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Granular Media Permissions

β€’ Group administrators can now separately permit or restrict members from sending 9 different types of media, including photos, voice messages, and video messages.

β€’ There is a new option to completely disable the sending of text messages in a group, without imposing restrictions on the sending of individual types of media.

β€’ Therefore, it is now possible to create groups where, for example, exchanging voice messages is only allowed.

Full list of changes is available here.
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Profile Picture Maker

β€’ Any stickers or animated emojis can now be easily turned into a profile picture for a personal account, group or channel.

β€’ For the background of the profile picture, one to four shades can be specified.

β€’ Animated emojis in the profile picture maker are free for everyone, including those who do not have a Telegram Premium subscription.

Full list of changes is available here.
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Auto-Save Incoming Media

β€’ You can control when media is saved automatically to your gallery based on its size, type and which chat it was received from.

β€’ This menu now also supports exceptions, so you can only save exactly what you want.

β€’ The option is available in the "Data and Storage" section under "Save to Gallery".

Full list of changes is available here.
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Network Usage

β€’ This section now contains circular diagrams with detailed statistics of Telegram's Wi-Fi and mobile data usage.

β€’ You can see how much data has been used by Telegram with detailed pie charts for Wi-Fi and mobile data – and adjust your auto-download settings to suit your data plan.

β€’ The total traffic is displayed next to the "Data Usage" item in the "Data and Storage" settings section.

Full list of changes is available here.
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Emoji Categories

β€’ Stickers and emoji are now sorted by categories, like πŸ‘, ❀️ or πŸ’€ in the menu.

β€’ A long press on the emoji before sending shows you a full-screen animation.

β€’ When holding an animated or custom emoji for longer time, app will offer setting it as your status.

β€’ The ability to search for emojis, stickers, and GIF animations related to a specific category significantly simplifies navigation.

Full list of changes is available here.
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Bot API has been updated to version 6.5

Chat and User Selection
β€’ Bots can now show a friendly interface that can be used to select any channel, group or user.
β€’ Added the KeyboardButtonRequestUser and KeyboardButtonRequestChat keyboard buttons for private chats.
β€’ Added support for "user_shared" and "chat_shared" service messages, which hold the identifiers of users and chats shared via the buttons.

Improved Permissions
β€’ Added support for granular media permissions by replacing can_send_media_messages in ChatMemberRestricted and ChatPermissions with several separate fields for the respective media type.
β€’ Added the parameter use_independent_chat_permissions to the methods restrictChatMember and setChatPermissions.


β€’ Added the field user_chat_id to the class ChatJoinRequest.

β€’ And more, see the full changelog for details.

#update #BotAPI
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Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.6.1 and then to 4.6.2

What's new in 4.6.1:
β€” Fix fonts fallback on Windows.
β€” Fix crash in userpic editor.
β€” Fix some crashes on 32 bit Window build.
β€” Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

What's new in 4.6.2:
β€” One more attempt to fix fonts on Windows.
β€” Fix polls forwarding to private chats.
β€” Improve translations bar appearance.
β€” Improve userpic editor presets.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
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Telegram to No Longer Support SMS Requests from Third-Party Apps

According to a recent message that was broadcasted to third-party app developers, Telegram plans to no longer support SMS requests from third-party apps, meaning that users will be able to request SMS verifications only from official Telegram apps.

The change is set to go live on 18th February, at 13:00 UTC. After that date, authorization codes for third-party apps can only be received through official Telegram apps. The message also asked third-party app developers to take necessary actions before that date.
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Telegram Info English
You can no longer gift cheap Telegram Premium subscriptions to users from other countries In the latest update, it became possible to gift a premium subscription to other users. To save money, some users began to gift Premium subscriptions through accounts…
What determines the price of Telegram Premium

Yesterday, on Valentine's Day, Telegram announced a promotion that allowed you to gift a Premium subscription to another user with a discount of up to 40%.

Many users noticed that discount size was less than they expected, and some even saw that on February 13 the subscription price was increased.

Here is what @tginfoen has learned about Premium pricing:

1. First of all prices (both for subscription for me and for subscription as a gift) are calculated in dollars, and then converted into user's local currency. Here is how the conversion works: Telegram Premium FAQ - Can I pay in my local currency.
2. Prices for a subscription for me and a subscription as a gift are calculated differently: the price "for me" depends on user's location based on user's phone number, and the price of a gift depends neither on the location of the giver nor on the location of the recipient.
3. The price of gifts is recalculated every hour. Whether the original price in dollars changes, or only changes in the exchange rate are taken into account, is unknown.

We will continue to find out the details of how the price of Telegram Premium is determined in different situations.

#FAQ #Premium
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Telegram Beats Facebook Messenger in Popularity

According to Pavel Durov's recent message on his Telegram channel, the messaging platform has overtaken Facebook Messenger to become the world's most popular cloud-based messenger. Although Telegram currently trails behind WhatsApp on a global scale, it is steadily closing the gap and is now in second place.

"No wonder our competitors are concerned!" - said Durov.

#statistics
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New Telegram Call UI contest for Android and iOS developers

Telegram announced the start of a competition among Android and iOS developers to improve the calling interface.

Task:
The Task is to implement the redesigned flow for audio and video calls into Telegram for Android or Telegram for iOS based on the provided mockups (Android / iOS). Regardless of the platform you chose, the submission must precisely represent the provided design – this includes all elements, their proportions and position on the screen, as well as their animations and transitions.

Details:
For a complete description of the required features and logic together with contest guidelines, see these documents:
β€’ Android
β€’ iOS

Evaluation criteria:
The key factors that will be used to determine the best apps are:
β€’ The general aesthetics of the app.
β€’ Adherence to the provided mockups and design elements.
β€’ Attention to the tiniest details in the user experience.

In addition, the smoothness of animations and the overall stability of the app will play a major role. Last but not least is the absence of significant flaws (including crashes, performance issues, battery drains, visual glitches, noticeable element blinking, layout imperfections and more).

Winners on each platform may be offered a chance to join the Telegram team in Dubai.

Prize fund: $100,000 ($50,000 for each platform)
Deadline: 23:59 on March 4th (Dubai time)
Results: March 18th, 2023

#contest
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Telegram's EU Audience Reaches 38.5 Million People, or 8.5% of Population

Over the past six months, the audience of Telegram in the European Union has averaged 38.5 million people, which represents 8.5% of the population. These figures were published on the Telegram FAQ page (which is only accessible from a European IP address).

As a result, Telegram will not be subject to the Digital Services Act (DSA) for the time being, as it is used by fewer than 45 million users in the European Union.

Starting in February 2024, all digital platforms with an audience of over 45 million users in the EU will be required to disclose to regulators information about their algorithms, advertisers' access to data, content moderation decisions, and may be subject to external audits.

#statistics
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Now it's easier to gift Telegram Premium

Developers have improved the @PremiumBot.

Now you can gift somebody with the subscription by sending /gift command, which makes a special button show up. The button allows you to pick a user from your chat list. The list is filtered to only show contacts, non-contacts, and bots.

If you will try to gift the subscription to a user with an active Premium subscription or a bot, the bot will respond with following message:

"This bot can't help you purchase Telegram Premium as a Gift for this user. This could be because the user already has a Telegram Premium subscription."

#premium
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Telegram Info English
Telegram to No Longer Support SMS Requests from Third-Party Apps According to a recent message that was broadcasted to third-party app developers, Telegram plans to no longer support SMS requests from third-party apps, meaning that users will be able to request…
Users of unofficial clients are having trouble logging into their accounts

Earlier we reported that starting from February 18, when authorizing in unofficial applications, users will not be able to request authorization codes in the form of SMS or phone calls, and that such codes will only come in other active sessions.

To date, the editors know that:
1. The first messages from users of unofficial applications that they cannot receive an authorization code in the form of a phone call or SMS began to arrive only on February 20-21.
2. Many of these users do not receive authorization codes even in active sessions: the user logs into the account in the official application, then starts authorization in the unofficial one and ... nothing happens: the code does not come anywhere at all.

We continue to monitor the situation.
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Telegram Info English
Telegram's EU Audience Reaches 38.5 Million People, or 8.5% of Population Over the past six months, the audience of Telegram in the European Union has averaged 38.5 million people, which represents 8.5% of the population. These figures were published on the…
Clarification on the law of digital services

Previously, we wrote that, due to the size of the audience, Telegram is not subject to Digital Services Act (DSA).

It is important to point out that the law has its own requirements for different organizations. For the β€œVery large online platform” group, the content moderation requirement applies, which Telegram bypassed. At the same time, the messenger is obliged to comply with the requirements that apply to any organization belonging to the β€œOnline Platform” category.

As such, Telegram remains bound by other relevant laws and regulations. For example, in some jurisdictions, Telegram may be required to comply with court orders to provide user data or assist in investigations, as well as comply with certain regulations related to privacy and data protection.
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Telegram for macOS has been updated to version 9.4.2

What's new:
β€” New switch to disable all resource-intensive processes with one click.
β€” Individual autoplay settings for videos, GIFs, stickers, animated emoji and more.
β€” Power saving mode turns on automatically based on battery charge.
β€” Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Download: from App Store, Official Website or Verified Channel.

#update #macOS
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Power Saving Mode and More

Telegram for Android has been updated to version 9.5.

⚠️ Other telegram clients will receive the new version soon.

Power Saving Mode
β€’ Users have the opportunity to disable certain animations and visual effects in the settings.
β€’ Disabling effects will save battery power and improve performance on less powerful devices.
β€’ The power saving mode can be set to turn on automatically when the battery charge drops below a specified value.
β€’ In the iOS app, you can also disable background chat updates, but Telegram recommends not doing this.
β€’ For the application on Android, the optimal settings are selected by default.
β€’ You can switch to power saving mode or turn off autoplay, animations or effects separately in the menu Settings > Power saving.

Read Time in Small Groups
β€’ In groups of up to 100 participants, you can now see the time when the messages were read by each of the participants.
β€’ In addition, now you can see the time when the reactions were delivered.

Granular Playback Speed
β€’ Now videos, podcasts, voice and video messages can be played at any speed from 0.2x to 2.5x using the slider.
β€’ To fine-tune the speed of voice and video messages, hold the playback speed icon.
β€’ To change the video playback speed, just click on the icon with three dots and select "Speed" from the menu that appears.

Auto-Send Invite Links
β€’ If, when you try to invite a user, it turns out that he has forbidden it, you can immediately send him a message with an invitation link.
β€’ To choose who can add you to groups directly, just go to Settings > Privacy > Groups & Channels.

More Updates
β€’ Sort sticker packs by usage time.
β€’ The ability to translate the description and the section "What can this bot do?" into different languages.
β€’ Create a group without invited members (Android).
β€’ Ability to mark all chats in a folder as read (iOS).
β€’ Ability to use folders to quickly find the desired chat when forwarding messages (iOS).
β€’ Call confirmation window (Desktop).
β€’ View media in a separate window (Desktop).
β€’ 10 new sets of animated emoji from Telegram artists are presented.
β€’ Presented interactive versions of emoji, also available as reactions: πŸ‘Ύ, 😑, 😎, πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ, 🀷, πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ.
β€’ Developers focused on fixing more than 400 known bugs in Telegram applications for different platforms.

Article: https://telegram.org/blog/power-saving

Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: from the official site or from GitHub.
macOS: App Store, from the official website or from a verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions

#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
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Power Saving Mode

β€’ Users now have the option to disable vibrant animations and unobtrusive visual effects in settings to save battery power and improve performance by less powerful devices.

β€’ Power saving mode can be set to automatically turn on when your battery reaches a certain percent.

β€’ iOS users can also use power saving settings to limit background updates β€” although we do not recommend doing this, because you will see your app β€œUpdating…” a lot more often.

β€’ Telegram for Android has the optimal default settings, based on manual testing of Telegram on more than 200 different device models, so that the messenger is as convenient as possible to use on any of them.

β€’ You can toggle Power Saving mode or tweak individual settings for autoplay, animations, and effects in Settings > Power Saving.

The full list of changes is here.
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Granular Playback Speed

β€’ Now you can have even more flexibility by holding the ➑️ button to choose any speed between 0.2x–2.5x.

β€’ To change the playback speed of audio or video messages, just hold down the ➑️ button and select the slider.

β€’ To change the playback speed of video, just click on the πŸ’¬ icon, select "Speed" from the menu that appears, and move the slider.

The full list of changes is here.
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Read Time in Small Groups

β€’ To make collaboration in small teams easier, read receipts in groups under 100 members now show the time when your messages were read by each person.

β€’ In addition, you can now see the time when delivery reactions were made.

The full list of changes is here.
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