How to record WhatsApp voice messages without holding down the mic button

WhatsApp has become the go-to app for anyone to handle their communication and social interactions. It’s used by millions of people from around the world and provides a seamless and effortless experience to chat to friends and family, all for free. One of the features which is widely growing in popularity is the use of recording audio clips.

This is because it’s much easier to hold down the microphone icon and speak your message rather than have to type the whole thing out. For some people, they don’t use the text feature at all. Now, the downside to this is some people want to take it one step further and be able to record without actually having to hold anything down at all. This is possible as well.

First of all you need to make sure you are operating the latest version of WhatsApp, so if you have an update available, proceed with this before anything else. Then what you want to do is open up any chat who you want to record a message to.

After that, tap on the paperclip icon (which is next to the microphone icon) and then tap on audio. From the options which show up, tap on “Record with WhatsApp”. This will bring up a box which will let you record up to a 15 minute clip. The great thing about this is once you tap to start recording, you can minimize it and go on anything else you want. Browse the Internet, open different apps, and then if you want to go back to WhatsApp simply tap it from your notification window.

It’s that easy!