What does it mean to have an ear icon after the name of WeChat?

There is an ear sign, which means that you are listening to voice in handset mode now, so there will be this sign.

Method of setting mobile phone mode by WeChat voice;

1, successfully logged into WeChat; Click the icon in the upper right corner, as shown:

2. On the expand menu, click Settings.

3. In the setting interface, click General, as shown:

4. In the common interface, you can see that the voice played by the receiver is in the gray off state by default; Wechat 5.2 uses the speaker to play voice by default.

5. In the general interface, click the icon after using the receiver to play voice, and the gray will switch to green. At this time, you can set the receiver to play voice.