Telegram - News & Updates

[Abhinav]

Version 8.0. update brings live streams with unlimited viewers to groups and channels, options to remove captions from media and hide sender names when forwarding, an easy way to jump to the next unread channel without going back to your chat list, an improved sticker panel, new animated emoji and more.

Live Streams, Flexible Forwarding, Jump to Next Channel, Trending Stickers and More

Telegram 8.0 brings live streams with unlimited viewers to groups and channels, options to remove captions from media and hide sender names when forwarding, an easy way to jump to the next unread channel without going back to your chat list, an improved sticker panel, new animated emoji and more.

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[Abhinav]

Telegram beta 8.0.1 allows seeing message viewers in a group and preparing to add chat specific themes

A possibility to view who was viewing your message appeared on Telegram desktop first and now it arrived on Android as well. After tapping on your message in the group you will see a number of viewers. This widget can also be expanded so you will see exactly who was

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[Siva]

Group read receipts are here along with two way chat themes in personal chats.

 

[OnlyTech]

With this new version, Telegram is now using a 64-bit storage architecture for chats, messages, and scripts.

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[Abhinav]

Long awaited feature

https://twitter.com/x/status/1443855595044548608

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[Bapun]

Hyper-Speed Scrolling and Calendar View for Shared Media, Join Requests and More Interactive Emoji

Hyper-Speed Scrolling and Calendar View for Shared Media
• Quickly scroll through Shared Media by dragging the new date bar.
• Pinch to zoom in and out for more or fewer photos in each row.
• View Shared Media as a calendar by tapping ⋮ or on the new date bar.
• Filter media by photos only, videos only, or both from the ⋮ menu.
• To see Shared Media, simply tap the header at the top of your screen in any chat and scroll down.

Join Requests for Groups and Channels
• Create special invite links that require admins to approve users before they become members.
• Admins can view the applicants’ profiles and bios by tapping the Join Requests bar at the top of the chat.
• Add internal labels to your chat's Invite Links to keep them organized.

More Interactive Emoji
• Send one or to any private chat, then tap on the animated emoji to launch a fullscreen effect.
• If your chat partner also has the chat open, you will both see the effects and feel the vibrations simultaneously.
• This also works with and

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Hyper-Speed Scrolling and Calendar View for Shared Media, Join Requests, Global Chat Themes on iOS and More

Today's update brings new ways to find memories in shared media with accelerated scrolling and a calendar view, an admin approval setting for invite links, global chat themes for your entire app, and more.

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[Mr.Bhat]

Updated with new features...

 

[Bapun]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1460246216629899274

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[Bapun]

• Protected content. Authors can limit the ability to save media, take screenshots and forward messages from their groups and channels.
• Delete by date. Tap the date header in 1-on-1 chats and select a date range to clear chat history from that period.
• Device management. Quickly connect desktop and web versions via QR codes. Control which devices may accept Calls or new Secret Chats.
• Comment as one of your channels in public groups.

Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and More

Today's update brings tools to prevent others from saving content from groups and channels, the ability to delete messages for specific periods of time, new ways to manage your connected devices, post anonymously in public groups on behalf of your channel and more.

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[Siva]

• Protected content. Authors can limit the ability to save media, take screenshots and forward messages from their groups and channels.
• Delete by date. Tap the date header in 1-on-1 chats and select a date range to clear chat history from that period.
• Device management. Quickly connect desktop and web versions via QR codes. Control which devices may accept Calls or new Secret Chats.
• Comment as one of your channels in public groups.

Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and More

Today's update brings tools to prevent others from saving content from groups and channels, the ability to delete messages for specific periods of time, new ways to manage your connected devices, post anonymously in public groups on behalf of your channel and more.

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This update is rolling out to iOS.