{"id":1068,"date":"2025-08-29T23:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/tiktok-is-now-letting-everyone-dm-each-other-with-voice-memos-and-pictures\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T23:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:53:06","slug":"tiktok-is-now-letting-everyone-dm-each-other-with-voice-memos-and-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/tiktok-is-now-letting-everyone-dm-each-other-with-voice-memos-and-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok is now letting everyone DM each other with voice memos and pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/STK051_VRG_Illo_N_Barclay_2_tiktok.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Every platform wants to be <em>the place<\/em> you hang with friends \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/765771\/spotify-messages-dms-audio-sharing-feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even Spotify as of this week<\/a> \u2014 so it\u2019s apparently time for TikTok to shore up its direct messaging feature! <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/08\/29\/tiktok-now-lets-users-send-voice-notes-and-images-in-dms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It told <em>TechCrunch<\/em><\/a> that over the next few weeks, all users should see voice messages and image sharing options arrive in their DMs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">(They won\u2019t show up for accounts that can\u2019t DM to begin with, of course \u2014 \u201cDirect Messaging is only available to accounts 16 years and older which means these features are only available to those accounts,\u201d TikTok spokesperson JaShel Jones clarifies to <em>The Verge<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I checked, and sure enough, I can send both, as well as videos up to one minute long (though that last has been possible for a while). Beware that if you hold down on the microphone button to start a recording, you\u2019ll <em>automatically send<\/em> that recording as soon as you let go, so be sure to drag it up or left if you want a chance to cancel! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20250829_124034_TikTok.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=4.0277777777778,0,91.944444444444,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;With my finger held down on the microphone button, I can swipe up or left if I DON\u2019T want to automatically send the message.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: TikTok, Sean Hollister \/ The Verge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: TikTok, Sean Hollister \/ The Verge\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">You\u2019re limited to sending up to nine images (and videos) at a time, and both voice memos and videos can\u2019t be more than a minute long.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20250829_123919_TikTok.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: TikTok, Sean Hollister \/ The Verge\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong><em>Update, <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>August 29th: <\/strong>Added TikTok clarification about who can DM and who cannot.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every platform wants to be the place you hang with friends \u2014 even Spotify as of this week \u2014 so 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