It seems that WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow you to send voice notes as status updates. The feature will only share the status update voice note with the people you choose when you set your status privacy settings. It also looks like all status update voice notes will be protected by end-to-end encryption too.
This is an interesting update that again differentiates WhatsApp status updates from the likes of Instagram Stories. Voice notes are austere affairs without all the bells and whistles that you get with an Instagram Story update. They are still excellent vehicles for communication, however, which means these new voice status updates will be bringing some interesting possibilities to WhatsApp. If WhatsApp combines this with the recent voice note recording update we reported on that allows you to pause and resume when recording, we could see a new way to deliver more intimate podcast episodes or things of that nature when this feature rolls out.
As this feature is still in development though we will just have to wait and see what happens as we can’t give you any details of a launch date just yet. To make sure you don’t miss updates on this or any other upcoming WhatsApp update, bookmark our WhatsApp News Page and subscribe to push notification