video message

Filmed personal note

A video message is a recorded video sent to communicate with someone, as opposed to text, audio, or live conversation.

Video messages combine visual and verbal elements—facial expressions, tone, surroundings—that text lacks: She sent a video message to wish him happy birthday.

Common on messaging apps and social media, they split the difference between the immediacy of a phone call and the convenience of leaving a voicemail.

Related

webcam · front camera · vlog · clip · greeting · happy birthday · miss you · voice note · screen · face · send · upload · thumbnail · notification · streaming · reply · selfie · personal

Categories
Opposites
communication mode

video messagesilent treatment

Refusing to speak

text message · handwritten note · telegram · smoke signal · Morse code

synchronicity

video messagevideo chat

Live audiovisual conversation

live stream · video conference · live broadcast · phone call · FaceTime

physical presence

video messagephysical presence

Being somewhere in body

being there · direct speech

Family

video, message, videos, videoed, videoing, videotape, videotaping, videographer, videography

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G