Twitter is debuting a new feature that lets iOS users record audio snippets up to 140 seconds, and share them as audio tweets.
When they told me 2020 will be the year of voice, I expected a lot, but not that Twitter would suddenly become a place of voice recorded conversations. Yet, this is where we are at: Audio tweets are now a reality.
The new feature is available only for iOS, and for “a limited group of people,” according to the company.
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Sometimes 280 characters aren’t enough and some conversational nuances are lost in translation. So starting today, we’re testing a new feature that will add a more human touch to the way we use Twitter — your very own voice,” Twitter’s Maya Patterson and Rémy Bourgoin wrote in a blog post.
When starting to compose a tweet, you will see a new waveform icon beside the camera icon. Tap it and you get to record your own audio message before sharing it, alongside a written tweet. You can record up to 140 seconds of audio. That is a lot more content than 280 characters. But I do like the inside joke of using 140 as the limit.
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“Each voice tweet captures up to 140 seconds of audio. Have more to say? Keep talking. Once you reach the time limit for a tweet, a new voice tweet starts automatically to create a thread,” Twitter said.
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