Every day, 7 billion voice communications are sent using WhatsApp.
Every day, 7 billion voice communications are sent using WhatsApp. On Wednesday, WhatsApp announced that its massive messaging app's users spend an average of 7 billion voice messages per day. Voice notes are popular because they allow individuals to "have more expressive discussions," according to the Meta-owned messaging service. Voice notes, like their text counterparts, are safeguarded by end-to-end encryption. "Showing emotion or excitement through voice is more natural than text," said the app's owner, whose service is used by over 2 billion people every day to send over 100 billion messages (at last count, over two years ago) However, the growing popularity of voice messaging — a spectacular and seemingly unprecedented achievement — isn't entirely unexpected. In several emerging markets, for example, we've observed a segment of new smartphone users express a preference for voice-over typing. (WhatsApp does not provide information on how voic