WhatsApp rolls out voice note update - testing higher file size limits

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Big WhatsApp voice note changes

WhatsApp has started rolling out a host of new voice note features to its Android, iOS, browser, and desktop apps, including out-of-chat playback and draft previews.

In a blog post this week, WhatsApp said the feature was incredibly popular, with users sending an average of 7 billion voice messages per day.
 
“Showing emotion or excitement through voice is more natural than text, and in many situations, voice messages are the preferred form of communication on WhatsApp.”
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It also allows for a lot more "So I was uhhh, umm, thinking that, uhhh, maybe, well actually we should possibly do a - oh, no sugar thanks - things ... what do you call it, when they put the donut at the top? Anyway, Kim thinks it would be better if Ryan sat this one out bec - no, black - where was I? Oh right the donuts ...."

Turning a thought out constructed text message I can read in 5 seconds into 2 minutes of a person blabbing on about things I don't care to hear about, and most likely can't listen to for the next 2 hours because I'm in a public place.

Allow me to block voice messages dammit!
 
SilverCode said:
It also allows for a lot more "So I was uhhh, umm, thinking that, uhhh, maybe, well actually we should possibly do a - oh, no sugar thanks - things ... what do you call it, when they put the donut at the top? Anyway, Kim thinks it would be better if Ryan sat this one out bec - no, black - where was I? Oh right the donuts ...."

Turning a thought out constructed text message I can read in 5 seconds into 2 minutes of a person blabbing on about things I don't care to hear about, and most likely can't listen to for the next 2 hours because I'm in a public place.

Allow me to block voice messages dammit!
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You are so getting the wrong voice notes...
 
Media professionals have used this workaround to send photos and videos to avoid WhatsApp’s aggressive compression algorithms, which cause a significant reduction in quality to keep file sizes small.


^pitty this does not work on iOS ( no the workaround does not count - it does not work as it does on android )
 
Thor said:
Media professionals have used this workaround to send photos and videos to avoid WhatsApp’s aggressive compression algorithms, which cause a significant reduction in quality to keep file sizes small.


^pitty this does not work on iOS ( no the workaround does not count - it does not work as it does on android )
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I'm picturing someone sending a photo as a voice note in the form of an old dialup modem noise ...
 
Longer voice notes?

Just shoot me now.

Thor said:
pitty this does not work on iOS ( no the workaround does not count - it does not work as it does on android )
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Because it's not android? :unsure: Sending files works just fine.
 
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In a blog post this week, WhatsApp said the feature was incredibly popular, with users sending an average of 7 billion voice messages per day.
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At least 6.9 billion of those voice messages have been sent to me by annoying people.

I want a feature where if somebody try to send me a voice message that it loudly plays a "f¢®€©€ off" on their speaker.

With the increase in file sizes we are going to get some of the worst audio autobiographical voice messages ever. " Hi, I was born in.." and then three hours later.. "... And I am going to be 5 minutes late to the meeting..." and then another three hours later ".. With spagetthi and meatballs.." and so on and so on.
 
I sincerely hope this is an April Fool's prank.

The last thing we need is longer voice notes
 
SauRoNZA said:
I wish I could disable Voice Notes as a global setting, then people couldn't send things to me that I'll never listen to.
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This. Oh please this!

The amount of time I must spend telling people I did not listen to their voice note because I don't have the time nor am in a place where I can is infuriating.

Then you still get a reaction like you're the problem and their laziness is completely justified.
 
Iwojima said:
This. Oh please this!

The amount of time I must spend telling people I did not listen to their voice note because I don't have the time nor am in a place where I can is infuriating.

Then you still get a reaction like you're the problem and their laziness is completely justified.
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And 99% of the time it’s something that could have been said in a single sentence.
 
SauRoNZA said:
And 99% of the time it’s something that could have been said in a single sentence.
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It seems daft considering how we've moved away from telephone conversations in favour of chat apps. To the point where some are weirded out when they get a call rather than a message.

What I have noticed is the type of people who favour voice notes are also the types who like to dominate a conversation, ie want to have say their say without interruption and perhaps like the sound of their own voices.
 
SauRoNZA said:
And 99% of the time it’s something that could have been said in a single sentence.
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Yesterday I asked my wife where my office PC was since I was unable to connect to it (we don't live together).

She sent me a 2 minute voice note.

I guess I will have to go to my house myself to find out because I'm not going to listen!
 
They should be testing a system that zaps the mouth of anyone who tries to record a voice note longer than 5s. Or just anyone who records a voice note.
 
Who cares?! Give us proper multi-device support
 
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