Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “For me, it’s easier to send a voice note than to text,” Melissa tells me, via voice note, of course. “Text is more direct, more ...

The audio messages give users the freedom to deliver lengthy, meandering monologues — to the chagrin of some recipients. By Carly Lewis It has become a common scene. Your phone dings, but instead of a ...

Somewhere in the blur of 2020, as I slipped outside with a mask and running shoes in the early morning to walk around the block, the lilting drawl of a friend’s “hiiiiii” nearly stopped me in my ...

Google could soon add a new Audio shortcut to Keep’s FAB to give you quick access to the app’s speech-to-text feature. The app could also get a new settings option that converts the FAB into a ...

Monica Gross, a 30-year-old comedian in Toronto, noticed something odd happening at house parties last year. People were ducking into bathrooms, hallways and quiet corners to record and listen to ...

My phone alerts me as I’m eating lunch that the next 150 seconds of my life have been hijacked: I’ve received a voice note. The sender is my friend’s 23-year-old sister, Wendi Gjata, who is notorious ...

Remember the dismal realization a couple decades ago that numerous voice messages awaiting you at work each morning had been replaced with even more abundant emails? Personal penchants are once again ...

We all have that one friend: You text her a question, and her response comes in the form of a two-minute voice note. Then, maybe you respond to her voice note with another text, and she leaves you ...