LinkedIn Adds Voice Messages, But Users Fear Marketing Spam

LinkedIn on Thursday appear that it is adding support for voice messaging to its platform. The characteristic volition enable users to ship spoken messages to each other, much similar what's offered by many chat apps and messaging services. According to LinkedIn, the feature will make it easier for people to send letters while on the go, while recipients will be able to "listen and respond when they have a costless moment".

To employ the feature, LinkedIn members have to simply tap the microphone icon in the messaging keyboard, and so tap and concur on the mic icon in the circle to tape their vocalisation bulletin, as shown in the GIF beneath. Releasing the finger volition send the message to the intended recipient. To cancel the message, users will have to slide their finger away from the mic icon while holding it down.

The messages can be up to i minute long, and will help users speak in their own voices and "build a more personal connection and effectively communicate", says the visitor. The characteristic is now rolling out to LinkedIn'south iOS and Android app users, and according to the company, volition exist available globally to all members in the next few weeks. While vocalisation messages can't be send from the LinkedIn website simply yet, users can still listen to them when logged in to the web client.

Meanwhile, some social media users and LinkedIn members are already expressing doubts as to whether the feature volition serve its intended purpose or provide marketers with yet another medium on which to bombard users with spam messages. With the new characteristic being greeted more by skepticism than enthusiasm, information technology volition exist interesting to see how the Microsoft-owned company will finish it from being abused by unethical marketers going forward.

That's just horrible. Why did they do something and then empty-headed, it'due south a terrible invasion of privacy?
Finish it now delight!!

— Diddled Out (@twitigineer) July 27, 2018