How To Record Voice Message On Iphone 8

Make a recording in Voice Memos on iPhone

With the Voice Memos app (located in the Utilities folder), you can use iPhone as a portable recording device to record personal notes, classroom lectures, musical ideas, and more. You can fine-tune your recordings with editing tools like trim, replace, and resume.

Record voice memos using the built-in microphone, a supported headset, or an external microphone.

When Voice Memos is turned on in iCloud settings or preferences, your recordings appear and update automatically on all your devices where you're signed in with the same Apple ID.

A Voice Memos recording in progress, with an active Pause button and dimmed controls for playing, skipping forward 15 seconds, and skipping backward 15 seconds. The main part of the screen shows the waveform of the recording that's in progress, along with a time indicator. The orange Microphone In Use Indicator appears at the top right.

Make a basic recording

To begin recording, tap .

To adjust the recording level, move the microphone closer to or farther from what you're recording.
Tap to finish recording.

Your recording is saved with the name New Recording or the name of your location, if Location Services is turned on in Settings > Privacy. To change the name, tap the recording, then tap the name and type a new one.

To fine-tune your recording, see Edit a recording in Voice Memos.

Note: For your privacy, when you use Voice Memos to make recordings, an orange dot appears at the top of your screen to indicate your microphone is in use.

Use the advanced recording features

You can make a recording in parts, pausing and resuming as you record.

To begin recording, tap .

To adjust the recording level, move the microphone closer to or farther away from what you're recording.

To see more details while you're recording, swipe up from the top of the waveform.
Tap to stop recording; tap Resume to continue.
To review your recording, tap .

To change where playback begins, drag the waveform left or right across the playhead before you tap .
To save the recording, tap Done.

Your recording is saved with the name New Recording or the name of your location, if Turn on Location Services is turned on in Settings > Privacy. To change the name, tap the recording, then tap the name and type a new one.

To fine-tune your recording, see Edit or delete a recording in Voice Memos.

Mute the start and stop tones

While recording, use the iPhone volume down button to turn the volume all the way down.

Use another app while recording

While you're recording, you can use another app, as long as it doesn't play audio on your device. If the app starts playing audio, Voice Memos stops recording.

While recording in Voice Memos, you can go to the Home Screen and open another app.
To return to Voice Memos, tap the little orange icon at the top of the screen.

If Voice Memos is turned on in iCloud settings or preferences, your recording is saved in iCloud and appears automatically on all your devices where you're signed in with the same Apple ID.

Recordings using the built-in microphone are mono, but you can record stereo using an external stereo microphone that works with iPhone. Look for accessories marked with the Apple "Made for iPhone" or "Works with iPhone" logo.

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