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Justin Potts

LinkedIn Voice Messaging - Communicate when you want, how you want

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LinkedIn Voice Messaging lets you more easily and quickly communicate in your own voice with your connections, whether you’re responding while walking or multitasking, or need to give an in-depth explanation.

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Ryan Hoover
Didn't see that coming. Would love to know the backstory behind this.
zack hendlin
Maker
@rrhoover We wanted to make LI Messenger more useful and more modern -- and we saw members asking for this functionality. In Latin America and Asia, voice messaging is pretty broadly used and we wanted to make it easier for LI Messaging to fit into how people want to communicate.
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
@rrhoover @zhendlin makes sense.
Product Pearson
@rrhoover @zhendlin Thanks for this. I was super confused when I saw this had been launched, but now it makes sense. I hear that in the Asian markets, voice searches on Google are really popular, but here in the UK (and I think US too), they are barely used at all.
Jim Gillis
I hope LIN thought this through (with the user in mind) and protected against canned uploaded messages. If they allow for uploaded messages and broadcasting to everyone (for a price) - this feature is for the spammers - not us.
zack hendlin
Maker
@jimgillis Thanks for your interest - we built it so members can only send messages that they record (not pre-recorded clips) to keep voice messages authentic and reduce the risk of any type of spam. And of course, if you ever encounter spam, please report the conversation and we'll get on it!
Jon Tavarez
@zhendlin you still product @ facebook? :D
zack hendlin
Maker
@jon_tavarez product @ linkedin now -- updated :)
Corey O
Are there really people asking for voice mail from recruiters and random networkers? 🤨
Justin Potts
Hunter
It's interesting to see the increased focus on new ways of messaging. On LinkedIn, conversations feel more professional, similar to email where text is expected. Voice feels much more casual (WhatsApp has had success implementing this in their chats), so I'll be interested to see if this takes off in a professional context.
Gary O'Toole
Fascinating to see this launch, I see a lot of potential to build real relationships, with real people rather spamming each other to death.
Cole Mercer
I think this is a great move. Not only will it be more productive, but using a more personable method of communication could do a lot for business relationships.
Muni Perez
I think LinkedIn should focus on fixing their terrible user experience on both iOS, Android and the desktop before adding new features. Otherwise it will simply be another feature that doesn’t work very well with the rest of the app.
Lee Qixian
I've seen mainly the Chinese markets using such recorded voice messages. They do that all the time in WeChat.
Peter Dziedzicz
If only it will have some mechanism to stop people spamming - then it'll be a great feature! :)
Sneha Bisht
Would not have thought such a feature could be available. Loved the idea.
Ranjana
Such an innovation. Never thought this would be introduced. Great idea.