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Since the application owned by Mark Zuckerberg included it, voice notes are the most widespread form of communication between WhatsApp users after text messages. Unfortunately, the app compresses the sound files to a proprietary format; specifically OPUS (no, it has nothing to do with Opus Dei). This is the reason why sharing the files beyond the WhatsApp application is currently impossible. On this occasion we will teach you to convert WhatsApp audio to MP3 from your mobile in a simple way.
How to Convert and Convert WhatsApp Audio to MP3 on Android
OPUS is surely one of the formats least recognized by today's players. While it is true that there are applications that allow you to play this type of sound format, the best way to share it or play it in other applications is to convert WhatsApp audio to MP3. There are various tools and pages to do it, but the one that has worked best for us is OPUS To MP3 Converter, which we can download from this link.
Once we have installed it in our terminal, we will provide the necessary permissions and then an interface similar to the one we can see below this paragraph will appear.
To choose the desired file, we will click on the Select OPUS files button and we will choose the File Explorer option. When the native Android browser opens, we will go to the following path:
- WhatsApp / Media / WhatsApp Audio (we can also select WhatsApp Voice Note)
Within the two folders, we will see files with a name similar to AUD-20190102-WA0002.opus. To find the one we want, we will only have to be guided by the first numbers, which indicate the date of shipment, and the last, which in this case indicate the order in which it has been sent with respect to the audios of the same day.
Finally, after having selected the correct file, we will click OK and finally click on Convert to MP3 (we must first choose the export path to save it in any of the internal memory folders). When the process is finished, we will be able to reproduce the file in question from the application itself. We can also share it to other contacts from other applications and open it from any player by clicking on the Share button.
It should be added that in the event that we want to convert several audio files at the same time, we must go to the Batch Converter menu located on the right side of the application. If we want to see all the converted files, we can do it in the My conversions section located right next to that menu.
