voice messages: WhatsApp to allow users to preview voice messages: Here’s how to preview voice notes, increase speed and more – Times of India

WhatsApp is changing the way you share voice messages. The company will allow users to preview voice messages before they send. This means that you can listen to voice notes that you send on WhatsApp. “Today WhatsApp is making Voice Messages even better with the launch of Voice Message Preview. Now you can preview your voice message on WhatsApp before you send it, perfect for those moments when you want to get your message just right,” said the company in a statement.
Here’s a how-to guide for voice messages on WhatsApp. It also tells users about features like ‘hands free recording’ and fast voice message playback.
How to send a voice message
1. Open an individual or group chat.
2. Tap and hold the microphone and start speaking.
3. Once finished, remove your finger from the microphone. The voice message will automatically send.
How to use hands-free recording to send a longer voice message
1. Open an individual or group chat.
2. Touch the microphone and slide it up to lock hands-free recording.
3. You can now remove your finger and record your message hands-free
4. When you have finished recording, press send.
How to preview voice messages
1. Open an individual or group chat.
2. Touch the microphone and slide it up to lock hands-free recording.
3. Start speaking.
4. Once finished, tap stop
5. Tap play to listen to your recording. You can also tap any part of the recording to play it from that timestamp.
6. Tap the trash can to delete the voice message, or tap send to send it.
How to speed up playback of voice message recieved
1. Click Play to listen to voice messages you have sent or received.
2. Listen to the message.
3. While a message is playing, you can click the 1x icon to increase the speed to 1.5x or 2x