This is how the new voice chats work on Telegram
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A new tool that opens up a range of possibilities, either for work groups or those dedicated to family, friends or topics that interest us. Do you know how to use these voice chats? Don't worry, we'll explain all the details below.
How Telegram voice chats work
Voice chats can be implemented in any group, regardless of size. And of course, all members can participate.
If you are a group administrator, you can follow these steps to start a voice chat:
- Click on the name of the group and open the menu with the three dots
- Select “ Start Voice Chat”
- Give the necessary permissions and activate the microphone to speak
- And then you can invite different members of your group to participate
Once you complete this process, you will see that a “Voice Chat” bar appears permanently at the top that will gives the option to join (or start it), without the need to perform all the previous steps. And the same dynamic can be followed by the members of your group.
An interesting detail is that you don't need to stay in the voice chat interface all the time. You can scroll to other sections of Telegram or send messages without problems. And of course, you'll always have on-screen controls to mute or end voice chat whenever you want.
And if you want to exit the app and control who is participating in your voice chat, you can enable a widget from the “ Voice chat overlay”. Once you enable this option, you will see the widget always present even if you scroll to different sections of the mobile.
How can you tell when a voice chat is active? As you can see in the third image, the bar at the top will show that certain members of the group are participating in a voice chat.And along with this information, you will find the option to join, just like we saw before.
Does Telegram voice chats have moderation options? The administrator has the option to mute the people who are participating in the voice chat. In that case, the muted user will see a message like this: “Muted by admin. You are in listening mode. So you'll be able to hear everything that's going on in the voice chat, but you won't be able to participate.
And of course, the administrator can enable it at any time from the "Allow him to speak" option. Another option available to ccontrol who participates in voice chats is to allow you to configure if new ones can speak or if they are automatically muted.
This new voice chat option is not only available in the Telegram app but you will also find it in the desktop version.And don't worry, voice chats won't replace the normal dynamics of text and multimedia chat. It's just a new medium for group communication.
