Twitter Begins Checking out Voice Messages for Customers in India, Brazil, Japan

Twitter has began trying out a brand new voice messaging function for direct messages at the platform. The function is being rolled out in a phased approach to customers in India, Brazil, and Japan beginning Wednesday, February 17. Voice DMs extends the power to ship voice notes as direct messages or DMs from voice tweets that the corporate had offered final yr. And identical to for voice tweets, every voice DM is usually a most of 140 seconds lengthy. The check function is being made to be had for each Android and iOS customers.

Sending a voice DM is beautiful simple. You’ll open an current dialog for your DMs on Twitter or get started a brand new one. Faucet the voice recording icon as soon as to begin recording your message and faucet it a 2d time to finish. You’ll additionally concentrate on your message sooner than sending it throughout. iOS customers additionally have the opportunity to press-and-hold the voice recording icon to begin recording a message and swipe up and unencumber the icon to ship it instantly after they’re achieved speaking.

Sending voice DMs on Twitter is being made to be had just for Android and iOS customers for now, however customers can concentrate to the messages they obtain even by means of a Internet browser. Twitter says that the brand new function will give customers extra tactics to information themselves and create a extra human revel in for storytellers and listeners alike.

“India is a concern marketplace for Twitter and because of this we are repeatedly trying out new options and studying from other people’s revel in at the carrier right here. We are excited to convey the voice messages in DMs experiment to the rustic and provides other people a brand new option to information themselves and assist them attach in the course of the nuances, emotion, and empathy constructed via listening to any individual’s voice,” mentioned Manish Maheshwari, Managing Director, Twitter India.

Twitter had first offered audio messaging on its platform with Voice Tweets in June final yr. It lets in customers to ship voice notes as tweets without or with accompanying textual content.

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