Gen Z ditched texting for voice messages - here's why that matters
“Like, if you I would say, ask my kids, they have their phone close to their ear and basically are talking to the phone and listening to voice messages more and more.”
Like, if you I would say, ask my kids, they have their phone close to their ear and basically are talking to the phone and listening to voice messages more and more. Like, texting for them is limiting limited to environment where they cannot talk. So maybe they're on their bed and they cannot talk. Maybe they are, like, on a very, I would say, noisy environment. But, like, their go to, I would say, communication channel is voice. So I am very interesting to understand how this cohort of, like, our generation of users will come and interact, I would say, with laptops, phones, and whatever, like, productivity issues that they would be using. So
About this clip
A VC observes how his kids communicate primarily through voice messages rather than text, using typing only when they can't speak aloud. He reflects on what this behavioral shift means for how the next generation will interact with productivity tools and technology interfaces.
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Reveals a significant generational shift in communication preferences that could reshape how future productivity tools are designed.
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