Android's Recorder app makes it easy to post audio to social media – Popular Science

After years of focusing on images, social media is expanding beyond photos and video. The new belles of the ball are apps like Clubhouse and features such as Twitter’s Spaces, where audio is king. But if you want to bring that voice-only style to posts on more traditional platforms like TikTok and Instagram, you’ll need to pair it with a video. This usually requires skill and access to video editing tools, but if you have an Android, Google just made things a little easier for you.  The operating system’s native Recorder app now features a tool that will turn audio into perfect social media-ready video—soundwave and subtitles included. Here’s how to use it.  How to make audio-only videos on Android First, make sure you have the Recorder app. If you own a Pixel device, it’s installed by default, but if your phone’s manufacturer included its own recording tool, you can download Google’s platform for free from the Google Play Store.   Recorder is a simple recording app—open it and press the big red button at the bottom of the screen to, well, record. But what makes this app different is that because it’s a Google app, it makes use of the…
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