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Send and personalize your photo messages
How to Send Voice Messages with the Message App Open the Messages app on your iPhone. Tap on an iMessage conversation or start a new one by tapping the compose button in the upper right and add a contact. Touch and hold the gray audio wave icon on the right of the typing box.
- In amessage conversation, tap .
- Tap to take a photo.
- From here, you can tap Effects , Edit, or Markup to personalize the photo.
- Tap to send or tap Done to add a personal message before you send your photo. If you don't want to send the photo, tap in the upper-right corner of the photo.
Send video messages
- Look for the microphone button when replying to a new message, then speak away. The recipient can then playback the audio over iMessage from Messages for Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch,.
- If you have an iPhone, recording and sending voice messages can be done directly in an iMessage chat. Once you open up a conversation, just touch and hold the microphone icon in your text box.
- In a message conversation, tap .
- When the Camera app opens, choose Video.*
- Tap to start recording or tap to add an effect to your video before or after you record.
- When you're done recording, tap . From here, you can tap Edit to edit your video or tap Done.
- Tap send message to send. If you don't want to send the video, tap message in the upper-right corner.
* Video isn't available when you're on a call.
Send an existing photo or video
- In a message conversation, tap .
- Select a photo or tap All Photos to pick a photo from your Photos app. After you choose a photo, you can edit the photo or use Markup before you send it. Just tap the photo thumbnail in the message thread and select Markup or Edit.
- Tap to send.
Send audio messages
- In a message conversation, touch and hold to record an audio message.
- To preview your message, tap . To cancel, tap . To send, tap .
To play an audio message, tap the message. To save an audio message, tap Keep underneath the message.
Imessage Voice Message Disappears
The Messages app deletes audio messages after 2 minutes. To keep your audio messages longer, go to Settings > Messages. Scroll down and tap Expire under Audio Messages, then select After 2 Minutes or Never.
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Imessage Voice Message Disappears
- Learn more about the Messages app.
- If you can't send or receive messages, learn what to do.