How to Quickly Start a Voice Recording on Your iPhone

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(Pocket-lint) – Let’s say you find yourself in a situation where you want to be able to quickly record a voice note on your iPhone. You may be a journalist doing an interview. Or a student in a course. Whatever the reason, you don’t want a cumbersome process, and you want it to be quick and easy. We have what you need. Here’s the fastest way to start recording a voice note.

How to Quickly Record Voice Notes on Your iPhone

Step 1 below requires a little setup before you can start recording voice memos on iPhone quickly. This is a one-time operation, and once it is complete, you can move on to step 2. In other words, configuration is not necessary every time.

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Step 1: Add Voice Memos to Control Center

Download the Voice Memos app

You won’t have to do this every time, but to record a voice note on your phone, you’ll need an app that offers an audio recording feature. While Apple’s App Store is filled with third-party voice memo apps, Apple’s built-in Voice Memos app is very user-friendly. It is integrated and its use is totally free. If you deleted it for some reason, you can reinstall it for free from the Apple App Store.

Customize your Control Center

Again, you won’t have to do this every time, but if you add the Voice Memos app to your Control Center, you can quickly access it every day. Control Center gives you instant access to the things you do most often. You can use Control Center to quickly take a photo, turn on Wi-Fi, or in this situation, quickly start an audio recording.

To add the Voice Memos app, dive into Settings:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Scroll down to Control Center and select it.
3. In the Control Center pane, find Voice Memos and press the green + button to add it.
4. Drag and drop voice memos into the “Included Controls” area to specify where you want them to appear.

Step 2: Launch your voice memo from Control Center

Now that you’ve added the Voice Memos app to your Control Center, you can create a voice note at any time by pressing three buttons on your iPhone.

Record a voice memo in three taps

1. When your iPhone is open and unlocked, swipe down from the top right corner of your screen.
   • This opens the Control Center.
2. Look for the Voice Memos icon (waveform symbol). Touch it to select it.
3. Press the big red record button to start recording your voice note.
4. Touch the stop button (block symbol) to stop recording your voice note.
   • You will then see it listed in the All Records pane. Tap play to listen to it.
   • Or, tap the … symbol in the corner to edit or share the recording.

And that’s all ! You’ve recorded a voice note in no time. You are welcome.

You want to know more ?

Visit Apple’s Support Center for Voice Memos to learn more about the app.

Written by Maggie Tillman.