LinkedIn Just Added its Most Annoying Feature Yet

For better or worse, you'll soon be able to send and receive voice messages on LinkedIn.

The new feature is rolling out to LinkedIn'due south mobile app for both iOS and Android in the coming weeks. It'll appear as a tiny microphone icon that'll popular upward over the virtual keyboard when you try to message someone.

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Y'all'll be able to record voice messages upwards to one minute in length, the Microsoft-owned service said in a web log post. "We hope this makes it easier than ever to communicate when you want," the company added.

The voice messages tin can only be recorded with the company's mobile app. However, you'll be able to receive and listen to the messages on the app and LinkedIn's website.

Whether or non this opens the door for more than spam on LinkedIn is another thing. Your own inbox on the service may already exist full with business pitches from contacts you've never met. Now imagine getting bombarded with voice messages from more strangers.

Still, LinkedIn said in that location are good reasons to add together the new feature. For one, typing out a message can accept also long.

"People speak about four times faster than they blazon, making vocalisation messaging smashing for explaining longer or more circuitous ideas without the time and involvement of typing and editing a bulletin," the company said. "It's also helpful for when you're on the move and don't accept time to cease and type."

LinkedIn likewise said sending a phonation message to a recipient can help "build a more than personal connectedness," which could exist adept if yous're looking to strike a business organisation deal or land a task, provided you reach someone who responds to common cold calls.