{"id":49149,"date":"2013-09-05T21:36:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=49149"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:11:47","slug":"how-to-send-a-voice-message-using-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-send-a-voice-message-using-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to send a voice message using WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On top of adding voice recorded messages, <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsapp-android.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WhatsApp<\/a> also recently updated the service with <strong>push-to-talk style messages<\/strong> that let you send voice messages much like using a <strong>walkie-talkie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Want to know how to send a push-to-talk, radio -style message using WhatsApp? Then read on with our guide, demonstrated using an Android device. Roger. (PS. Sending a WhatsApp voice message using an <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPhone<\/a> is just as easy!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong>Open WhatsApp and select the contact to whom you want to send the message.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-49154\" title=\"WhatsApp Voices\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/WhatsAppVoice12-256x191.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/WhatsAppVoice12-256x191.png 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/WhatsAppVoice12-568x424.png 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/WhatsAppVoice12.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> To start recording, tap and hold the microphone icon next to the bar where you type messages. When you finish recording the message, release the icon and the voice file will be sent immediately.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49152\" title=\"WhatsApp Voice Send\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/WhatsAppVoice-319x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/WhatsAppVoice-319x568.png 319w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/WhatsAppVoice-144x256.png 144w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/WhatsAppVoice.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> What if you don&#8217;t want to send the message? Here&#8217;s a little trick: You can cancel sending the message, but only while you&#8217;re in the middle of recording. To cancel sending, just slide your finger to the left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think? Have you already sent voice messages with the new walkie-talkie WhatsApp function? Tell us in the comments! Over and out!<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artigos.softonic.com.br\/como-apagar-mensagens-enviadas-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artigos.softonic.com.br\/como-mandar-mensagem-voz-walkie-talkie-radio-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Original article<\/a>, written by <a href=\"http:\/\/artigos.softonic.com.br\/editor\/felipe-pessoa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Felipe Pessoa<\/a> originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/artigos.softonic.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Softonic BR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On top of adding voice recorded messages, WhatsApp also recently updated the service with push-to-talk style messages that let you send voice messages much like using a walkie-talkie. Want to know how to send a push-to-talk, radio -style message using WhatsApp? Then read on with our guide, demonstrated using an Android device. Roger. (PS. Sending &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-send-a-voice-message-using-whatsapp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to send a voice message using WhatsApp&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":177720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-49149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332283,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49149\/revisions\/332283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49149"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=49149"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=49149"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=49149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}