When it comes to sending messages especially audio messages on a given iPhone, one of the common questions being asked is how do you know if someone heard your audio message on iPhone.
The message will definitely say delivered meaning that the recipient received the message, but right here the main focus is to know when the recipient listened to the received audio file.
In this article I got you covered as I will explain to you how you can detect or know if a recipient indeed opened your audio message and listened to the message on their iPhone.
This article will focus more on iMessage and whatsapp as they are the popular instant messaging apps and services in the world today compared to any other and except for rcs chat which is for android.
How do you know if someone heard your audio message on iPhone?
If someone heard your audio message on iPhone, it will display played and kept below the sent audio message.
This is only available on iMessage.
For a better understanding as to what I’m talking about, I will explain the question of how do you know if someone heard your audio message on iPhone in two ways and which is;
- iMessage
How to know if someone heard your audio on iMessage?
On iMessage, once a recipient opened and listened to the audio message, it will display played or kept below the sent audio message on your iMessage.
Below is a typical example of what I’m talking about.
The picture above explains to you when a recipient has opened and listened to your sent audio message on iMessage.
Now if the recipient happen to receive the audio file but didn’t open it, on your iMessage what you will see is delivered below the sent audio message.
If you care to take a good look at the picture you will notices that the first audio message showed Kept, whilst the audio message below it showed played.
Why this is so because I set my audio messages never to expire on my iPhone.
New Update
After the release of IOS 16.2 update, if a recipient listened to the audio file, it will show Kept but only if the recipient set audio messages not to expire on their iPhone.
Here’s an example.
If you set your audio messages to expire after two minutes, once you sent the audio message it will be removed from your iPhone after two minutes if sending the audio file and if the recipient has received the audio message.
Note: If you set your audio message never to expire, after sending an audio message to a recipient and the person opens and listen to the audio message, it will first show played below the audio message and after a second it will show kept.
This is why you are are seeing kept below the first audio message.
So after sending an audio message and you saw kept below the sent audio message, kindly know the the recipient has opened and heard the message.
Lastly, if the recipient turned off Read receipt on it’s iMessage, you can’t tell if the person has heard your audio message.
In order to know if someone heard your audio message on iPhone, read receipt must be enabled.
Asking how do you know if someone heard your voice message on iphone, kindly note that once you see played below the sent audio message, it simply means that the recipient has heard the message.
How to set iMessage audio never to expire
By default, iMessage audio message will automatically expire and get deleted after two minutes of the recipient opening and listening to the audio file.
However, you can prevent iMessage audio message from expiring.
To do so, open the settings and scroll down to messages and tap to open it as well.
Scroll down until you see AUDIO MESSAGES.
You will see two options which are Expire and Raise to listen. Tap on expire and set it to never.
Once you have set your audio messages never to expire, they remain in your iPhone and won’t get deleted after two minutes.
Do audio messages expire if not opened?
The answer is no. As long as you didn’t open the received audio messages on your phone, it will not expire.
Kindly note that audio messages will only expire if you opened and listened to them but only if you set it to expire.
But I don’t recommend doing so unless you don’t care about received audio messages on your phone.
However, if you don’t set your audio messages never to expire, it won’t expire after two minutes of opening the file.
So if you fancy having audio or voice messages kept on your iPhone and wouldn’t want them to automatically get deleted after you must have opened them, kindly go your settings and set your audio messages never to expire.
Audio messages on WhatsApp
The way audio messages work on iMessage is quite different from WhatsApp audio messages.
On WhatsApp, audio messages don’t expire as it will be automatically saved on your phone especially if you’re using an android phone or tablet.
So the question is;
Can someone see if you have listened to audio messages on whatsapp? Yes, someone can see when you listen to an audio message on WhatsApp. When the sent audio message automatically turns blue in color.
WhatsApp is another popular instant messaging app used in sending audio messages.
Now on iPhone, to know if someone has listened or heard your sent whatsapp voice note, the sent audio message will turn blue.
If you send a whatsapp voice note or audio message to someone on your iPhone or even on android, the play button and the audio icon will be gray or light black in color.
Looking at the picture above you will see that the play button, the round moving icon and the microphone icon is grey or light black in color.
Now if someone opened and listened to your sent Whatsapp audio message, it will automatically turn blue just like on the picture below.
In the above picture, you will see that the microphone icon and the tiny round icon has turned blue in color. This shows that the recipient has listened or heard the sent whatsapp audio message.
So this is how to know if someone heard your audio message on iPhone.
Can you see how many times someone listen to an audio message?
The answer is No. You cannot see how many times someone listened to an audio message but rather know when someone heard or listened to the audio message.
So far it is not possible to know the number of times a recipient listened to an audio message on it’s phone. You can only know if the recipient opened the audio message and listened to it. Even if the recipient goes on to listen to the audio message multiple times, you will never know.
Maybe in the future they will add it on iMessage and whatsapp.
What of WhatsApp?
Can someone see how many times you listen to an audio message on WhatsApp? The answer is no because no one will be able to see the number of times you listened to an audio message on whatsapp or on any instant messaging apps and services.
Do audio messages disappear after sending?
On iMessage, audio messages will disappear after sending and the recipient receiving the sent audio message.
However, you can prevent this from happening and which involves setting audio messages never to expire.
To prevent iMessage audio message from expiring, open the settings and scroll down to messages and tap to open it as well.
Scroll down until you see AUDIO MESSAGES.
You will see two options which are Expire and Raise to listen. Tap on expire and set it to never.
That’s it. You are good to go.
I received questions from people asking what does it mean when your audio message disappears? This simply means that the received audio messages will be deleted from the phone after two minutes of opening the file.
By default it will be set to expire after two minutes but you can go ahead and set it never to expire and it is left for you to delete the audio message on your phone.
Why did my audio message disappear iPhone? This happens if you didn’t set your received audio messages never to expire.
By default, iphone will set all received audio messages to expire after two minutes of opening the audio message, but you can make changes to that. Kindly scroll up and you will see how to set your audio messages never to expire on your iPhone.
How to know if you accidentally sent an audio message?
If you accidentally sent an audio message on your phone, you will see the sent the audio message. If there’s no sent audio message then it simply means you didn’t send any audio message at all.
How to know if you sent a voice message will indicate on the conversation as you will see a voice message sent on your message app.
What does it mean when someone keeps an audio
message on iPhone?
To keep an audio message on iPhone mean to prevent an audio message from expiring and getting deleted. After an audio message has been sent and the recipient received it on it’s iPhone, the audio message will expire after two minutes.
The word expire means the message will be removed from your iPhone and you can’t recover it. So if you fancy to have the audio message on your iPhone, kindly tap on keep and the message won’t get deleted.
How do i know if someone received my audio message?
To know if someone received your audio message, the sent audio message will display delivered. Once it show delivered it simply means the audio message was successfully sent and received on the recipient phone.
If an audio message never shows delivered, then it means the recipient is get to receive the message.
More Related Questions
How to know if someone listened to your audio message on imessage?
To know if someone listened to your audio message on iMessage, it will show played below the sent audio or voice message on iMessage.
Once you see the word played or kept, it simply means that the recipient has listened to your sent audio message on iMessage.
And this is how to tell if someone listened to your audio message iphone.
Does imessage show when you listen to a voice message? The answer is yes. iMessage will always show when you listen to a voice message as it will show played and kept on the sender’s iMessage.
