How to make voice chat in telegram
How to use Telegram's Voice Chat feature to create your own shared live audio experiences
Telegram Voice Chats (Image credit: Telegram)Thanks to the popularity of apps like Clubhouse, it seems that every other social app is scrambling to add an audio experience to its platform. From Twitter Spaces to Slack, to Facebook, practically everywhere you turn, you'll see something similar, but it's not limited to traditional social apps. Even messaging apps are getting in on the fun. Telegram has actually had a voice chat feature for a while now, but over the past year, it's been promoting the option as a way for small groups or large public channels to communicate in discussion groups or even as an alternative to traditional podcast recording and distribution. If this sounds interesting or exciting to you, we'll show you how to use Telegram's voice chat feature to start up some dynamic group conversations.
Telegram voice chats can be created in groups or channels, be they public or private. To start a voice chat, you must be an admin of the group/channel.
- Open the Telegram app.
- Tap on a group or channel for which you are an administrator.
- Tap on the group or channel profile name at the top of the screen.
- Tap on the three-dot menu at the top right of the screen.Source: Android Central
- Tap Start Voice Chat in the pop-up menu.
- Tap Start Voice Chat to begin your chat immediately, or tap Schedule Voice Chat to have it at a later date.Source: Android Central
- When you're ready to start chatting, press and hold the microphone to talk and record your message.
- Tap the Voice chat overlay button to keep the conversation going even when you are not actively in the app.Source: Android Central
- Tap the three-dot menu at the top right of the voice chat pop-up to change the title of the voice chat, edit participant permissions, share the voice chat link, or end the voice chat.
- If you decide to schedule a voice chat, you can choose a time and share that link with others. You can also modify the chat title and permissions as we showed above.Source: Android Central
As you can see, these voice chats can be quite useful, whether for smaller private friend groups or information sharing via larger public channels. As an admin, you have the ability to mute participants, share polls, and direct the conversation, or you can let things flow more freely. It's a great way to have a more personalized form of asynchronous conversation, perfect when you have friends and family across the country or the globe. It's features like this that make us love Telegram, and why we consistently rate it among the best messaging apps available.
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How to Host a Voice Chat in Your Telegram Channel
Voice chats are a great way to stay connected with your friends and family. And, just like many other social media platforms, Telegram has developed a Voice Chat feature that enables you to do just that.
In this article, we explain how voice chats work and show you how to host one in your Telegram group or channel.
How Does Telegram Voice Chat Work?
Voice chats are a feature on Telegram that allows you to create voice chatrooms in groups and channels where you’re an admin.
Telegram launched the feature globally in December 2020 and it brought an entirely new dimension of communication on the platform. Telegram released a major voice chat update in 2021 with new capabilities that improve the overall voice chat experience.
The update, dubbed “Voice Chat 2.0”, allows you to record voice chats, raise a hand, and create unique invite links that other friends and channel members can click on to join your chatroom right away.
But that’s not all there is to the Voice Chat 2.0. The update also allows invited participants to choose to join a chatroom with their personal profile or appear as one of their channels. This comes in handy for users who want to participate in a voice chat without drawing too much attention to their personal accounts.
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You can host a voice chat in any Telegram channel or public group where you’re an admin. Here’s how...
How to Host a Voice Chat in Your Telegram Group or Channel
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Telegram has made the voice chat feature very easy to use.
Here’s how to start one on your group or channel:
- Navigate to the group or channel information page.
- Tap the three dots (vertical ellipsis) in your group or channel information page.
- Tap on Start Voice Chat.
This will open the Voice Chat window, tap the circle with a microphone icon to unmute your mic and get the conversation started.
How to Add Participants to Your Voice Chat on Telegram
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If you want to add members to your voice chat, tap on Invite Members in the chat window. Another window will be opened and you’ll be presented with options to either send a Speaker link (for hosts) or Listener links.
The difference between the Speaker and Listener links is that Listeners are automatically muted on joining while Speakers aren’t.
Other group or channel members can also join your chatroom by tapping on the special bar at the top of the group or channel that shows who is talking at the moment.
How to Keep Control in Your Voice Chat
Voice chats are a great way to engage with your friends and followers, but it can be difficult when someone is talking over another person or background noise interrupts them.
Here are some tips for keeping control of the conversation:
- If you’re having guest speakers on the chat, make sure to send them the Speaker link so you won’t have to scroll to unmute them when they join.
- Invite other participants with the Listener link.
- Encourage participants who wish to speak to use the hand-raise feature, so you can easily find and unmute them.
- If you’re hosting an exclusive chat, be cautious about how you share your invite link as non-channel members can gain access.
Related: How to Move Your WhatsApp Chat History to Telegram
Why You May Want to Host a Live Voice Chat
There are several reasons why you may want to host a voice chat in your Telegram group or channel.
Connect With Your Followers on a Deeper Level
Voice chats can be very engaging as they offer more interactive communication than the traditional text-based posts or photos in your channel. Thus, hosting a voice chat on your group or channel is beneficial as it helps you connect with your followers on a deeper level.
Host Real-Time Conversations
Voice chats also provide an opportunity for real-time audio interaction among the group or channel members. Participants can get and share information on the fly like they would on public radio.
This can be a great way to create and sustain a sense of community among your group or channel members.
A Flexible Alternative to Group Calls
While voice chats are not group calls, they can achieve the same goals, and with greater flexibility. Group chats can last for days and active users can join and leave as they please.
Voice chats can also provide serendipitous opportunities for talking to people.
Host Your First Voice Chat Today
Whether you just want to have a quick drop-in chat with friends, or host an interactive session with your followers without having to worry about your set or outfit, Telegram voice chats can help you out.
However, you don’t have to use Telegram in order to have live voice chats.
Other platforms like Clubhouse, Discord, and Twitter also have a live voice chat feature you can use to host live audio conversations.
Voice chats in Telegram: creating, setting up, recording
It seems that the Clubhouse service, which has become insanely popular, has overtaken the same karma as Tik-Tok - other services urgently needed their own voice chats. They also appeared in Telegram, although, in fairness, it should be noted that in TG the first version of chats was launched back in December 2020, that is, when the Clubhouse was not at the peak of popularity in Russia.
In the article we will tell you what voice chats are in Telegram, how to create your own chat, and what you can do in it. nine0003
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We understand the process of creating a chat and its settings.
It is immediately evident that there are no exclusive invites and applications for registration with a long wait in the TG - chats can be created by the owners and administrators of groups (and after the last update of Voice Chats 2.
0. and owners of channels), and subscribers of these can participate in them groups/channels. That is, all that an ordinary listener needs is to be registered in the TG and subscribed to the group. nine0003
And this, by the way, is a strong competitive advantage of Telegram over the Clubhouse — if all the voice lovers switch to the messenger, then the very idea of “chosenness” of the Clubhouse members will melt before our eyes.
Step 1. Create a chat.
To create voice chats, you must have your own group or channel. If they are not there yet, we advise you to read our instructions on creating a group in Telegram and on creating a channel. From these articles, you will also understand how channels differ from groups. nine0003
P.S. Creating voice chats in Telegram is possible both from the phone and in the desktop version, although not all functions work correctly on the desktop yet, we hope that these errors will be fixed in future updates.
To start a voice chat, you need to go to the group / channel menu (3 dots, where the description is) and click "Voice Chat" (on iOS).
On Android, the steps are the same, but the button is called "Start Voice Chat".
Chat can be launched under the name of a personal account or on behalf of a group/channel. Select an account and click "Continue as".
The voice chat window starts. It contains a list of participants, an invitation window and buttons for voice communication.
This is what it looks like on iOS:
To turn on the microphone, you need to click once on the blue microphone button, and it will turn green (under the button there will be an inscription "You are on air"). To turn off the microphone, you need to click on the button again, and it will turn blue again. nine0003
The second way is to hold down the button and speak while it is pressed. If you release it, the recording will stop.
From the desktop, you can also hold down the space bar.
In TG, you can turn off the voice chat and continue using the messenger. In this case, the broadcast is not interrupted. To collapse the chat, you need to click on the rectangle button with a dot.
To open the chat window back, you need to click on the blue circle with a microphone on the right in the group. By the way, the circle hangs not only in Telegram, but also on the device, that is, you can fully use the device, and the broadcast will go in the background. nine0003
A small window will open with minimal settings - speaker, microphone and exit button. To go to the full window, click on the small one.
Step 2. Voice chat settings.
To open the settings, click on the 3 dots in the voice chat window.
Here you can change the display of the chat author - for example, you started the chat on behalf of the group, but then you can speak on your own behalf, for this we change the account in the chat settings.
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Next, you can change the name of the chat. Click on the button "Change the name of the chat", write the name, then "Save". The default is simply "Voice Chat".
Permissions can be changed. There are only 2 of them - "All participants speak" and "New participants do not speak." By default, the first option is set, and this is a minus, since spammers and trolls can get into the chat, or simply the participants themselves will start talking and there will be chaos. We advise you to immediately after creating a chat, configure it so that newcomers cannot use the microphone without the permission of the owner/admin of the chat. nine0003
Also in the settings you can get a link to invite participants (more on invitations below).
You can record a voice chat and put it in a group for those who could not attend the live broadcast. Click "Record audio" in the settings.
Come up with a name for the audio file. Other participants will see that the chat is being recorded.
Recording buzzer will sound and a red circle will appear next to the name. nine0003
If we do not want to record the entire broadcast (but only a part), in the same settings, click on the "Stop Recording" button. You can also see the countdown - how long the recording has been going on.
The audio file is saved to the Favorites folder, and then it can be dropped from there to the group.
You also need to close the chat correctly - this can also be done in the settings by clicking on the appropriate button or by clicking on the red "Exit" button in the chat window. Be sure to check the box next to the “End voice chat” item, otherwise you will exit, and all the other participants will remain, but the broadcast will not end - you will have to re-enter the chat and already exit correctly. Also add to the collection of minuses. nine0003
Important: after the broadcast ends, all chat settings are reset - the name and permissions.
When creating a new chat, everything will need to be configured again.
Step 3. Invite participants.
There are 3 ways to invite participants:
1. If the participants are in a group, they will receive an automatic notification immediately after the recording starts. They can go to the group and click "Join".
2. Invite from the voice chat window. Click on the invitation line (Invite participants) and select from the list.
You can choose from both group/channel subscribers and personal contacts. But this method, like the first one, helps to attract only those who have already registered in Telegram.
P.S. When an invitation is sent, its status will be "Invited" in the list of participants. But this does not mean that he listens to the broadcast. He can ignore the invitation. If the participant has entered the voice chat, then the status “Listening” will be under his name.
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3. Invite by link. We go to the chat settings, click on the "Invite by link" button, at the bottom of the contact list, click on the "Copy link" button and send it wherever possible.
There is also a button with a link in the invitation window directly from the voice chat (as described in the second version of the invitation).
Important: when you invite a member to a chat who is not subscribed to a group/channel, he automatically becomes a subscriber to the group/channel. And this is also a minus, since some channel owners can abuse this feature and sign people without their consent. Moreover, after the end of the broadcast, the participant still remains in the subscribers of the group / channel. If he does not want to be there, then he will need to leave the group on his own, but he can be invited an infinite number of times until he changes the privacy settings in his Telegram profile and indicates who specifically can invite him to groups / channels.
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A participant can be excluded from the chat, to do this, click on his profile in the list, then on the "Exclude" button. It is important that in this case he will be automatically unsubscribed from the group, and this is also a minus. Therefore, it is better not to exclude people for no reason, but simply turn off their microphone + set a ban on the use of a microphone by beginners at the very beginning.
Step 4. We give the floor to the participants.
If you have not set up a barring for newcomers, then to start a conversation, the participant needs to turn on the microphone and start talking. When the microphone is on, the gray icon in the list of participants is not crossed out; when it is off, it is crossed out (this is if the participant turns the microphone on / off himself, and not you). nine0003
Important: even if the microphone is on, but the participant is silent, the list under his name will say “Listening” in blue.
As soon as he starts talking, the caption will change to green and "Speaking" will appear.
The participant can mute the microphone or adjust its volume. Click on the profile. The green plate is 100% by default. If you move it to the right or left, then you can make the speaker sound quieter or louder (in percent, how much is indicated). This is a cool feature, since not all participants can have perfect equipment and the absence of unnecessary noise. nine0003
To turn off the microphone, in the same place in the participant's profile menu, click on the "Mute microphone" button.
The participant will not be able to speak in the chat without permission. Its microphone icon will be highlighted in red in the list.
And for the person himself, the microphone button will change to pink-purple and it will say “You are a listener. Click to request a word."
The participant can click on this button and in the list opposite his name a little man will start jumping (this means that the participant has raised his hand).
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To give him the floor, click on the participant, then click "Allow to speak."
Why voice chats in Telegram are better than Clubhouse
To summarize:
Anyone can register in Telegram. There are no waiting lists, no need to search all over the world for a precious invite, no need to consider yourself inferior because you have an Android (Clubhouse is only on iOS, although the developers claim that it will be on Android too. TG works with both operating systems). nine0003
You can record the broadcast. It is forbidden to record live broadcasts in Clubhouse and you can get banned for the fact of recording from your phone. This is done so that users hang more in the application, afraid to miss important broadcasts, but the motivation is so-so. There is no such thing in Telegram - if the author decides to make a record, any participant will be able to listen to it later.
There are, of course, also disadvantages: in the TG there is no list of rooms, as in the Clubhouse, where you can freely move around - if you are not in a group, you will not know about the recording until you are invited or posted an announcement (for example, on Instagram with an invitation to join the group and participate in the broadcast).
But, most likely, in the future this issue will be resolved - for example, they will create a bot with a list of broadcasts or a website. nine0003
Conclusion
Telegram seems to become, if not the “killer” of Clubhouse, then a serious competitor to the newly minted service. Of course, while there are small cons and errors (for example, glitches from the desktop), access to the microphone for all participants by default (each time you need to change this setting manually and, most importantly, remember this until a lot of people run into the air), no chat directory, the voice chat does not automatically close when the group owner leaves. But the pluses still outweigh and, judging by the fact that the first update of voice chats in Telegram has already been released, they took the tool seriously. Let's see what this will lead to and how the audience will be divided between Clubhouse and Telegram. nine0003
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Telegram voice chats are becoming more and more popular.
And no wonder - they make it possible to hold webinars, conferences and streams right in the messenger. Unisender Community Manager Jaroslav Boruta prepared an overview of the functionality of voice chats for us and told how they can be used to increase activity in the community. Estimated reading time - 9minutes.
If you are the administrator of a Telegram channel or chat, then you can host webinars, conferences and streams right in the messenger.
In the article I will tell you what voice chats are in Telegram, why they are more convenient than Zoom conferences and how we conduct audio chats in the community of marketers and entrepreneurs.
What are voice chats in Telegram
Why voice chats are more convenient than Zuma and Skype
How to start voice chats in Telegram
How to work with voice chats in Telegram
What are voice chats in Telegram
Voice chats are built-in audio conferences in Telegram. If you have organized a call to Zoom, Google Meet or Clubhouse at least once, you will quickly understand what's what.
To start a voice chat, you do not need to install anything else - just be the administrator of the Telegram channel or chat.
A recent update to voice chats added the ability to turn on video and share your screen. We used this feature to have a voice chat with a Unisender recruiter, Olga Mishchuk. Community members sent their resumes and portfolios, and Olga opened them on her laptop and showed what could be improved. nine0003
Voice chat is a tool to increase the activity of communities in Telegram. If a community member liked the voice chat, they can come up with an offer to start the next chat on a topic of interest to them. Of the 8 voice chats in the “Colleagues, Need Yesterday” community, 4 were initiated by the participants themselves and acted as speakers.
Why voice chats are more convenient than Zuma and Skype
- You don't need to install anything to start a voice chat.
- Participant shortcut: presses the voice chat button - enters the voice chat.
No need to enter passwords, give permissions to access the microphone or camera, open browser tabs, or wait for an administrator to accept a login request. nine0236 - A plate with a notification and a link to the voice chat hangs at the top of the Telegram channel or chat until it ends. Even if you forgot to leave a link, subscribers will be able to get to the conference.
- If the organizer of the video chat loses internet or logs out of Telegram, the voice chat will not end. Therefore, you can create a voice fludilka in a Telegram chat that will work all the time, without the participation of an administrator.
- When recording a voice chat, the audio file appears in Favorites immediately after the call ends. I'm forwarding it to the community so that those who missed the voice chat can listen at a convenient time. We also partnered with Small Business of Moscow, and now all voice chat recordings go to their website in the “Listen” section. nine0236
- During a voice chat, you can invite participants from your contacts in Telegram to it.
I use this function when I forget to send a link to a voice chat to a speaker or active members of the community. - There are not a lot of features such as beautiful backgrounds for video calls, separate rooms within the voice chat, paid plans. For me, this is a plus, because the interface is not overloaded and it is easier for me to explain to voice chat participants how everything works.
- Instead of the built-in text chat - Telegram chat, from which I conduct audio conferences. Therefore, messages do not disappear after the end of the call, but remain in the community and attract people to enter the voice chat and join the discussion. Also, speakers throw useful links directly to the community. nine0236
How to start voice chats in Telegram
Click the "Start video chat" button in the channel or chat where you want to hold a conference. To do this, you must have an admin. the rights.
Select who the voice chat will be on behalf of.
I always choose "Colleagues, we need yesterday" as the basis of our community.
Select the start time for the chat. I usually schedule voice chats 3-4 days before the start. In Telegram, it will not be possible to schedule a video chat longer than 7 days in advance. nine0003
Click "Schedule" or "Continue" if you want to start the voice chat right away. If you click "Schedule" - a window with a countdown timer will appear. So that the window with the timer does not interfere, click the cross in the upper right corner. To cancel a voice chat, select the appropriate item in the chat settings or click the red handset icon.
A lot of interesting things are hidden in "Settings". There you can generate an invitation link to participate in a video chat, turn on noise reduction and turn off the microphone for all new video chat participants. I advise you to do the latter in all voice chats, except fludilok. nine0003
To change the name of the video chat, click on the "sandwich" in the upper left corner and select "Change chat name".
By default, it is named the same as the Telegram chat or channel in which you start the conference.
After you have scheduled a video chat, a link to it with a countdown timer will appear under the name of your Telegram chat or channel.
Video chat can start earlier than scheduled. When launched, a window will appear with chat participants and buttons for turning on the video camera and microphone. nine0003
Participants will have a Raise Hand button instead of an Unmute button. This is not very convenient as participants have to press the button twice to ask a question.
In the upper left menu, you can start recording a video chat and enable screen sharing.
How to work with voice chats in Telegram: on the example of the “Colleagues, we need yesterday” community
As soon as Clubhouse came out, we held several conferences there. Most of the community members couldn't join because they didn't have iOs devices.
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Therefore, as soon as Telegram launched its voice chats, I decided to test them. We have already had 8 voice chats, and I worked out the preparation scheme. I'll tell you how everything happens:
1. I agree with the speaker. Half of the speakers are Unisender employees, half are community members who come with a request for a specific topic.
2. We talk with the speaker about what he will talk about in the voice chat and how to present it. I also request a photo of the speaker to use for the announcement in our Telegram channel "Marketing cabbage soup". nine0003
3. In the “Colleagues, I need it yesterday” chat, I launch a survey 6-7 days before the voice chat. The survey is not anonymous, so I can see who chose which option. The survey helps me understand who will be on the voice chat and how interesting this topic is for the community members.
4. 3 days before the voice chat, I publish an announcement on the Marketing Shchi channel. In the announcement, I tell you when and what time the video chat will take place, who will be the speaker and what we will talk about.
5. On the morning of the day of the voice chat, I post a reminder in the "Marketing soup" channel. I also send invitations to those people who marked themselves in the survey in the Telegram chat.
6. Send the speaker a reminder about the voice chat and give the link.
7. 5 minutes before the scheduled time, I start the voice chat and check the sound quality.
8. I wait about 10 minutes before the start. During this time, I remind you what the topic of the voice chat is, who the speaker is, explain how voice chats work in Telegram, and suggest asking questions in advance. nine0003
Chat lasts up to an hour and a half. This time is enough to cover the topic and answer questions. Immediately after the end of the voice chat, I upload his recording to “Colleagues, we need yesterday.” I am also forwarding this recording to those who clicked “I will listen to the recording” in the survey.
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