‘I need this’ shout WhatsApp users as a new voice notes feature is unveiled

META is finally honoring WhatsApp users on Android with a feature that iPhone owners have been allowed to use for almost a year.

Eagle-eyed experts at TheSpAndroid discovered the feature deep within a new version of the app’s code, which should arrive in an upcoming update.

iPhone owners received this feature last yearCredit: Getty

The feature provides users with a transcription option for voice messages so they can see what was spoken in the text.

While voice notes can be a lot of fun, they can be frustrating messages to deal with if they contain important information.

And sometimes the receiving party can’t listen.

That’s when transcripts come in handy.

WhatsApp automatically transcribes the voice notes, which then appear below a recorded message.

In true WhatsApp fashion, the transcripts – just like the voice notes and standard messages – are end-to-end encrypted.

iPhone owners received this feature last year.

But Android owners have been patiently waiting for it to be rolled out to their handsets.

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That time has finally come, according to TheSpAndroid, which spotted the code hidden in a WhatsApp beta version titled v2.24.7.7.

“I need this feature yesterday,” said an onlooker wrote on X.

Another tweeted: “I need that function.”

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