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Chat Themes, Live Stream Recording, Read Receipts in Groups and Interactive Emoji Telegram for Android 8.0.1, iOS 8.1 and Unigram 8.1 are released Chat Themes — Choose one of 8 preset themes for any of your private chats; — Tap the (⋯) button › "Change…
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 3.1.0

What's new:
— Some animated emoji now have extra effects.
— Send 🎆, 👍, 🎉, 💩, 🎈 and ❤️ to any private chat, then click on the animated emoji to launch the effect.
— If your chat partner also has the chat open, you will both see effects.
— See the "Watching" status when your chat partner is enjoying emoji effects with you.
— More interactive emoji coming soon.
— Right click one of your outgoing messages in small groups to see who recently viewed it.
— To protect privacy, read receipts are only stored for 7 days after the message was sent.
— Record video and audio from live broadcasts in your group or channel.
— Admins can start recording from the '...' menu.
— Choose between recording in portrait or landscape orientation.
— Finished recordings are sent to the admin's Saved Messages and can be easily shared.
— Fix a crash when joining video chat or live broadcast.
— Add a "Close to Taskbar" option when tray icon is disabled (Windows and Linux).

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
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Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 3.1.8

What's new:
— Control video in fullscreen mode using arrows and numbers.
— Open locations in browser if default Bing Maps is not installed.
— Reconnect without timeout when network availability changes.
— Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
— Click on '...' menu > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme.
— Both chat participants will see the same theme in that chat – on all their devices.
— Each new theme features colorful gradient message bubbles, beautifully animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.
— All chat themes have day and night versions and will follow your overall dark mode settings.
— Implement main window rounded corners on Windows 11.
— Fix audio capture from AirPods on macOS.
— Show small media previews in chats list;
— Show media album previews and caption text in chats list;
— Add "Quick Reply" and "Mark as Read" to native Windows notifications.
— Fix channel message views and comments counter updates.
— Sponsored messages support.
— Supported Background link preview.
— Updated TDLib: fixed crash & changed behaviour of read status in support chats.
— Fixed tapping on via @bot in forward header.
— Fixed bugs related to migrating to new identifiers.
— Other improvements and bugfixes.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and More

Telegram for Android, iOS, macOS and Unigram has been updated to version 8.3, Telegram Desktop — to version 3.3.

Protected Content in Groups and Channels
• Group and Channel owners can restrict message forwarding from their chat, which also prevents screenshots and limits the ability to save media from posts.
• To change users' ability to forward messages open the Group or Channel Info page > Group / Channel Type > Restrict Saving Content.

Anonymous Posting in Public Groups
Tap the profile picture next to the message bar and choose one of your channels – the messages you send after that will appear with the name and photo of the channel instead of your personal account.
• When posting as your channel, you’ll also see the channel name at the top of your message bubbles.

Delete Messages by Date
Clear chat history from a specific day or date range in any one-on-one chat.
• To open the calendar, tap the date bar that pops up as you scroll through the chat – then choose which days to clear.
• Clearing history by date currently only works in one-on-one chats, but messages in any chat can be set to auto-delete one day, week, or month after sending.

Manage Connected Devices
• The "Devices" section has received a visually updated menu of active sessions with animated icons.
• You can choose after which period of inactivity to automatically terminate sessions on older devices.
• By clicking on the device list, you can set whether it is allowed to receive calls and new secret chats.
• For the current session, you can now set your own name for convenience.
• The new "Link Desktop Device" button will allow you to quickly connect to the computer or web version of Telegram.

Responses to Join Requests
• When you request to join a group or channel and its admin responds with a message, you will see which community they are from at the top of the chat.
• Bot admins can contact users requesting to join a chat where they are an admin — even if the user didn't communicate with the bot before.

Other updates:
• Global color themes in the "Chat Settings" section, distributed to the entire Telegram application.
Recognition of English text in photos and the ability to copy it (iOS 13+).
• Selection of a file manager for attachments (Android version from the site).
• Formatting text in media captions on iOS (previously released on Android).
Updated profile design (iOS 15).
• Playlist playback in reverse order and mixed (Desktop).
• Updated animations during authorization (Android).

More info here: https://telegram.org/blog/protected-content-delete-by-date-and-more/

Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Telegram Desktop:
with official website or GitHub.
Telegram for macOS: from App Store or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10: Microsoft Store | Download | Installation help

#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
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Reactions to messages, spoilers and more in Telegram for iOS

In Telegram for iOS 8.4 Beta, the following features are available and expected in future update:

Reaction on messages
Users can leave one of the 11 available reactions. You can also get quick reactions by double-clicking on a message.

Formatting text to hide information
Spoilers allows you to hide the text under the noise animation. Clicking allows you to see the hidden information.

Message Translator
Thanks to the new iOS 15 feature, you can translate any highlighted text.

Updated QR Codes
Anyone can generate QR codes for public and private links of groups and channels.

Snow in Telegram
To enable it, you need to make 7-10 clicks on the gear, and turn on the "Snow" item.

#iOS #Beta
Reactions, spoilers, translation and QR codes

Telegram for Android, iOS, macOS and Unigram has been updated to version 8.4, Telegram Desktop — to version 3.4.

Reactions
• Double tap a message to send a quick 👍🏻 reaction.
• Press and hold a message for more reactions.
• Change your quick reaction emoji in Settings > Stickers and Emoji.
• Group and Channel admins can enable reactions in their chat via Chat Info > Edit > Reactions.

Spoilers
• Select text when typing and choose 'Spoiler' formatting to hide some or all of the contents of a message.
• Tap the spoiler animation in chat to reveal its hidden text.
• Spoiler formatting hides text in chat, as well as in the chat list and notifications.

Translation
• Turn on the Translation option in Settings > Languages.
• Press and hold a message to translate it into another language.

QR Codes
• Generate a custom QR Code that leads to your public t.me link.
• Tap the QR code icon in public profiles for groups, bots and channels to let someone quickly scan it with their device.

More about this update: https://telegram.org/blog/reactions-spoilers-translations

Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Telegram Desktop: with official website or GitHub.
Telegram for macOS: from App Store or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10: Microsoft Store | Download | Installation help

#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
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Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 3.4.8

What's new:
— Nice animations in reactions.
— Add snap layouts support on Windows 11.
— Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
Video Stickers, Better Reactions and More

Telegram for Android, iOS, macOS and Unigram has been updated to version 8.5, Telegram Desktop — to version 3.5.

Video Stickers
• Use a new type of detailed stickers with smooth animations.
• Create new sets by sending .webm videos to @stickers.
• Bring your custom animated stickers from other apps.

Better Reactions
• See smaller, compact animations when reacting to messages.
• See real-time animations in chat when a user reacts to your message.
• React with additional emoji expressing love, appreciation, anger or surprise.

Read Status for Reactions
• Tap the new button in chats to jump to your messages that have unseen reactions.
• Watch the animations for unseen reactions play when you hit the button.

And More
• The app will warn you before closing if you are uploading photos or files to a chat.
• Enjoy better screencast quality in video chats.

Read all about this update on the Telegram blog:
https://telegram.org/blog/video-stickers-better-reactions

Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Telegram Desktop: with official website or GitHub.
Telegram for macOS: from App Store or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10: Microsoft Store | Download | Installation help

#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
Download Manager, Live Streaming With Other Apps, New Attachment Menu

Telegram for Android, iOS, macOS and Unigram has been updated to version 8.6, Telegram Desktop — to version 3.6.

Download Manager
• The Search screen has a new Downloads tab where you can see all currently and recently downloaded media and files (Desktop: Settings > Advanced > Downloads).
• While files are actively downloading, a new icon will now appear in the Search bar or in the app header.
• In the Downloads menu, you can pause and restart downloads, change priority, or quickly go to a dialog where a specific file from the list has been sent.

Live Streaming With Other Apps
• You can broadcast from streaming tools like OBS Studio and XSplit Broadcaster.
• Tools allow you to add overlays and multi-screen layouts with ease, turning any Telegram channel into a professional TV Station.
• To stream from these tools, start a new Video Chat in your group or a new Live Stream in your channel, tap the «Start With» button and enter the information found there into your streaming tool.
• Your viewers will need to update their apps to the latest version to watch your stream.

New Attachment Menu
• When sending multiple photos or videos, tap Selected at the top of the panel to preview how the album will look in the chat when it’s sent — and rearrange or remove selected media.
• The attachment menu has been fully redesigned on iOS.
• The updated Files tab shows recently sent files and lets you search for them by name.

Phone Number Links
• This update allows you to share a direct t.me link to your phone number that instantly opens a chat with you.
• The link will only work if your privacy settings let others find you by your phone number.
• The format for these links is t.me/+123456789, with the full phone number in international format.

And More
• Updated design for t.me pages.
• New authorization interface with smooth animations (Telegram for Android and macOS).
• New on-screen animations for logging in via QR code (Telegram for macOS).
• Semi-Transparent Interface on Android for Night Theme.
• Open another account in a new window (Telegram for macOS).

Read all about this update on the Telegram blog:
https://telegram.org/blog/downloads-attachments-streaming

Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Telegram Desktop: with official website or GitHub.
Telegram for macOS: from App Store or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10: Microsoft Store | Download | Installation help

#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 3.6.1

What's new:
— Change volume for RTMP stream from the context menu.
— Set a profile photo from your camera.
— Improve RTMP stream full screen mode.
— Improve edit account section design.
— A new item in the experimental settings, to change the icons in the settings.
— Fix switching personal account or channel in video chats.
— Fix pinning chats in folders with 100 chats.
— Fix YouTube timestamp links after 10 hours.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
Notification Sounds, Bot Revolution and More

Telegram for Android, iOS, macOS and Unigram have been updated to version 8.7, Telegram Desktop — to version 3.7.

Bot Revolution
• Developers are given the tools to create infinitely flexible interfaces with JavaScript.
• Next-generation Telegram bots can completely replace any website.
• These interfaces can be programmed to match a user’s theme – adjusting color schemes in real time, for example when switching between Day and Night modes or setting custom themes.
• You can try out the new generation of bots in the @DurgerKingBot.

Custom Notification Sounds
• You can now turn any sound into a notification tone.
• Telegram tones are cross-platform and completely free.
• You can set a notification sound for an individual chat or for all chats of the desired type (personal chats, channels, groups).
• Tap a short audio file or voice message in chat to instantly add it to your list of notification sounds, which you can assign to any chats.
• Tones currently support audio files and voice messages under 5 seconds up to 300 KB in size.
• Try some samples made by Telegram team (and their pets) in the Notification Sounds channel.
• You can access your sounds on all your devices via Settings > Notifications and Sounds.

Custom Mute Durations
• Now you can also pause notifications for a specific duration.
• In streamlined menu for modifying alerts choose Disable Sound to receive notifications silently, or one of the Mute options to turn off notifications completely.
• On Android, tap 'Notifications' on a chat's info page or > Mute in the chat header. On iOS, tap 'Mute' on a chat's info page.

New Auto-Delete Menu in Profiles
• Now Auto-Delete takes fewer taps to enable.
• It supports flexible timer settings — like 2 days, 3 weeks, 4 months, and more.
• Enable Auto-Delete from on a chat's info page.

Instantly Configure Bot Admins
• Users can now quickly add bots to their group or channel right from the bot's profile.
• You can also instantly configure rights and permissions for the bot.
• Bots can only be added to channels as admins, while bots can be added to groups as both members or admins.

Improved Picture-in-Picture (Android)
• Resize the window by stretching or squeezing it with two fingers.
• Tap X to quickly close it
• Enjoy the new rounded design.

And More
• Replies in forwarded messages.
• Improved message translation (iOS).
• Clearing message history of group for all participants.
• New animations in phone number changing interface.
• More animated emoji.

Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Telegram Desktop: with official website or GitHub.
Telegram for macOS: from App Store or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10: Microsoft Store | Download | Installation help

#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 3.7.1

What's new:
— Hardware accelerated video decoding is turned off by default: this should help to fix the bug when videos were playing back in green color. If you want, you can turn the feature back on under Advanced settings › Performance, if it doesn't cause problems.
— Fix several crashes.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
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Telegram Premium is already in Beta version for Android

The subscription will cost $4.99 per month, but it is not yet available to purchase. Therefore, all the Premium features that we announced yesterday are not yet available.

However, many other innovations have appeared, all the details of which are already on our @betainfoen channel. So, you can also download the latest Beta-version on Android, where these new items are present.

#Android #beta
700 Million Users and Telegram Premium

Telegram for iOS, Android and Unigram client has been updated to version 8.8.
⚠️ Update for Telegram Desktop is still expected. For now a subscription can only be issued through the App Store.

Telegram now has over 700 million active users. To celebrate, we're launching Telegram Premium. This subscription helps support Telegram and gives you access to exclusive additional features. All existing Telegram features remain free for everyone.

Telegram Premium

4 GB Uploads
• Send media and files each up to 4 GB in size.

Faster Downloads
• Download media and files at the fastest possible speed, with no limits.

Doubled Limits
• Follow up to 1000 channels.
• Connect 4 accounts in any app.
• Organize your chats into 20 folders, holding 200 chats each.
• Pin 10 chats in your main list.
• Reserve up to 20 public t.me links.
• Save 400 favorite GIFs and 10 favorite stickers.
• Write a longer bio for your profile and include links.
• Include longer captions for photos and videos.

Voice-to-Text
• Get a new button next to any voice message to generate a transcript of its audio.

Unique Reactions and Stickers
• React with even more emoji, including :clown: and :hearteyes:
• Send unique stickers with additional effects, updated monthly.

Chat Management
• Set a default chat folder or enable tools to auto-archive and hide new chats.

Badges and Animated Profile Pictures
• Subscribers have a badge next to their name, showing they help support Telegram.
• Show off your profile video that will be animated for everyone in chats and the chat list.

No Ads
• Sponsored Messages that are sometimes shown in public channels will no longer appear.

App Icons
• Choose from several new Telegram icons for your home screen.

To subscribe and get access to these features, go to Settings > Telegram Premium.

New free features:
This update also includes many changes for all users – just like every future update will.

Join Requests for Public Groups
• Enable join requests for your public groups – no invite links required.
• Users who open the group will see an 'Apply to Join Group' button.
• Once approved by an admin, users will be able to participate in the chat.

Improved External Sharing
• Watch an animated progress bar when sharing large files and media to Telegram from other apps.

Verification Badges in Chats
• Verified groups and channels now also show their badge at the top of the chat.

Better Bots
• Include a photo or video in the "What can this bot do?" section of your bot.
• Bots that are integrated into the attachment menu can be programmed to work in groups and channels.

Improved support for ProMotion displays
• Smooth 120 FPS animations on all new iPads and iPhones.

Faster and Stronger
• Over 100 fixes and optimizations to improve speed and reliability.

Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Telegram Desktop: with official website or GitHub.
Telegram for macOS: from App Store or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10: Microsoft Store | Download | Installation help

#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.0.1 and then to 4.0.2

What's new:
— Fix window title on Windows 7.
— Crash fix and OpenAL check for PipeWire fix on Linux.
— Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
Telegram Emoji Platform, Custom Animated Emoji Packs, Gifting Telegram Premium, and More

Telegram for iOS
was updated to version 8.9.

⚠️ Other Telegram clients will receive the new version soon.

Custom Animated Emoji (Premium)
• The new animated emojis can be included message texts and captions, adding even more emotion to your chats.
• Premium users get access to 10 initial custom emoji packs, containing more than 500 Premium emojis — and counting.
• Animated emojis are visible to all users, regardless of having an active Premium subscription.
• Ability to view the sets used in a specific message.
• A tooltip of animated emojis will appear as soon as you type any regular emoji.
• You are able to try them out by sending them to Saved Messages.
• You can also upload your own animated emoji packs packs with unique characters for Telegram Premium subscribers to use.

Interactive Custom Emojis
• Popular custom emojis are also interactive when sent in private chats.
• All users can enjoy full-screen animations whenever possible.
• Widely-used emojis, such as 😂, 😍, 😁, 😱, ❤️, 👍, 🎉, and even some less-known ones like 💸, 🔥, 👻, now have additional animations.

Privacy Settings for Voice Messages (Premium)
• Premium users now have a setting that enables them to control who is able to send them voice/video messages: everyone, contacts, or no one.
• Premium users can now block voice messages and set exceptions for users or group of users from Settings > Privacy > Voice Messages.

Gifting Telegram Premium
• You can now gift Telegram Premium to friends, family and co-workers at a discount for 3, 6 or 12 months.
• Gifted subscriptions will instantly arrive, along with a special message.
• The gifting option is located at Profile > ⋮ > Gift Premium.

Updated Sticker Panel (iOS)
• You can now quickly and easily switch between stickers, emojis and GIFs.
• Optimized performance for aged devices when scrolling through stickers and emojis.
• A tooltip of animated emojis will appear as soon as you type any regular emoji.

New Interactive Emojis
• The following emojis now have full-screen animations: 🍌, 🤨, ⚡️, 💔, 🏆, 😐.
• To trigger the full-screen animations, simply send one of those emojis to a private chat.

Article: telegram.org/blog/custom-emoji/en

Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Telegram Desktop: with official website or GitHub.
Telegram for macOS: from App Store or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10: Microsoft Store | Download | Installation help

#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.1.1

What's new:

— Fix editing media captions with animated emoji.
— Fix viewing animated emoji sets used in a message.
— Fix premium sticker tooltip auto-show in channel comments.
— Fix main window position and size restoring after relaunch.
— Other bug fixes and minor improvements.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
The Beta version of Telegram for Android lets you create "topics" inside group chats.

Topics are several small subchats within a group, in each of ones chat members will be able to join all sorts of discussions.

What is already known about topics:
• Topics will only be available to groups with more than 200 members.
• Topics cannot be activated in channel-linked groups yet.
• Most likely, only the owner of the group will be able to activate topics in the group.
• Any user emoji can be set as an avatar for a topic (Premium subscription required).
• If desired, topics can be closed, reopened, or deleted.
• You can set your own notification conditions for individual topics within a group.
• Users will be able to view any threads after joining a group.
• There is a switch for topics management in the chat members permissions settings.

Topics are currently in the testing phase, so there may be quite a few more feature-related changes by the time of release.

At the moment, topics are partially functional only on the Telegram test server.

More information about future innovations on the Beta Info channel.

#Beta #Android.
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.5.1

What's new:
— Fix crash in profile photo privacy edition.
— Allow sending photos larger than 1280px (in Experimental Settings).

It is important to note that the experimental settings section is only displayed when autoupdates are enabled.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.5.2

What's new:
— Fix unread reactions button in private chats.
— Fix tile background saving after an app update.
— Allow Ctrl+6,7,8 to activate extra pinned chats.
— Fix multiline checkbox geometry counting.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
New Features in Telegram for Android Beta

• Improved replies.
• Ability to create quote blocks.
• Users can now customize the color of their name, the color of the response block to their messages, and the preview block color for links in their messages. This feature is also available for channels.
• You can set an icon for the background of the response block to your messages. This feature is also available for channels.
• Flexible link preview settings: you can move the snippet to the beginning or end of the message, and choose between a large image or a smaller one.
• Code syntax highlighting.

Get the APK and latest news about Beta versions on our Beta Info channel.

#Android #Beta