WhatsApp just added a new feature to its platform which
offers playback speed control options. Now, users can play audio messages on
WhatsApp at 1.5x and 2x speed other than the regular speed.
Play voice messages 1x, 1.5x or even 2x faster. Your choice. Now available on WhatsApp. pic.twitter.com/UW9vRs5py5
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) June 3, 2021
The feature, although new to WhatsApp, isn’t one that has never been introduced before. Telegram, for instance, launched a similar feature in 2018. Telegram has, in fact, become an alternative messaging app for WhatsApp users who didn’t want to deal with the company’s latest privacy policy. Therefore, users were quick to point out that Telegram has had the same option for years, after WhatsApp announced its version of the feature.
WhatsApp released the playback update for WhatsApp Web first
and has now rolled it out for iOS and Android users too.
The new playback speed option will be particularly useful
when listening to long voice notes, although the 1.5x and 2x options make the
voice sound like that of a chipmunk.
The speed setting can be changed with a single tap and will
remain that way until you choose to change it.
