in the audio message to help accompany the recording.
- Recording preview: Listen to your voice messages before sending them.
- resume playback: When you are listening to an audio message and you want to pause it, you can pick up where you left off by returning to the conversation.
- Expedited playback of forwarded messages: Listen to voice messages 1.5x or 2x faster, both regular and forwarded messages.
“We are excited that users are testing these new features as they roll out gradually over the coming weeks.”
With Information From the app blog
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