But creating and listening to these notes has been a sucky experience until now.

There are two things Im most excited about: out-of-chat playback and remember playback.

Heres how it works.

WhatsApp’s new features will make voice messages suck less

Currently, WhatsApp pauses a voice note if you switch to another chat.

Thats annoying because you might want to quickly reply to someone while listening to a 10-minute long voice note.

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Here’s a summary of what’s coming up for WhatsApp voice messages

The second feature thats coming up solves another major problem.

I have been extremely annoyed by this limitation.

Now, the app remembers the marker automatically, so its like resuming a song or a podcast playback.

Plus, it makes composing voice messages a better experience.

Now, it should finally focus on launchingthis rumored poll feature for groups.

That’s one heck of a mixed bag.

He likes to say “Bleh.

That’s one heck of a mixed bag.

He likes to say “Bleh.”

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