📰 What is the problem with the new feature of sending gifts on channels?
Undoubtedly, this new feature is good; it can be used as an alternative storage for gifts or for giveaways/auctions. However, it has been eight months since Telegram has not addressed possible issues with this update.

Here are the important points I highlighted:

1. Notifications for incoming sent gifts are disabled by default on all channels. This means admins may initially be unaware of gifts arriving on the channel. Importantly, the "gifts" tab is not the first in channel profiles (it is behind "stories"), so admins might not see or monitor changes in the profile and might scroll past it.

2. The notification option will only appear if the channel receives at least one gift. You will have to spend at least 15⭐️ for the button to appear, in case a spammer sends a gift before you.

3. The validity period from the moment a gift is sent is 7 days. This applies to accounts as well, especially those who rarely go online. Yes, there is an option to hide gifts, but you know, it won’t really help you because you will still want to somehow get rid of the gifts.

4. There is no control over incoming gifts. Unlike accounts, channels cannot block certain types of gifts and Telegram Premium (or rather giveaways). Channels will have to accept all premium gifts, even if they are intended for malicious purposes.

Why is this important? This was even addressed by the "Russian Cyber Police" which reports that illegal resources such as drug shops, casinos, and extremism are covertly advertised through gift captions. According to them, ignoring such situations may lead to channel blocks (complaints through Roskomnadzor).

#tip: regularly (at least once a week) check your channels, enable notifications, and sell such gifts.

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📰 Pavel Durov was invited and announced as a special guest at Digital Bridge 2025 takes part in the International Forum in the capital Kazakhstan [Astana]. The forum will be held on October 2-4 with the support of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

It was a pleasure to meet with the founder of Telegram and exchange views on the eve of his participation in the Digital Bridge forum in Kazakhstan. His ideas will be a valuable contribution to this global dialogue on innovation and digital transformation.

— words of confirmation from the Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UAE Rauan Zhumabek.

In addition to Durov, some celebrities will come, namely: Valentin Petukhov, John Hopcroft, Peter Norvig, Paul Kim, Lily Liu.

Source: 💌💌💌
Website: 🌐🌐🌐
🎟️ Ticket price = 10,000 tenge, after October 1 it will increase by one and a half times more. However, a V.I.P. ticket costs 700,000 tenge.

📰 The username @username_bot was somehow stolen and put up for sale.
The official bot is used for official username recovery through third-party social networks.

At the time of writing this post, the thief was blocked.

📰 In the same closed beta version, the ability to remove signatures to unique gifts will be added. The price for cleaning a comment is 1000⭐️. However, the option is not available to those gifs that were minted (sent to the TON blockchain).

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📰 The public ß-version of Telegram for iOS 12.1 is available in TestFlight.

What to test?

— Glass

Link to the program: https://testflight.apple.com/join/u6iogfd0

📰 The Telegram iOS 12.1 update will bring a minor update to voice chat, which will also feature the Liquid Glass interface.

Additionally, all voice chats will feature a local mini-chat where you can write messages and leave quick reactions. Streams are not yet receiving this feature.

Are all stories sent from iPad upside down?

— Pavel Durov —

📣 @Durov

📰 Telegram 12.1 on iOS adds the ability to add notes to your contacts. 📝 This is essentially a second bio, but differs in that it can be up to 128 characters long and is visible only to you. To add a note, simply edit your contact.
👾 The feature borrowed from Discord is gradually being rolled out to all users during the beta version.

#failure 📰 Domain Link Previews t.me stopped being generated. However, previews of old links can be provided, and the links themselves are fully functional.

UPD: problem solved.

📰 Bugs have been fixed in the next Telegram 12.1 build on iOS:
- breaking the toolbar when selecting contacts;
- breaking the message input field in horizontal orientation;
- open context menu in toolbar if you hold and move the so-called "bubble";
- the icon has been changed (in fact, only for the testflight page).
Some interface elements have not been switched to Liquid Glass.

📰 Version 12.1 will introduce the ability to suggest birthday dates to your contacts. 🗓 Contacts can choose their own birthday, distinct from your suggested ones. To suggest a birthday date, open your contact's edit screen and click the appropriate button. This feature works even if the contact has previously set a birthday but is hidden from you.

📰 What would an update be without gifts? In 12.1, all the new features related to gifts are:
• For 1000 stars, you can remove denoscription (sender/date/comment) from a gift that hasn't been minted to the blockchain.
• An indicator of the remaining number of possible premium gift sends directly in the "Send Gift" menu.
• The last date of a unique gift sent to you and the date of a rare gift you were given before it was upgraded.
• Detailed information about the price reduction for gift upgrades - the exact date and time of the next and final price reduction.