Last month, WhatsApp added in the beta version of its iOS application the new voice memo player, with the advantage that you can continue listening to a voice memo when you leave the conversation. Now, WhatsApp Desktop Beta includes the new voice notes player.
You will need at least version 2.2204.5 Beta of WhatsApp Desktop (to Windows or Mac), though not the new UWP version for Windows. The new player allows listen to voice notes from one chat while replying to anotheramong other news
Better voice memos on WhatsApp Desktop
One rather frustrating thing about WhatsApp voice memos is that they require your full attention to listen to them: if you exit WhatsApp or switch chats, they stop playing. In the version of WhatsApp for PC there is no problem when switching to another application, but the playback continued stopping if you switched to another chat.
To solve this, WhatsApp has been working on a new voice memo player for some time, which is gradually coming to the application. It first made its appearance in the beta for iOS and now reaches the beta of WhatsApp for PC. It’s basically the same concept: the player is not “in the chat”, but remains active globally in WhatsApp, showing itself below, in the list of open chats.
The best part is that you don’t need to do anything special to use it: appears automatically when you switch to another chat while you are playing a voice memo. It is displayed as a green bar at the bottom of the interface, including the name of the person who recorded the voice memo, their profile picture, and a timeline showing the current playback percentage.
The main advantage is that you can do other things while listening to a voice memo, plus it will go to play next voice memo from that chat automatically, without having to log in again. Tapping on the playback opens the chat that includes this voice memo.
According to WaBetaInfo, this new player is available in WhatsApp Beta 2.2204.5 or 2.2204.1. If you were already using WhatsApp Beta, it is quite likely that you will be shown a notice that you need to update. After coming to iOS and Windows/Mac, the only place that still pending is the version for Android. Do not panic, the leaks have already revealed that it is also on the way. In whatsapp web at the moment there are no news.
Via | WaBetaInfo