Giveaways in Channels and Free Premium
Starting today, Telegram channel owners can hold giveaways, randomly distributing prizes among subscribers. This is a great way to advertise your channel, attract new audiences, or reward current subscribers.
Thanks to this, millions of users will be able to win a free Telegram Premium subscription and other prizes, and Telegram will guarantee that the winners were chosen fairly.
⚠️ The new features were enabled on the server side, however we recommend that you update your application to the latest version.
Free Telegram Premium subscription
• Channel owners can create a draw and set the conditions for it with just a couple of clicks.
• On the date set by the channel owner, Telegram will randomly select winners from among users who meet the specified criteria.
• Winners receive gift codes, which can serve as a confirmation of winning in the giveaway.
• Each gift code activates a free Telegram Premium subscription, but organizers can add their own rewards to the subscription.
• For each Premium subscription won, the channel automatically receives 4 boosts.
• These boosts cannot be transferred to another channel — they will remain with the organizing channel for the duration of the distributed free Telegram Premium subscriptions.
Creating a giveaway in a channel
• In addition to the number of winners and the duration of the draw, the organizers, if desired, can limit the number of participants only to new channel subscribers or residents of certain countries.
• Additionally, you can specify additional channels that users need to subscribe to in order to participate in the giveaway.
• Channels of any level can organize a giveaway — to do this, just go to Channel Profile > ⋮ or ⋯ > Statistics > Boosts.
How to pay for a Telegram Premium giveaway
• Before the giveaway starts, the organizer must pay for the selected number of Premium subscriptions.
• You can make a payment in any Telegram application — but it's best to use the @PremiumBot bot or the Fragment platform.
• More subscriptions are possible through @PremiumBot, as Google Play and App Store limit the maximum payment amount.
• On the Fragment platform, you can purchase thousands of subscriptions at once (for a large-scale giveaway).
More boosts for Premium users
• Now users who pay for the subscription themselves receive 4 boosts.
• All these boosts can be given to one channel — or distributed among several.
• If you give Telegram Premium to another user, they get 1 boost, and you get 3 additional ones.
• If you get a subscription for winning the giveaway, then all 4 boosts will remain with the organizing channel.
Article: telegram.org/blog/giveaways/
Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: from the official website or from GitHub.
macOS: App Store, from the official website or from the verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
Starting today, Telegram channel owners can hold giveaways, randomly distributing prizes among subscribers. This is a great way to advertise your channel, attract new audiences, or reward current subscribers.
Thanks to this, millions of users will be able to win a free Telegram Premium subscription and other prizes, and Telegram will guarantee that the winners were chosen fairly.
⚠️ The new features were enabled on the server side, however we recommend that you update your application to the latest version.
Free Telegram Premium subscription
• Channel owners can create a draw and set the conditions for it with just a couple of clicks.
• On the date set by the channel owner, Telegram will randomly select winners from among users who meet the specified criteria.
• Winners receive gift codes, which can serve as a confirmation of winning in the giveaway.
• Each gift code activates a free Telegram Premium subscription, but organizers can add their own rewards to the subscription.
• For each Premium subscription won, the channel automatically receives 4 boosts.
• These boosts cannot be transferred to another channel — they will remain with the organizing channel for the duration of the distributed free Telegram Premium subscriptions.
Creating a giveaway in a channel
• In addition to the number of winners and the duration of the draw, the organizers, if desired, can limit the number of participants only to new channel subscribers or residents of certain countries.
• Additionally, you can specify additional channels that users need to subscribe to in order to participate in the giveaway.
• Channels of any level can organize a giveaway — to do this, just go to Channel Profile > ⋮ or ⋯ > Statistics > Boosts.
How to pay for a Telegram Premium giveaway
• Before the giveaway starts, the organizer must pay for the selected number of Premium subscriptions.
• You can make a payment in any Telegram application — but it's best to use the @PremiumBot bot or the Fragment platform.
• More subscriptions are possible through @PremiumBot, as Google Play and App Store limit the maximum payment amount.
• On the Fragment platform, you can purchase thousands of subscriptions at once (for a large-scale giveaway).
More boosts for Premium users
• Now users who pay for the subscription themselves receive 4 boosts.
• All these boosts can be given to one channel — or distributed among several.
• If you give Telegram Premium to another user, they get 1 boost, and you get 3 additional ones.
• If you get a subscription for winning the giveaway, then all 4 boosts will remain with the organizing channel.
Article: telegram.org/blog/giveaways/
Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: from the official website or from GitHub.
macOS: App Store, from the official website or from the verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
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Giveaways in Channels and Free Premium
Channel owners can now launch Giveaways to randomly distribute prizes among their followers. This is great if you want to promote your channel, get new subscribers or reward existing ones.
Telegram for Android and iOS has been updated to version 10.3.
⚠️ Other Telegram users will receive the new version in the closest future. The update will probably come to users gradually.
Similar Channels
• When you join a channel, you now see a list of similar public channels.
• Only public channels appear in the list, they are selected automatically based on audience overlap.
• You can also see the list of similar channels in a special tab in the channel's profile.
Reposting Stories
• Now you can repost stories from your friends and favorite channels.
• You can add your own text, audio or even a video to the story.
• Choose the audience who will be able to see your repost.
• To repost a story, tap the share arrow and select "Repost Story".
• You can only repost stories that are visible to "Everyone".
Video Messages on Stories
• You can now add video messages over the stories.
• You can change the size of the video message, move it anywhere on the screen, and choose when the "circle" starts and ends.
• You can also add a video message to a repost of another user's story.
• To record a video message, hold the camera icon in the story editor.
• Hold on the timeline at the bottom of the screen to control volume.
⭐ Profile Colors
• Now Telegram Premium also lets you choose a unique color combination with logos for your profile to further enhance the personality of the page.
• You can customize your messages or profile, go to Settings > Chat Settings > Change Your Color (on Android) or Settings > Appearance > Your Color (On iOS).
⭐ Wallpapers for Both Sides
• Premium users can now set any wallpaper for themselves and their conversation partners in private chats at the same time.
• To set a custom wallpaper in any private chat, tap ⋮ (on iOS, open the user's profile, then select ⋯) > Change Wallpaper.
⚡ Custom emojis as Reactions in Channels
• Channel admins have a new interface for managing reactions – where they easily can add or remove specific emoji.
• In addition to standard reactions, emoji from custom sets can now be used.
• You can add 1 custom reaction for each channel level.
• Channel stats now shows a reaction sentiment graph of the tone of reactions, showing how users reacted to posts.
Voice-to-Text for Everyone
• With this update, all users can transcribe up to 2 audio or video messages per week.
• To do so simply tap the ➔A icon to try it out.
• This feature may not be available immediately - it will be enabled gradually for users from different regions.
Other New Features
• Story stats for channels.
• Thanos Snap Effects on iOS for messages that are automatically deleted when their timer runs out.
• Improvements for topics: app save your view preference in topic groups (as a single chat or individual topics).
• Code highlighting in messages and detecting the coding language.
• Expandable panel of reactions in channels.
• Volume control of the uploaded video in stories.
• Like counter in the statistics of latest posts.
• New way to open channel settings and statistics.
• Updated appearance of advertising messages.
Article: https://telegram.org/blog/similar-channels
Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: from the official website or from GitHub.
macOS: App Store, from the official website or from the verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
⚠️ Other Telegram users will receive the new version in the closest future. The update will probably come to users gradually.
Similar Channels
• When you join a channel, you now see a list of similar public channels.
• Only public channels appear in the list, they are selected automatically based on audience overlap.
• You can also see the list of similar channels in a special tab in the channel's profile.
Reposting Stories
• Now you can repost stories from your friends and favorite channels.
• You can add your own text, audio or even a video to the story.
• Choose the audience who will be able to see your repost.
• To repost a story, tap the share arrow and select "Repost Story".
• You can only repost stories that are visible to "Everyone".
Video Messages on Stories
• You can now add video messages over the stories.
• You can change the size of the video message, move it anywhere on the screen, and choose when the "circle" starts and ends.
• You can also add a video message to a repost of another user's story.
• To record a video message, hold the camera icon in the story editor.
• Hold on the timeline at the bottom of the screen to control volume.
• Now Telegram Premium also lets you choose a unique color combination with logos for your profile to further enhance the personality of the page.
• You can customize your messages or profile, go to Settings > Chat Settings > Change Your Color (on Android) or Settings > Appearance > Your Color (On iOS).
• Premium users can now set any wallpaper for themselves and their conversation partners in private chats at the same time.
• To set a custom wallpaper in any private chat, tap ⋮ (on iOS, open the user's profile, then select ⋯) > Change Wallpaper.
• Channel admins have a new interface for managing reactions – where they easily can add or remove specific emoji.
• In addition to standard reactions, emoji from custom sets can now be used.
• You can add 1 custom reaction for each channel level.
• Channel stats now shows a reaction sentiment graph of the tone of reactions, showing how users reacted to posts.
Voice-to-Text for Everyone
• With this update, all users can transcribe up to 2 audio or video messages per week.
• To do so simply tap the ➔A icon to try it out.
• This feature may not be available immediately - it will be enabled gradually for users from different regions.
Other New Features
• Story stats for channels.
• Thanos Snap Effects on iOS for messages that are automatically deleted when their timer runs out.
• Improvements for topics: app save your view preference in topic groups (as a single chat or individual topics).
• Code highlighting in messages and detecting the coding language.
• Expandable panel of reactions in channels.
• Volume control of the uploaded video in stories.
• Like counter in the statistics of latest posts.
• New way to open channel settings and statistics.
• Updated appearance of advertising messages.
Article: https://telegram.org/blog/similar-channels
Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: from the official website or from GitHub.
macOS: App Store, from the official website or from the verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
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