Tech Tip – How To Send A WhatsApp Voice Message
If you need to instantly deliver important, time sensitive information to your contacts and / or groups in WhatsApp, you can use "voice messages."
Here is how to use this feature:
To send a voice message
- Open WhatsApp
- Select an individual or group chat
- Tap and hold the microphone icon and start speaking
- Once finished recording just let go of the microphone icon
- The voice message will automatically send.
- If you need to cancel the message while recording it, slide left and it will put the recording in the bin
To send a longer voice message
- Open WhatsApp
- Select an individual or group chat
- Tap and hold the microphone icon and start speaking
- Whilst speaking, slide up to lock hands-free recording
- If you want to pause the recording, tap the red pause button where you can preview a draft of your message
- Tap the red mic icon to continue recording within the same voice message
- When you are ready to send, tap pause, then the blue arrow to send the recording