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Twitter has implemented support for voice direct messages on iOS and Android in India as of today, the the company has announced. Android Central reports that audio messages are now available in three countries around the world: India, Brazil and Japan. Plans for direct voice messages were first announced last year. Twitter says the feature, which it calls an “experiment,” will roll out in India in phases.
In a statement, Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari said that voice messages are designed to “give people a new way to express themselves and help them connect through the nuances, emotion and empathy that are generated by hearing someone’s voice. ” Similar functions are already available in other services such as Messenger, Instagram DM, and WhatsApp.
test, test: starting today, you can record and send voice messages in DM.
P.S. The experiment will be implemented in phases. pic.twitter.com/aqQM6h9sof
– Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) February 17, 2021
A video posted by Twitter India shows how the feature works. Users can start recording using a small icon to the right of the message box, and voice messages can be up to 140 seconds long. There is the option to review a voice message before sending it. Although it is not possible to send voice messages from the web at this time, browsers can still play the audio clips.
While Twitter has traditionally been a text-based platform, it has tested a number of audio-centric features over the past year, including the audio tweets the company has been testing on iOS and Twitter Spaces, which are chat rooms for Voice similar to Clubhouse. offers. However, Twitter’s audio ambitions faced criticism for its lack of accessibility options. In response, the company announced that it was creating new accessibility equipment within the company and that it would add automatic captions to audio and video on the platform in 2021.
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