{"id":439618,"date":"2022-04-01T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T08:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=439618"},"modified":"2022-04-01T10:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T08:56:56","slug":"big-whatsapp-voice-note-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/439618-big-whatsapp-voice-note-changes.html","title":{"rendered":"Big WhatsApp voice note changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whatsapp.com\/making-voice-messages-better\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>started rolling out<\/strong><\/a> a host of new voice note features to its Android, iOS, browser, and desktop apps, including out-of-chat playback and draft previews.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Voice messages have made it quick and easy for people to have more expressive conversations,&#8221; WhatsApp stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many of the features were previously available to users in the Android and iOS beta programmes.<\/p>\n<p>The first new capability is out-of-chat playback, which lets users listen to a voice message outside of a chat.<\/p>\n<p>That enables them to multitask or read and respond to other messages within WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>Other useful additions are the ability to listen to a draft preview of your voice message before sending and pausing and resuming a voice message, in case you&#8217;re interrupted while recording.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining features are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"_90f8\">\n<li><b>Waveform Visualization<\/b>: Shows a visual representation of the sound on the voice message to help follow the recording.<\/li>\n<li><b>Remember Playback<\/b>: If you pause when listening to a voice message, you can pick up where you left off when returning to the chat.<\/li>\n<li><b>Fast Playback on Forwarded Messages<\/b>: Play voice messages at 1.5x or 2x speeds to listen to messages faster on both regular and forwarded messages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-voice-note-features.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-439620 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-voice-note-features-800x450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-voice-note-features-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-voice-note-features-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-voice-note-features-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-voice-note-features-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-voice-note-features-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-voice-note-features.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp said the new features would be rolled out to everyone on WhatsApp in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>It advised users to check their app stores for updates to ensure they are running the latest build.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Bigger file sending limit<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-is-testing-sharing-media-files-up-to-2gb-in-size\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WABetaInfo has also reported good news<\/strong><\/a> for users frustrated by WhatsApp&#8217;s file size limits.<\/p>\n<p>The company is running a small test in Argentina that allows beta users to send media files up to 2GB.<\/p>\n<p>In the official versions of the app, WhatsApp currently limits the size of files to 100MB when using the document option.<\/p>\n<p>Media professionals have used this workaround to send photos and videos to avoid WhatsApp&#8217;s aggressive compression algorithms, which cause a significant reduction in quality to keep file sizes small.<\/p>\n<p>WABetaInfo said it was unclear whether WhatsApp would be rolling out the increase to 2GB to more users, particularly given that the test is limited to a small subset of users.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/439142-whatapp-privacy-under-threat.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">WhatsApp privacy under threat<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has started rolling out a host of new voice note features to its Android, iOS, browser, and desktop 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