Now speak as you tweet! Twitter’s new feature for iOS allows voice notes to be added to tweets

Just last week, Twitter had brought ‘fleets’ to India, a feature which allowed users to share tweets, pictures and videos that are visible on their profile for 24-hours, akin to Snapchat and Instagram Stories. Now, the micro-blogging site has introduced another feature that will allow Twitterati to add a human and a more personal touch to their tweets.

Twitter announced that users can now add voice notes to their tweets. Given that Twitter allows only 280 characters in a single tweet, the ability to add voice notes will enable Tweeple to add more to the conversation.

Announcing the feature, Twitter wrote in its blog post that introduction of features such as GIFs, videos and extra characters have allowed users to add their own personality and flair to the tweets. “But sometimes 280 characters aren’t enough and some conversational nuances are lost in translation. So starting today, we’re testing a new feature that will add a more human touch to the way we use Twitter – your very own voice,” read the blog post.


Adding voice notes to your tweets is pretty simple. All you need to do is go to the Tweet composer and tap the wavelength icon next to the camera icon. After clicking, you will be able to see your profile photo with the record button at the bottom. You just have to tap the record button to get started and share the voice tweet with your followers.

The voice notes with the tweets can be used to add more context to posts. Your followers can download the voice note and the number of listens for a voice note show up right below the tweet. There is no change in the way retweet and replies work, except you cannot reply to a tweet with a voice note.

The maximum length of a voice note that can be recorded is 140 seconds and if you exceed that limit, another voice note will start recording and a thread of such voice notes will be created. Much like Facebook videos, the tweets play in a window at the bottom of the app, so users can continue listening to the voice note as they scroll through other tweets.

The feature is currently available to ‘a limited group of people’ on iOS. Twitter hasn’t revealed when one can expect this feature to come to Android smartphones.