How to send a voice memo using iMessage
The iPhone and iPod touch have a built-in Voice Memo app that can be handy for recording lengthy thoughts or instructions. After finishing your Voice Memo you can easily share it with someone else as an iMessage or SMS. Once they receive it they'll be able to play it directly through the Messages app.
- Launch the Voice Memos app from the Home screen (by default it will be in the Utilities folder on the second page.
- Tap on the Voice Memo you'd like to share.
- Tap the Share button in the bottom left corner and then choose Message.
- Choose the recipient you'd like to send it to and then tap the Send button.
- The recipient will receive an iMessage or text just like they normally would but the file will be attached.
If the recipient isn't using an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, but another smartphone like Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, or even a feature phone, they won't be able to receive an iMessage but might get the file anyway as an MMS message. If they do, whether or not they can play the audio will depend on what kind of file formats their device supports. (Voice Memo files are in .m4a -- or mp4 audio format.)
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Seems like a cool feature, but... If you're going to go to that much trouble, why not just call the person? If they answer, you can tell them what you need to tell them. If they don't answer, leave a voicemail. Seems we sometimes overthink things.
I've used it to dictate stuff I've later had transcribed. Worked great.
I've used it to record sounds and other oddities so it can be a convenient method of sending those as well.
It's funny how Apple talks about how things "just work" or how easy it is to accomplish a task on the iPhone. How come we can't send this from the messages app itself, along with your location? I think Apple should look further into this. I know the issue was addressed in iOS 6 with email and how you always had to go to your photos app first to share a photo. Hopefully Apple implements a fix for messages like this in the future.
Wow didn't even know I can do this.. Actually some of these built in apps on the iphone are useless...It would be nice to delete some of these built in apps.
If someone sends you a voice memo in a text message is there an app or a way to put that on your phone from there without having to sync?
What if someone sends you a music file, is there a way to save it to itunes?