By surprise and without prior notice, voice messages have already arrived at the application instagram, an increasingly widespread functionality that we can already enjoy in other apps such as WhatsApp. Although unlike the popular instant messaging application, in the case of instagram We will not be able to listen to the recording until we have sent it. Despite this, its operation is very similar since to use voice messages we only have to go to one open conversation of Instagram Direct and record the voice message while pressing the record button. Next, how to record and send voice messages instagram.
How to record and send voice messages on Instagram
The first step to record and send a voice message on Instagram is open a chat window with the contact you want to talk to. To do this, click on the icon Instagram Direct shaped like a paper airplane located in the upper right corner of your main wall screen.
When you enter Instagram Direct we will see a list with all our open chats; Just above we will find the contact search engine. Whether through a open chat or of contact finder, we must open a messaging chat to be able to record and send the voice message. Let's remember that in order to open a conversation chat, both contacts must follow each other on Instagram.
Once we have chosen the contact, the private message window will open; A text entry bar will now appear in the text entry bar. microphone icon, right next to the attach image icon. Its operation is simple; you just have to long press the microphone icon to record the voice message, and then release it when you are finished and it is sent automatically.
Although we can also delete voicemail before sending it; To do this, slide the finger with which you are holding the microphone icon to the left, until trash can icon. Although as we said, you will not be able to listen to the message that you had recorded before deleting or sending it.
On the other hand, we can also record and send hands-free voice messages on Instagram; To do this, when you start recording the message by pressing the microphone icon, slide your finger up to the padlock icon that will appear. When the lock is activated you can stop touching the screen to continue recording the message.
While we record the voice message through hands-free we can do two things through the lower bar, which will turn blue. Thus, if we click on the arrow pointing up we will send the message when we have finished recording, while we can click on the trash can icon to discard and delete it.