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Telegram is 7 years old today – and we have a present for you. Yes, it\'s Video Calls. 🎁\nEnjoy the update while we go back to doing the three most important things: adding new features, standing up for what we believe in and animating emoji.\nRead more on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/video-calls

Telegram is six years old! 🥳\nTo celebrate, we locked six people in a room and gave them six hours to write this encyclopedia of Telegram (it took 24). \nhttps://telegram.org/blog/6-years

Telegram has launched the ability to buy and sell short recognizable @ usernames for personal accounts, public groups and channels.\nThe auction for the best usernames is live on Fragment:\nhttps://fragment.com\nThe ownership of these collectible usernames is secured in the immutable ledger of TON, a fast and scalable blockchain network. Owners can add multiple username aliases to their personal account, group or channel.\nEach collectible name can be accessed with its @username on Telegram, or outside Telegram using links such as username.t.me and t.me/username.\nFor the first time in the history of social media, people have full ownership of their usernames. Long-time Telegram users who have been using short usernames they registered early on can now benefit from the platform\'s growth by selling their usernames in fair, transparent, fully decentralized auctions.

Today\'s update brings you multiple pinned messages, proximity alerts for Live Locations, sending music as Playlists, and more.\nAll chats, including one-on-one chats now support multiple pinned messages. Tap on the top bar to jump through them in chat, or use the new icon to open all the pinned messages on a separate page. \nWhen sharing Live Location, you can now set distance alerts that will send you a notification when someone is close, and icons on the map show which direction users are facing. \nSending multiple music files at the same time will create a playlist. Pressing play will automatically add the rest of the tracks to your queue. For other file types, multiple photos or documents will be sent as an album.\nIt wouldn’t be an update without extra animated emoji, so check out what happens when you send a single ⚰️ 🎃 🧛‍♀️ 🧟‍♂️ 🦇 🕷 🕸 🌜 🌛 or 🗿 in chat (and tap on the animated ⚰️ and 🎃 emojis in chat for an extra surprise).\nIf you’re feeling lucky, see if you can hit the jackpot using 🎰.\nFor more info on all these changes and more, including Channel Stats for individual posts and new Android animations, read the blog here: https://telegram.org/blog/pinned-messages-locations-playlists\nAvailable on Android immediately (Google Play, APK) – and for the rest immediately after you switch to Android (or as soon as Apple finishes approving the update).

For all the changes in this update, including new animations and thematic icons on Android, as well as an improved login flow, check out our latest blog post: https://telegram.org/blog/infinite-reactions-statuses\nSeptember Features\n1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

The end of the year is normally a time to look back at the past 12 months. Instead, our founder Pavel Durov has just announced his strategy for making Telegram sustainable, to continue providing you with great features for decades to come.

For all the changes from this update, like public profile pictures, hidden member lists, new animated emoji and more – check out our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/hidden-media-zero-storage-profile-pics\nDecember Features\n1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

The latest update brings scheduled messages, better themes and more privacy for those who need it most.\nHolding down the send button now gives the option to schedule a message. Choose the date and time, and let Telegram take care of the delivery. Set a reminder for yourself by scheduling something in your Saved Messages.\nCloud Themes allow you to create a unique combination of theme, wallpaper and accent color to quickly share across platforms and update for all who use it.\nKeeping your phone number confidential has become more universal with the new setting Who Can Find Me By My Number. This additional layer of privacy prevents even people who add your contact information to their device from being able to match your profile to your number.\nAnimated emoji were expanded to include 😁, 😧, 😡, 💩, 😢 and 😮.\nRead more on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/scheduled-reminders-themes

Payments 2.0, Scheduled Voice Chats, New Web Versions\nMerchants can now natively accept credit card payments in any Telegram chat, relying on 8 integrated third-party payment providers. Telegram doesn\'t store card info and charges no commission.\nVoice Chats can now be scheduled in advance – members will see a countdown in the chat and can choose to be notified when the chat starts. \nTwo new web versions have launched, with full support for features like dark mode, animated stickers, chat folders and more.\nAndroid users can directly download Telegram from our site. The app will get new updates automatically – and faster than the Play Store version:\nhttps://telegram.org/android\nFor more info on all these changes, including new animations and job openings at Telegram, read our full blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/payments-2-0-scheduled-voice-chats

Celebrating 400 Million monthly users 🥳\nWe’ve added extra features to quizzes and @QuizBot to help make educational tests – and are launching a contest with €400K in prizes for users who make academic quizzes.\nThe sticker panel has been updated: you can now scroll through over 20,000 stickers from professional artists, going all the way back to the very first submissions.\nAndroid’s attachment menu got a makeover with new animated icons, while macOS received redesigned profile pages and drawing tools for its photo editor.\nRead all about the latest milestone on our blog, with a secret look at what else is coming in 2020 🎥📞🤔\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/400-million

Telegram 4.8 for iOS and 4.8.5 for Android are here. \nDiscovering new stickers has just become easier – when you type an emoji, the app will suggest stickers from your added sets first and then throw in some new ones from other popular sets.\nA search field is now available in the sticker panel, so you can quickly locate your sets or find new ones. The new version also allows taking multiple photos or videos before sending them all together. \niOS users get some of the features from the previous Android release: Auto-Night Mode, support for text formatting in media captions and more.\nRead more on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/discover-stickers-and-more

The latest Telegram update lets you enhance videos, put animated stickers on any media, and zoom in when drawing on photos and videos.\nThe GIF panel got upgraded with emoji-based sections and a Trending tab for the most relevant and popular expressions. GIF loading speeds have been greatly improved, to make sorting and sending even quicker.\nAndroid has a host of new animations and interfaces, you can read all about them on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/video-editor-gifs

Today\'s update adds Voice Chats, creating a seamless integration of text and talk in groups. Members can join and leave these open conference calls at any time for a bit of spontaneous conversation alongside their usual text messages and media.\nAs the calendar turns over to 2021, we\'ll be busy taking in your feedback and improving Voice Chats with features like video and screen sharing at the top of our list.\nTo read about all the features in this update, like SD Card Storage for Android and more, check out the full post on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/voice-chats

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Our Bot API has reached version 5.0 today, adding the ability to run your own Bot API server or transfer bot ownership to another account, as well as support for all the latest Telegram features.\nRead more on @BotNews

Today\'s update to Telegram apps introduces a new kind of private communication. You can now "unsend" any message you sent or received in any private chat, anytime. You can also control when your messages link back to your account if forwarded. For good measure, we\'ve also added an option to hide your profile picture from non-contacts.\nAndroid users can now use emoji search to quickly find the yellow beasts they were looking for — and will get emoji suggestions for the first word they type in a message.\nBoth platforms also support improved sticker search — you can now find individual stickers based on the keywords for the relevant emoji.\nAll the important parts of our iOS app can now be accessed with VoiceOver and the Android app fully supports TalkBack.\nMore features from this update:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/unsend-privacy-emoji

Voice Chats 2.0: Channels, Millions of Listeners, Recorded Chats, Admin Tools\nVoice Chats can now hold millions of live listeners in any Telegram group or channel.\nAdmins can record audio from the chat and add users with specific Speaker and Listener links. Listeners who are muted can raise their hand to let admins know that they want a turn to speak.\nIn channels, you can join a voice chat with your personal account or appear as one of your channels.\nFor the full story on all these features (and some excellent video demos), check out our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/voice-chats-on-steroids/

Telegram helps health authorities around the world spread accurate information about the pandemic through verified channels.\nTo fight the spread of misinformation and the virus itself, make sure to always check your sources – and wash your hands 🧼.\nOn a lighter note, we\'ve added a new set of 😷 masks for the built-in Photo Editor.\nRead more about the new tools and changes on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/coronavirus

Today’s update adds filters to global search, a new setting to make group admins anonymous, and channel comments to start a conversation in your community. \nNew filters for media type, date and source are available in Global Search.\nAdmins can now become invisible in the list of members. Messages from these anonymous admins show no trace of their personal account and instead are signed with the name of the group. \nChannels with a discussion group now have a comments button under their posts. You can try it here: @durov.\nRead our latest blog post for more info on all these features and more, including a host of new animations and tweaks for Android.\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/filters-anonymous-admins-comments

Live Streams, Flexible Forwarding, Jump to Next Channel and Trending Stickers\nTelegram has been steadily developing for 8 years, and in celebration, here comes version 8.0 🥳\nLive video is now available in Channels – and streams in both Groups and Channels support unlimited viewers. \nWe\'ve added a new preview window for Forwarded Messages with customization options like hiding sender names or hiding captions on media messages.\nYou can now quickly read posts from all your channels – without going back to your chat list. At the bottom of a channel, pull up and the feed will automatically switch to your next unread one.\nTrending Stickers have a new place in the sticker panel, right above your Recently Used, that you can use to browse and add packs. \nUsers browsing in their sticker panel now show the status ‘choosing a sticker’ in chat (like typing…) to let you know their response is coming soon.\nTo see these features in action and read about other additions like bigger sticker thumbnails, new animated emoji and more, check out our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/live-streams-forwarding-next-channel

Move your message history from other apps to Telegram\nMillions of people are switching every day and now their old chats from WhatsApp, Line and KakaoTalk can come with them – along with all their friends and family. 😉\nThis update also gives you more control of your data: secret chats, groups you created and call history can be deleted for all sides at any time.\nVoice Chats now appear at the top of your Call History page, and both members and admins can individually adjust other users’ microphone levels. \nAfter one of your contacts joins Telegram, you can open the chat and send a friendly greeting sticker with one tap. 👋\nFor the full details on how to migrate messages from other apps, plus new Android Animations, Accessibility Improvements and more, check out our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/move-history

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For all of the powerful features and privacy options from this update, like temporary QR codes, an anti-spam filter for large groups and emoji search on iOS – check out the full blog: https://telegram.org/blog/ultimate-privacy-topics-2-0\nNovember Features\n1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

Auto-Delete, Widgets, Expiring Invite Links and More\nYou can now set an auto-delete timer in any chat, which will erase messages for all participants 24 hours or 7 days after they are sent.\nNew home screen widgets for iOS and Android let you preview messages and instantly open chats.\nGroup and channel admins can create additional invite links with a limited duration, number of uses, or both.\nGroups approaching the limit of 200k members can now convert to Broadcast Groups that allow unlimited members.\nFor more information on all these features and their uses, read our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/autodelete-inv2

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Love is in the air, so make sure to tell everyone the three words they need to hear this Valentine’s Day – Telegram Just Updated.\nGet instant access to shared media from redesigned profile pages which prominently display users’ profile pictures.\nTap left and right on images to quickly flip through photos and videos anywhere in the app.\nMake new friends or find your Valentine through the updated People Nearby interface.\nWear your heart on your sleeve screen with new animated emoji: 😘 😍 😻 🥰 💑 💋 💝 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🖤 🤍 🤎 💔 – and of course 💌\nRead more about the latest romantic developments here: https://telegram.org/blog/new-profiles-people-nearby

Today\'s update adds Video Ca... (ah, no, not yet) Profile Videos, improved People Nearby features, 2 GB file uploads and much more. \nPreview media from mini-thumbnails in your chat list and notifications, view detailed statistics for large groups, and send over 20 new animated emoji like ⚽️, 🙊 and 😱. \nAndroid users can now crop and rotate videos, and the music player was redesigned with a new layout and icons. \nRead our latest blog post to learn about all the new features (including multi-account support for Telegram Desktop):\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/profile-videos-people-nearby-and-more

Bonus track. An embeddable HTML-widget is now available for all messages in public groups and channels. You can see it when you open links to such messages in your browser – try this with t.me/telegram/81.\nBelow the widget is a button that reveals the code to embed it on any website. Journalists quoting Telegram channel posts in their articles are going to love this.

Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording\n8 new themes are available for you to apply in specific private chats – each has day and night versions and colorful animated backgrounds with unique patterns.\nAnimated Emoji for 🎆🎉🎈👍💩 and ❤️ now have fullscreen effects in private chats – tap to watch new animations that are synced for both users when they have the chat open.\nSmall group chats now have detailed read receipts for your messages, showing which members have seen it.\nAdmins in Live Streams and Video Chats can record video (and audio) in either portrait or landscape orientation to upload and share later on.\nMore about this update:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/chat-themes-interactive-emoji-read-receipts

Animated Backgrounds and More\nAnimated Backgrounds have been added to all default themes. These new wallpapers swirl as you chat, thanks to a little algorithmic magic. 🧙‍♂️ Find your favorite from the dozens of new presets or build your own in the editor.\nThere’s much more motion as well – stickers and emoji now jump from your keyboard into the chat with new animations. On iOS, this also applies to media and text messages.\nTo see everything this update has in store, including new bot and security features, as well as importing stickers from other apps, take a look at the full blog post:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/animated-backgrounds

12 new packs are available in the emoji panel, giving ⭐️ Premium subscribers hundreds more ways to express themselves in messages and captions – or with emoji statuses.\nOctober Features\n1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

Telegram 6.0 is here to bring you Chat Folders, Channel Stats and more.\nIf you have too many chats, you can now put your work and school chats into separate tabs – and swipe to switch between them.\nIf you\'re looking to hide some chats from view, you don\'t need folders – simply send them to your Archive.\nOwners of large channels with more than 1000 subscribers can now view detailed statistics about the growth of their channels and the performance of their posts. \nWe\'ve also added a host of new animated emoji and stickers. Type 🦠 in any chat to see some suggestions and check this blog post for more:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/folders

For all the features and details from this update – like new interactive emoji and a boatload of bug fixes – check out our full blog post:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/video-stickers-better-reactions\nJanuary Features: 1 • 2 • 3 • More

Telegram for iOS and Android 4.9.1 are out today, adding a new Exceptions section in Notification settings that lists all your chats with custom notifications. \nTelegram Passport now supports more types of data, including translated versions of documents. We\'ve also improved the password hashing algorithm to better protect Telegram Passport data.\nAnd with the new Telegram Desktop 1.3.13 you can easily save some (or all) of your chats on your disk.\nRead more on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/export-and-more

In case you missed this from the blog, we\'re looking for more Content Moderators to join our team.\nResponsibilities: Use a specialized interface to manually sort content according to provided guidelines.\nPreferred qualifications: Fluency in English, strong analytical skills, quick reaction, attention to detail.\nIf you love order and have the self-discipline required for remote work, submit your application via @jobs_bot before 23:59 Dubai time on May 10.\nMore Telegram jobs here:\nhttps://telegram.org/jobs

This December, anyone can acquire an anonymous number from Fragment to log in or sign up without a SIM card – powered by blockchain.\nNovember Features\n1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

For all the changes in this update, including new interactive emoji and reactions, redesigned animations, improved Night Mode on iOS and better text scaling on Android, check out our latest blog post: https://telegram.org/blog/topics-in-groups-collectible-usernames\nOctober Features\n1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

Telegram’s Bot Documentation has been completely overhauled – adding the latest info, along with detailed screenshots and videos.\nNewcomers now have an easy way to learn about all the powerful features, and can build a bot from our step-by-step tutorial with examples for popular programming languages.\nExperienced developers can explore recent updates and advanced features, ready for 2022 and beyond.

Video Calls with up to 1000 Viewers, Video Playback Speed, High Quality Video Messages, Screen Sharing With Sound, and More\nGroup Video Calls have leveled up and can now have 1000 viewers – in addition to the 30 broadcasters and unlimited audio-only listeners. \nThe media player has new 0.5x, 1.5x and 2x playback speed options, which you can enable when watching videos in fullscreen.\nVideo Messages record in higher resolution and you can tap a video message to expand it – while tapping again allows you to fast-forward or rewind.\nWhen recording video messages, device audio will keep playing in the background, and you can zoom in when using the rear camera.\nScreen Sharing has also been added to 1-on-1 video calls, and now includes device audio in both individual and group video calls.\nAnd that’s just the beginning – there are a dozen more features on our blog, as well as plenty of jokes and stunning demo videos. Click here to see more about Precision Drawing Tools, Desktop’s Photo Editor, a new In-App Camera on iOS and more:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/video-1000

Telegram Login is here. Authorize your browser once and get frictionless two-click login on any website that supports signing in with Telegram.\nUsing the widget, website owners can also request permission for their bot to contact you on Telegram. If you agree, this could be used for customer support, accepting payments, or sending notifications of any kind – including account statements, shipment tracking, flight updates, and so much more.\nRead more on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/login

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The Storage Usage page has been redesigned on Android – showing how much space each chat is using on your device, and allowing you to clear the media of individual chats by file type.\nThese features were already available on iOS, and you can control Telegram’s footprint on any platform in Settings.\nNovember Features\n1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

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Please meet Telegram 4.8.3 for iOS and Telegram 4.8.10 for Android.\nYou can now replace media when editing messages – an easy way to quickly post the correct photo instead of whichever wrong one jumped at your thumb initially.\nThe new 2X playback mode makes it much easier to get through long voice and video messages. You can now choose which phone numbers and other vCard data to send when sharing contacts. It\'s also possible to mark chats as Read or Unread.\n4.8.10 on Android also includes previewing chats (long tap on profile pictures in the chats list), creating custom text links from the formatting menu, and canceling messages before they are sent.\nRead more on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/unread-replace-2x

A Public Notice About the TON Blockchain and Grams\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/ton-gram-notice

The new Telegram update – our 12th this year – has arrived, just in time to say goodbye to 2019.\nIn this new version (and new decade) say hello to verifiable builds, theme editor 2.0, send when online and plenty more. \nThe code of Telegram apps has always been open source, but starting today, you can verify the apps you download use the exact same code as we post on GitHub. \nNew year, new you, new look – you can now add custom gradients to your backgrounds and messages, explore more predefined color schemes and add detail with some of the new background patterns.\nScheduled Messages have a new option – Send When Online. Save yourself the guesswork of when your friend will wake up, and instead have your message arrive the next time they open the app.\nWhen sharing a location, you can now easily select venues on your map instead of scrolling through a list. That\'s not even mentioning the new night mode maps to help you navigate in the dark. \nAndroid and iOS got plenty more in their stockings and under the tree. Read the full blog to see all the changes, including a Quick Day/Night Toggle, Share Sheet Settings and Improved Search along with tons of new animations and redesigned interfaces.\nHappy update to all, and to all a Happy New 2020: https://telegram.org/blog/verifiable-apps-and-more

Telegram\'s multi-national team includes many members from Ukraine. We all wish for an immediate end to the conflict. In these troubled times, we find consolation in the fact that our work at Telegram helps people get quick access to critical information – from verified official statements to airstrike alerts that bring civilians to safety. Our hearts go out to everyone affected by this war.\nWe will continue improving Telegram\'s ability to connect people in areas with limited coverage and withstand service disruptions.

Today’s Telegram update adds even more choice to polls. \nCreate polls with visible votes, polls that allow multiple answers, or even trivia-style quiz polls.\nUse the new @QuizBot to help you make your own quizzes with media (memes, anyone?) – it even tracks scores so you can see who reigns supreme.\nCreate other bots like our demo quiz bot, using the new tools added to the Bot API.\nRead more about Polls 2.0 and all the new changes here:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/polls-2-0-vmq

Today\'s update brings features to add a little peace, quiet and customization to your chats.\nHold down the Send button to deliver messages with a silenced notification. Your recipient will still see the alert, but won\'t be woken up or interrupted. \nDisplay your claim to fame with custom admin titles and make group traffic more manageable with Slow Mode. Admins choose how often each member must wait before sending their next message. \nSend a single ❤️, 👍, 😒, 😳 or 🥳 and watch as new animated emoji come to life. Toggle looped playback for animated stickers to decrease the RPM of your favorite reactions.\nAdd timestamps like 0:45 to video captions and replies to automatically create links that play the video from that specific moment.\nAndroid has a fully-redesigned attachment menu, boasting bigger thumbnails and easy gallery access.\niOS users can now set accent colors for night themes, or choose a color-rich Tinted Night theme.\nBuckle up, and read more about all the new changes here:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/silent-messages-slow-mode

Telegram 4.9 for iOS and Android is out. We\'re introducing Telegram Passport, a unified authorization method for services that require real-world ID. \nUpload your documents, then easily share them with other services and apps. Telegram Passport data is stored using end-to-end encryption so that Telegram has no access to your data.\nRead more on our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/passport