Messaging app WhatsApp is developing a feature that will
help users pause recording audio messages. At present, the Facebook-owned
instant messaging service allows users to record and send the audio either in
one go or discard the message. The new feature will allow users to pause a
voice note while recording. The feature would be available on WhatsApp beta iOS
and Android platforms, a report by WABetainfo said. It will be rolled out in a
future update. However, as the feature is still unavailable to the public beta
testers, it is not clear when WhatsApp will roll it out to all users, the
report said. According to WABetainfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp updates,
once the user stops recording a voice message, another record button would
appear, allowing the user to resume recording the voice note later. Apart from
this, a delete and send button would also appear on the audio message.
A number of users enjoy sending voice messages over WhatsApp
while conversing. The feature would come as a relief to them as they can now
start, stop and resume the same audio note, without starting a fresh one. A
number of recent reports suggest WhatsApp is looking to revamp its audio
interface. Earlier, 9to5Mac had reported that the instant messaging app was
working on a global voice message platform. The feature would allow users to
play voice messages even after exiting the conversation or while replying to
someone else.
In September, ANI had reported that WhatsApp was developing
a feature to offer transcriptions of received voice messages. This would help
users read the message without playing it out aloud. The report said the
feature was being developed for the iOS platform, but it wasn’t clear when the
feature would be available to iPhone or Android users.
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