{"id":3110872,"date":"2026-04-09T08:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=3110872"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:15:06","slug":"x-brings-back-voice-notes-to-x-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/09\/x-brings-back-voice-notes-to-x-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"X brings back Voice Notes to X Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Posting Voice Notes publicly on X may<\/a> no<\/a> longer<\/a> be possible, but you can now share audio messages within X’s direct messaging system, X Chat, once again. The social network announced late on Wednesday that support for Voice Notes is now available within its private messaging service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feature, which works in both one-on-one messages and group chats, is activated with a push of the voice input icon to the right of the chat’s text box. At launch, you have to continue to press the button to record the voice message, but we found that a press-and-hold gesture followed by a swipe up allows it to record without having to keep your finger on the button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new addition could make X Chat more competitive with other messaging apps, where recording audio voice notes has long been a standard option. This is particularly important to the company, given the recent spinout of X Chat as its own stand-alone app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could also assuage angry<\/a> users who didn’t appreciate that the upgrade to X Chat removed the Voice Notes feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move follows X’s recent beta tests<\/a> of an X Chat app on iOS, which offers access to X’s upgraded DM feature. While the company claims that chats are end-to-end encrypted, security experts have warned<\/a> that the service is less secure than other encrypted messaging apps, like Signal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Voice Notes on XChat are finally here. pic.twitter.com\/u1oEzoyFc0<\/a><\/p>— Chat (@chat) April 9, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>