WhatsApp voice messaging allows you to instantly communicate with contacts and groups. You can use it to deliver important and time-sensitive information. As such, all voice messages are downloaded automatically.

Send a voice message

1. Open an individual or group chat.
2. Click the microphone and start speaking.
3. Once finished, click the check mark .
• While recording a voice message, you can click the X icon to cancel it.
• While recording, you can also click the red pause button to pause recording or preview a draft of your message. Click the red mic icon to continue recording within the same voice message.

On sent voice messages you'll see:

• A gray microphone for voice messages that haven’t been played by all recipients (but might have been played by some).
• A blue microphone for voice messages that all recipients have played.

Related resources:

• How to play voice messages
• How to preview voice messages