Read Time in Private Chats. In 1-on-1 chats, you can now see the exact time when your message was opened.
All users can configure who can see their Read Times with granular privacy settings.
January Features
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One-Time Voice and Video Messages. The view-once setting is now available for voice and video messages – after being played, the message is automatically deleted.
January Features
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Epic Update for Bots. The largest bot update in Telegram's history is here – letting bots react to messages, manage quotes and links, send replies to other chats and much more.
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Upgraded Calls. Calls have been totally redesigned with new animations and dynamic backgrounds – all while increasing performance and improving battery life.
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For all the features from this update, like photo cutouts and more view statistics for stories – check out the full blog post:
https://telegram.org/blog/posts-in-stories-and-more
December Features 🎅
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Custom Prizes in Giveaways. Giveaways can now include custom prizes for their subscribers – and can announce the winners with a confetti-filled message. ☃️🛷🔔
December Features 🎄
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Stylize Your Channel. As channels level up from subscriber boosts and giveaways, they can customize their profile, set an emoji status, add unique wallpapers and more. 🏡❄️🚗
December Features ❄️
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When posting or reposting a story, you can now add a video message to include extra commentary or comedic effects.
November Features
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Joining a channel now shows a list of similar public channels that you can check out.
November Features
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With this update, each Premium account receives more boosts – users who pay for their own subscription have 4 boosts.
If you gift Premium to someone, they will receive 1 boost, and you get 3 more. If you win Premium in a giveaway, your 4 boosts automatically go to the host channel.
November Features
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Channel owners can now host giveaways to help promote their channel and reward their subscribers with Telegram Premium.
For the first time in the history of social media, giveways are now verifiable and transparent – with Telegram randomly selecting the winners.
November Features
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⭐️ Account Colors. With Premium, you can choose a color or color combination for your account – changing the look of your name in all groups, the links you send and replies to your messages.
October Features
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Quote Replies. You can quote specific parts of any message – and reply to just a sentence or phrase.
Your replies can be now sent to other chats – in case you want to reply privately, or in a different group or channel.
October Features
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View-Once Media. Self-destructing media has a new View Once setting – after the recipient opens it, this media is permanently deleted from the chat.
September Features
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Stories for Channels. Users can allow their favorite channels to post stories by giving them boosts.
September Features
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Pause and Resume Recording.
While recording any voice message you can pause and then resume recording later – without having to start over.
More new features are coming throughout the month, so stay tuned. 😉
January Features
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To see all the details from this update, check out our blog:
https://telegram.org/blog/calls-and-bots
More December Features
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Thanos Snap Effect. Deleted messages on Android and iOS now turn to dust with a new animation.
More December Features
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Massive Premium Gifts. To congratulate your friends or send a holiday surprise, the 'Gift Premium' section in Settings lets you give up to 10 users Telegram Premium in one tap. 🎁🧦🍪
December Features 🎁
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Share Posts in Stories. Messages from channels can now be reposted to stories – with extra text, tags and decorations.
December Features 🌲
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For 8 more features from this update, like code highlighting in messages, custom reactions for channels, unique colors and logos for your profile, voice-to-text for everyone and more – check out the latest blog:
https://telegram.org/blog/similar-channels
November Features
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Stories from your friends and favorite channels can be reposted – with extra text, audio or even a video comment.
November Features
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For all the details on giveaways, including how to set them up and how to participate in a massive giveaway sponsored by @durov, check out the latest blog:
https://telegram.org/blog/giveaways
November Features
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Organizers of giveaways can set specific criteria for participants – selecting only certain countries or requiring users to subscribe to other channels to be eligible.
November Features
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For all the changes in the October update, like Quote Formatting for text, Fast Forward and Rewind for Stories, an adjustable Front Camera Flash and more – check out the full blog:
https://telegram.org/blog/reply-revolution
October Features
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Adjustable Link Previews. When sharing links, you can change the size of preview media, place the preview above or below your message and select which link to preview.
October Features
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For all of the changes in the September update, like new login alerts, dozens of bug fixes and increased performance on Android – check out the full blog:
https://telegram.org/blog/channel-stories
September Features
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Reaction Stickers. Anyone can add reaction stickers to their stories – letting viewers respond with more emoji in just one tap.
September Features
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For all the features from this update, like flexible settings for who can view your story, detailed view statistics, and 10 Years of Telegram, read our full blog post:
https://telegram.org/blog/stories
August Features
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