WhatsApp Introduces a New Playback Speed Option

 


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.

 

 

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.  

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