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Instagram adds voice message DM transcription, longer clips
Social Media Today, 2025
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- A 2025 Social Media Today report on Instagram's update to direct messages. It describes a View transcription button under voice clips and a longer maximum clip length, and quotes Instagram's own statement.
- How much weight it carries
- Trade news site that quotes Instagram's announcement. It is a secondary source for product facts, dated 2025, and features can change or differ by region after that.
Facts taken from this source
- In 2025 Instagram added a View transcription button under voice clips in direct messages, so the recipient can read the words of a voice message.
“As you can see in this example, now, when you receive an audio clip in a DM, you’ll also have the option to transcribe it in-stream, via a “View transcription” button below the audio wave.” (Article body, paragraph on voice messages)
- In 2025 Instagram raised the maximum length of voice clips in direct messages from 1 minute to 5 minutes.
“Also on voice messages, Instagram’s extending the maximum length of audio clips in DMs from 1 minute to 5 minutes.” (Article body, paragraph on voice messages)