{"id":98034,"date":"2025-08-25T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/whatsapp-tests-voicemail-style-feature-for-missed-calls-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:39:09","slug":"whatsapp-tests-voicemail-style-feature-for-missed-calls-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/whatsapp-tests-voicemail-style-feature-for-missed-calls-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp tests voicemail-style feature for missed calls | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will allow users to leave a voice message when their call is not answered.<\/p>\n

The update, spotted by specialist website WABetaInfo, is currently available only to beta testers of the messaging platform.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> As mental health systems strain, AI chatbots emerge as 24\/7 therapy friends<\/a><\/p>\n

At present, WhatsApp calls that go unanswered simply show up as missed notifications, with users typically following up by sending a text or voice note manually. The new tool would instead prompt callers with the option to record a message immediately after a missed call, in a move similar to traditional voicemail services.<\/p>\n

The Meta-owned platform has not confirmed when the feature will roll out more widely. However, testers can already try it by joining WhatsApp\u2019s beta programme via the Google Play Store.<\/p>\n

Voice messages remain a popular function on WhatsApp, with billions sent daily worldwide, despite the general decline in the use of traditional voicemail.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will allow users to leave a voice message when their call is not answered. The update, spotted by specialist website WABetaInfo, is currently available only to beta testers of the messaging platform. Read More: As mental health systems strain, AI chatbots emerge as 24\/7 therapy friends At present, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/whatsapp-ap1756059595-0\/whatsapp-ap1756059595-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t