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At launch, WhatsApp voice message transcripts on Android supported four languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“The Android version currently supports only a few languages like English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian”
WhatsApp's Voice Message Transcript Feature Triggers Data Storage Concerns, MediaNama, MediaNama, 2024, Article body, paragraph on languages.
Open the original- What it measures
- MediaNama wrote "a few languages" and then named these four. The Thurrott report gives the same four for the app at launch.
- What it does not show
- A November 2024 snapshot. WhatsApp said it would add languages, so the current list may be longer.
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