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Windows 11 gets a new audio recording app

Microsoft today announced the rollout of a new voice recording app for Insiders in the Windows 11 Dev channel. Here’s everything new in the app.

Sound Recorder Windows 11
Credit: Microsoft

While Windows 10 already had a built-in Voice Recorder app, meant to create simple recordings from a connected microphone, Microosft has unveiled a new version of the app for Windows 11. The new app Sound Recorder replaces the voice recording application already present in Windowswith new features and an updated user interface.

This new release is part of a broader Microsoft plan to replace all system apps that haven’t received updates for a long time. The American giant had for example already unveiled new versions of Paint, Notepad, Photos, Media Player, Clock or Calculator. The task manager was also entitled to a more modern version.

What changes on the new version of the audio recording application?

The current Voice Recorder app is pretty bare bones. For example, it is not possible to change input device, change file format options or even create markers in audio content. Now, thea new app should be able to do all of this.

Indeed, the new audio recording application has a new marking function, which allows you to mark specific timestamps in audio recordings for later reference. As Microsoft reveals, it is also possible to import audio files and change the audio input to use a different microphone than the default one. Now you can even change output file type where your recordings are saved.

The app also has a new milliseconds display and new playback speed options. M4A, MP3, WMA, FLAC and WAV formats are all supportedwith three audio quality settings to choose from.

For the moment, the new app is only available to users of the Windows Insider Dev channel. For now, Microsoft is still collecting feedback on the app, so don’t expect it to be available to everyone on Windows 11 for a few months.

Source : Microsoft

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