Soon you will also be able to read voice messages on WhatsApp
The best of both worlds: WhatsApp converts voice messages into readable text. You have to activate the option yourself and probably wait for your language on Android.
WhatsApp has announced that it will convert voice messages into readable text messages "in the coming weeks". However, this option will not be activated automatically. You must switch it on - if it is available - under Settings > Chats > Voice message transcriptions. If you then press and hold a voice message, the "Transcribe" option will appear.
According to WhatsApp, the transcription takes place directly on your device. The promise is: "No one else, not even WhatsApp, can listen to or read your personal messages."
Source: WhatsApp
At the launch of the new function, the languages available will depend on your smartphone's operating system. WhatsApp plans to add more languages to the selection "in the coming months". This is particularly important on Android, where initially only voice messages in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian will be converted to text.
On iOS, Whatsapp already offers the function for more languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Chinese and Arabic even run on iPhones with iOS 16. For Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Malay, Norwegian, Swedish and Thai, you need to use at least iOS 17.
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