Speak your mind in 140 seconds or less
Audio tweets are one of Twitter’s newest features, and when you’ve received an iPhone, we are able to present you with how to use them.
At the moment, audio tweets are a restricted check for iOS users, so that you won’t see this selection immediately. There isn’t a phrase when – or if – the characteristic will come to Android.
For a long time, Twitter was a text-based service – you may even ship tweets by way of SMS. Over time, nonetheless, issues developed and the power to publish GIFs, photos and movies gave customers extra flexibility. Extra just lately, Twitter made it potential to ship longer tweets, and the newest addition to the micro-blogging/social network platform is the power to ship audio tweets – or voice tweets as Twitter calls them.
At the moment, the feature is simply out there to iOS customers, so anybody with an iPhone has a brand new approach of expressing themselves on-line. They’re additionally good if in case you have so much to say, however, don’t fancy the thought of typing out large reams of text. The concept is a straightforward one: you may report no matter you want to say utilizing your phone’s microphone, and it may be tweeted as an audio-only video.
By default, audio tweets are limited to 140 seconds, however, don’t worry if you cannot cram all the things that you must say into two minutes and 20 seconds. In case your recording goes over the restrict, Twitter will robotically cut up it up into a lot of tweets for you. This is the best way to get began with this nice feature which supplies you a extra expressive approach of claiming what you wish to say.
1. Access tweet recording
The first factor you will need to do is to just be sure you have the newest model of the Twitter app put in. Open up the App Store, faucet the icon in your account and seize any updates which are out there. Now hearth up the Twitter app and faucet the button within the decrease proper of the display screen to compose a brand new tweet. You must see a brand new purple soundwave button subsequent to the camera button and up to date images – the first time it seems, it will likely be highlighted within the app.
2. Record a tweet
Whenever you faucet the soundwave button, you may be taken to new display screen that reveals your profile picture on the prime, and a crimson report button on the backside. The first time you press the report button, you’ll have to grant the Twitter app permission to entry your microphone – simply hit OK – after which recording will begin instantly.
3. Pause or finish recording
Except you will have a script of what you propose to say, you might discover that you simply wish to pause recording, collect your ideas after which proceed. This is not an issue in any respect: simply hit the pause button that is changed the report button. When you’re prepared to begin recording once more, simply faucet report as soon as extra. You’ll discover that as you’re recording, a progress bar fills up indicating how a lot of the 140 seconds you will have left. Additionally, you will see that as your microphone picks up your voice, shaking circles seem around your profile picture as an indicator.
4. Preview and post audio tweets
In case you change your thoughts a couple of recording you make, you may hit Cancel to the higher left at any time. However when you wish to publish what you have report, faucet Performed to the higher proper and you will be taken again to the tweet composition screen. You’ll be able to preview what you’ve got recorded by clicking the play button that is embedded within the tweet composition screen and add introductory or explanatory textual content above when you like. Whenever you’re glad, hit the Tweet button
5. Record longer audio tweets
As we mentioned above, it’s potential to ship audio tweets which are longer than the default of 140 seconds. Whenever you attain this ‘limit’ you may simply maintain recording and Twitter will break up your tweets right into a thread. The thread might be as much as 25 tweets lengthy, that means that you may – in principle – report as much as 3,500 seconds of audio (just below an hour!) Whenever you report longer tweets like this and faucet Performed to complete recording, the thread can be created robotically. Merely hit Tweet All to publish them.
6. Listen to tweets
Whenever you flick through your timeline, you’ll spot audio tweets as a result of they characteristic a central profile picture on a big, plain coloured background with a play button on prime. The profile picture is animated, similar to it was whenever you had been recording, and playback is so simple as tapping the play button. Whereas audio tweets can solely be recorded on iOS, they have often performed again on any system.
7. More about audio tweets
There are a number of further issues to note about voice tweets. The first is that they’ll solely be hooked up to ‘authentic tweets’, which means you can’t use them in replies, or when you retweet one thing and add a remark. The second is that when you change your profile image, the one you had on the time of the recording will nonetheless be used as the image for its picture – it will not refresh.