Usability issues of voice messages: enhancement requests

[AmandineLP]

Your use case

What would you like to do?

1. See if something is happening when I can't play a that a voice messages
2. Start listening to a voice messages even if not fully downloaded
3. MVP: If I pause a message and switch room, be able to go back to where I was
4. Ideally: continue to be able to listen to a voice message while I navigate to another room

Why would you like to do it?

Because the current behaviour is painful to use.

Current behavious

1. There is a voice message in my timeline

2. I hover my mouse over the play button to listen to it => I get a forbidden-type sign in a tool tip and can't press play => I get no indication about whether something (downloading? decrypting?) is happening in the bg (so I don't know if I will ever be able to play said message). It lasts >20s for a 7mn voice message

3. Once downloaded, I can start playing

4. I pause then change room to reply to someone, then come back => not only I lost my position in the message => but the message needs to decrytp/download again!!! So I get the same forbidden sign and the same lack of progress for several seconds

Have you considered any alternatives?

No response

Additional context

No response