Discord Finally Gets Voice Messages
Discord has finally added a much requested feature, voice messaging. This basically allows you to send audio recordings directly to your friends, providing a new way to communicate, whether you need to quickly send a message or just want to share a funny comment. Voice messaging is only available on the mobile version of Discord, at least for the moment.
In order to use voice messaging, you first need to navigate to the direct message or server where you want to send the message, then press and hold the microphone button located on the right hand side of the chat box until you’re done recording. You can also swipe up to lock the recording mode in place before hitting send. You cancel a voice message by dragging your finger to the trash bin found on the left hand side of the screen.
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While they can only be sent using the mobile app, voice messages can be heard on any device by clicking or tapping on the play button. The feature can be enabled or disabled on a given server by navigating to the settings and then toggling the button labeled Send Voice Messages.
“Voice messages give you the ability to send an audio recording directly to your friends,” Discord explained about the feature in a recent blog post. “For now, you can only send voice messages through a direct message, group direct message, or in a server with fewer than 200 members. These can be listened to on any device where you can access Discord, but can only be sent through the mobile app.”
When it comes to length, voice messages can be up to 20 minutes long. You can’t upload your own audio file, something which is clearly intended to cut back on potentially problematic
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