How to send voice messages
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
- Open an individual or group chat.
- Click the microphone
and start speaking. - 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