Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your 3GA file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert 3GA to another file type
The converter easily converts your 3GA file to various formats - free and online. No Media Player or extra software needed.
3GA to MP3
3GA to MP4
3GA to WAV
3GA to AAC
3GA to FLAC
3GA to OGG
3GA to WMA
3GA to AIFF
3GA to OPUS
Convert a file to 3GA
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Audio formats to 3GA with high quality output.
About 3GA files
3GA is an audio container format developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), primarily used for voice recordings on Samsung Galaxy smartphones and older mobile devices. Technically, it acts as the audio-only stream of a 3GP multimedia container, often utilizing AMR-NB, AMR-WB, or AAC codecs to compress speech efficiently.
While .3GA files are excellent for saving storage space on mobile devices, they present significant compatibility challenges on desktop environments. Standard software like Windows Media Player and many web browsers cannot natively play these files without installing specific codec packs. Furthermore, professional audio editors like Audacity often require the FFmpeg library to import them. Users frequently encounter errors when trying to share these voice memos via email or play them on car stereos.
To resolve these catchs, the best approach is conversion:
For Universal Playback: Convert to MP3. This ensures the audio works on every device, from iPhones to car systems.
For Editing: Convert to WAV. This provides an uncompressed format suitable for cutting or enhancing audio without further quality loss.
For Apple Devices: Convert to M4A (AAC) for native integration with Apple Music and macOS.
convert.guru allows you to instantly upload your .3GA recordings and convert them to a compatible format without downloading suspicious audio converters.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your 3GA file.
If you want to convert 3GA file to M4A, ALAC or APE, you can use VLC media player or similar software from the "Mobile Voice Recording" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to 3GA, try VLC media player or another comparable tool in the "Mobile Voice Recording" category.
The 3GA Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our 3GA converter.