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Twitter begins testing voice message feature for DMs in India today

Feature to be rolled out in phases today; Brazil, Japan are the other test countries

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Each voice message can be up to 140 seconds long, similar to the voice tweets that the microblogging service introduced in June last year

Neha Alawadhi New Delhi
If you intend to send a direct message (DM) on Twitter, the microblogging platform is offering an option of doing so through audio. Starting Wednesday, Twitter will begin testing the voice message feature for DMs in India. 

The feature, which is being tested in India, Brazil and Japan, will be rolled out in phases for users. 

“India is a priority market for Twitter and that is why we’re constantly testing new features and learning from people’s experience on the service here,” said Manish Maheshwari, managing director, Twitter India. “We’re excited to bring the voice messages in DMs experiment to the

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