Twitter opens up voice tweets to more iOS users

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What you need to know

  • Twitter began testing voice tweets in June.
  • The initial test was only available to a limited number of people.
  • The company is now opening the feature up to more people.

After bringing voice tweets to a limited number of accounts in June, Twitter just announced that it is now making the same feature available to more people. But only those using iPhones and iPads.

Twitter is selling the new feature as an accessibility one, but anyone and everyone can take advantage of it.

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We're rolling out voice Tweets to more of you on iOS so we can keep learning about how people use audio.Since introducing the feature in June, we've taken your feedback seriously and are working to have transcription available to make voice Tweets more accessible.

Unfortunately, Twitter isn't saying when we can expect this feature to be available for all accounts, but it's also testing a similar feature that lets people slide into your DMs with their voice. That's only available in Brazil right now, too.

Have you been given the new voice tweets to test out? Shout out in the comments if you have!

Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.

Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.