How To Send Voice Messages On Iphone In Ios 17
How to send a voice message on iPhone in iOS 17 Limitations of sending voice messages on iPhone
How to send a voice message on iPhone in iOS 17
There are a few things you need to take into account before sending voice messages on iPhone. First, you need to ensure iMessage is active for both the sender and receiver. Otherwise, the audio recording will be sent as an MMS. Next, if you are using iOS 16, the Audio option (blue waveform icon) is available right under the text field in the Messages app. You can just tap on it and record your voice message. Now, if you are using iOS 17, you need to tap the + button next to the text field to select the Audio option and send voice messages. Here’s a step-by-step guide:
How to record and send an audio message on iPhone
If you send a voice note accidentally, don’t worry. You can unsend it, just like how you can unsend text messages on your iPhone. Just press and hold the voice message and select Undo Send from the pop-up. Alternatively, you can ask Siri on your iPhone to send a voice message to a particular contact. Further, by default, every voice message you send or receive expires within 2 minutes of sending or listening to it. So, if you want to keep the voice message in the iMessage conversation, you need to tap Keep under the voice message or head to Messages settings and change the expiration settings.
How to listen and reply to voice messages on iPhone
There are a couple of ways you can listen or reply to voice messages. Additionally, you can save the voice messages you receive to the Voice Memos app. I’ll walk you through each process one by one.
Listen to voice messages
Tap the Play button on the voice message you received. Alternatively, you can raise the iPhone to your ear, and the message will start playing automatically.
If Raise to Listen isn’t working for you, make sure the feature is enabled in Settings → Messages.
Reply to a voice message
You can obviously respond to a voice message with text as usual. But if you wish to respond with an audio message of your own, here’s how you can do it: Alternatively, if you want to respond without tapping your iPhone display, you can lower your iPhone and raise it back to your ear → Once you hear a tone, you can start recording your response. Please note that this method works only for the last audio message you received in an iMessage thread.
Save voice messages
You can easily save a sent or received audio message to the Voice Memos app.
To find the recording in the Voice Memos app, go to All Recordings → Look for a clip titled Audio Message from
Limitations of sending voice messages on iPhone
While voice messages allow you to express yourself more accurately, they certainly come with a few drawbacks:
Privacy concerns: If you are in a public place or a meeting, sending an audio message can get awkward – especially if you are passing on confidential or private information. Accessibility: People with hearing impairment may find it hard to access voice messages. Also, sometimes, listening to an audio message isn’t feasible if the user is in a noisy environment. Search issues: Unlike text messages, searching for a particular voice message in a thread using Search is impossible. Transcription issues: You may not always get an accurate transcription, due to different accents, background noise, and so on. Stable internet connection: While you can send a text message even when your iPhone’s internet speed is slower, voice messages require a stable internet connection. Compatible issues with non-iOS devices: While you can anytime use a third-party messaging app to send audio messages to a non-iOS device, the same is not possible with iMessage.
Conclusion There you go; this is how you send voice messages on iPhone. By now, you must agree on how convenient recording and sending a voice message can be, when compared to typing those long texts. However, just to be sure of what you’re doing, always review a recorded message before sending. If you have any doubts or questions regarding voice messages, feel free to comment below. I’d be happy to respond. Read more:
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