# Voice message should continue playing in the background

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/voice-message-should-continue-playing-in-the-background/1931>\
**Category:** Feature Proposal\
**Created:** [November 30, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/voice-message-should-continue-playing-in-the-background/1931 "2021-11-30T19:07:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vbeh](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/vbeh/32/900_2.png) [@vbeh](https://forum.delta.chat/u/vbeh)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/voice-message-should-continue-playing-in-the-background/1931/1 "2021-11-30T19:07:36Z")

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hi  
thank you for the hard work  
when I play a voice message I like to navigate through my other Deltachat messages but I can’t. as soon as you click on another contact/group to check new messages the sound file stops playing.

## Expected behavior

the voice message should continue playing in the background(one sound at a time)

## Actual behavior

when you leave the page of the contact who sent you the voice message it stops playing.  
I’m using Linux-Desktop 1.25.1  
also saw the same thing in Android versions

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/voice-message-should-continue-playing-in-the-background/1931/2 "2026-10-06T15:04:38Z")

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