Forwarded from Pavel Durov
🎂8️⃣ It’s hard to believe it’s been 8 years since Telegram first appeared in the App Store.
According to research published last week, Telegram became the 7th most downloaded application worldwide in 2020. This is not surprising: for the last several years, Telegram has been the most feature-rich and user-friendly messaging app in the world.
And yet, every single feature we add makes me think of new improvements we are yet to implement. It’s like reaching a peak of a mountain only to discover greater heights to climb from the new vantage point. That is what makes this journey so exciting.
Thank you all for believing in Telegram early. And even if you just joined Telegram yesterday, it is still very early. From here, we shall reach new heights 🏔
According to research published last week, Telegram became the 7th most downloaded application worldwide in 2020. This is not surprising: for the last several years, Telegram has been the most feature-rich and user-friendly messaging app in the world.
And yet, every single feature we add makes me think of new improvements we are yet to implement. It’s like reaching a peak of a mountain only to discover greater heights to climb from the new vantage point. That is what makes this journey so exciting.
Thank you all for believing in Telegram early. And even if you just joined Telegram yesterday, it is still very early. From here, we shall reach new heights 🏔
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🥇 Telegram Tops 1 Billion Downloads
Telegram is now part of an elite club of apps that have been downloaded over 1 billion times globally, according to Sensor Tower via TechCrunch.
Telegram is now part of an elite club of apps that have been downloaded over 1 billion times globally, according to Sensor Tower via TechCrunch.
🔥 UPDATES
• Telegram 8.0 for Android, iOS, macOS
• Telegram Desktop 3.0 for Windows, Linux, macOS
Live Streams, Flexible Forwarding, Jump to Next Channel, Trending Stickers and More
telegram.org/blog/live-streams-forwarding-next-channel
🆕 Unlimited Live Streams
• Broadcast video and share your screen to an unlimited number of viewers.
• To begin, tap 'Video Chat' (in Groups) or 'Live Stream' (in Channels) on the profile page of a community where you are an admin.
🆕 Flexible Forwarding
• Tap the ‘Forward Message’ label above the input field to preview or change how messages will be sent.
• Hide or show the original sender’s name.
• Remove or keep captions from media messages.
• Select and Unselect messages to change which ones will be forwarded.
🆕 Jump to Next Channel
• Scroll through channels you follow without going back to your chat list.
• When you reach the bottom of a channel, pull up to go to the next unread channel.
🆕 Trending Stickers
• Discover Trending Stickers above the ‘Recently Used’ section in your sticker panel.
• Easily locate your sticker packs — when scrolling the top bar, the thumbnails enlarge to give you a better view.
• Know when your chat partner is looking for stickers – their status will show “Ch👀sing a sticker”.
🆕 Unread Comment Counters
• See how many unread comments there are when opening a channel's comments.
🆕 And More
• New Animated Emoji
🆕 New in Android
• When you enter one emoji in the message bar, sticker suggestions appear – now with larger previews.
• Pull upward on the suggestions panel to see more stickers.
• Improved Search for Internal Sharing. Frequent Contacts and Recent Search results now appear when you tap 'Search' while sharing messages inside Telegram.
🆕 New in Telegram Desktop
• Choose one from dozens of new gorgeous animated backgrounds in Chat Settings > Chat background.
• Added ability to set custom auto-lock timer.
🆕 New in Telegram macOS
• Set stickers or GIFs as your profile video — or as profile videos for your groups or channels.
• Profile pictures in groups follow the messages as you scroll the chat.
➖➖➖➖➖
⏬ Telegram Android
• Google Play Store • Beta
• APK • @TAndroidAPK • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramAndroidTalk
⏬ Telegram iOS
• iOS App Store • Unsigned IPA
• Beta TestFlight
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramiOsTalk
⏬ Telegram Desktop
• Stable • Beta • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramDesktopTalk
⏬ Telegram macOS
• Stable • @macos_stable_updates_files
• Mac App Store • Beta • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramMacOsTalk
2021-08-31 @Telegram #Android #iOS #macOS #TDesktop
• Telegram 8.0 for Android, iOS, macOS
• Telegram Desktop 3.0 for Windows, Linux, macOS
Live Streams, Flexible Forwarding, Jump to Next Channel, Trending Stickers and More
telegram.org/blog/live-streams-forwarding-next-channel
🆕 Unlimited Live Streams
• Broadcast video and share your screen to an unlimited number of viewers.
• To begin, tap 'Video Chat' (in Groups) or 'Live Stream' (in Channels) on the profile page of a community where you are an admin.
🆕 Flexible Forwarding
• Tap the ‘Forward Message’ label above the input field to preview or change how messages will be sent.
• Hide or show the original sender’s name.
• Remove or keep captions from media messages.
• Select and Unselect messages to change which ones will be forwarded.
🆕 Jump to Next Channel
• Scroll through channels you follow without going back to your chat list.
• When you reach the bottom of a channel, pull up to go to the next unread channel.
🆕 Trending Stickers
• Discover Trending Stickers above the ‘Recently Used’ section in your sticker panel.
• Easily locate your sticker packs — when scrolling the top bar, the thumbnails enlarge to give you a better view.
• Know when your chat partner is looking for stickers – their status will show “Ch👀sing a sticker”.
🆕 Unread Comment Counters
• See how many unread comments there are when opening a channel's comments.
🆕 And More
• New Animated Emoji
🆕 New in Android
• When you enter one emoji in the message bar, sticker suggestions appear – now with larger previews.
• Pull upward on the suggestions panel to see more stickers.
• Improved Search for Internal Sharing. Frequent Contacts and Recent Search results now appear when you tap 'Search' while sharing messages inside Telegram.
🆕 New in Telegram Desktop
• Choose one from dozens of new gorgeous animated backgrounds in Chat Settings > Chat background.
• Added ability to set custom auto-lock timer.
🆕 New in Telegram macOS
• Set stickers or GIFs as your profile video — or as profile videos for your groups or channels.
• Profile pictures in groups follow the messages as you scroll the chat.
➖➖➖➖➖
⏬ Telegram Android
• Google Play Store • Beta
• APK • @TAndroidAPK • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramAndroidTalk
⏬ Telegram iOS
• iOS App Store • Unsigned IPA
• Beta TestFlight
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramiOsTalk
⏬ Telegram Desktop
• Stable • Beta • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramDesktopTalk
⏬ Telegram macOS
• Stable • @macos_stable_updates_files
• Mac App Store • Beta • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramMacOsTalk
2021-08-31 @Telegram #Android #iOS #macOS #TDesktop
Telegram
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…
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🔥 UPDATES
• Telegram 8.0.1 for Android
• Telegram 8.1 for iOS & macOS
• Telegram Desktop 3.1 for Windows, Linux, macOS
Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
telegram.org/blog/chat-themes-interactive-emoji-read-receipts
🆕 Chat Themes
• Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
• On Android, tap the chat header > ⋮ > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme. On iOS, tap the chat header > More (⋯) > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme.
• Both chat participants will see the same theme in that chat – on all their devices.
• Each new theme features colorful gradient message bubbles, beautifully animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.
• All chat themes have day and night versions and will follow your overall dark mode settings.
• More chat themes coming soon.
🆕 Interactive Emoji
• Some animated emoji now have fullscreen effects.
• Send 🎆 🎉 🎈 👍 💩 or ❤️ to any private chat, then tap on the animated emoji to launch the effect.
• If your chat partner also has the chat open, you will both see the effects and feel the vibrations simultaneously
• See the "👀 watching ... animations" status when your chat partner is enjoying emoji effects with you.
• More interactive emoji coming soon.
🆕 Read Receipts in Small Groups
• Select one of your outgoing messages in small groups to see who recently viewed it.
• To protect privacy, read receipts are only stored for 7 days after the message was sent.
🆕 Record Live Streams and Video Chats
• Record video and audio from live broadcasts in your group or channel.
• Admins can start recording from the Settings menu (⋯).
• Choose between recording in portrait or landscape orientation.
• Finished recordings are sent to the admin's Saved Messages and can be easily shared.
🆕 And More
• New Animated Emoji
🆕 New in Android
• Add call button in private chats
🆕 New in Telegram Desktop
• Add support for Emoji 13.1
• Add a "Minimize to taskbar" option when tray icon is disabled in Settings > Advanced (Windows and Linux).
➖➖➖➖➖
⏬ Telegram Android
• Google Play Store • Beta
• APK • @TAndroidAPK • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramAndroidTalk
⏬ Telegram iOS
• iOS App Store • Unsigned IPA
• Beta TestFlight
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramiOsTalk
⏬ Telegram Desktop
• Stable • Beta • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramDesktopTalk
⏬ Telegram macOS
• Stable • @macos_stable_updates_files
• Mac App Store • Beta • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramMacOsTalk
2021-09-19 @Telegram #Android #iOS #macOS #TDesktop
• Telegram 8.0.1 for Android
• Telegram 8.1 for iOS & macOS
• Telegram Desktop 3.1 for Windows, Linux, macOS
Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
telegram.org/blog/chat-themes-interactive-emoji-read-receipts
🆕 Chat Themes
• Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
• On Android, tap the chat header > ⋮ > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme. On iOS, tap the chat header > More (⋯) > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme.
• Both chat participants will see the same theme in that chat – on all their devices.
• Each new theme features colorful gradient message bubbles, beautifully animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.
• All chat themes have day and night versions and will follow your overall dark mode settings.
• More chat themes coming soon.
🆕 Interactive Emoji
• Some animated emoji now have fullscreen effects.
• Send 🎆 🎉 🎈 👍 💩 or ❤️ to any private chat, then tap on the animated emoji to launch the effect.
• If your chat partner also has the chat open, you will both see the effects and feel the vibrations simultaneously
• See the "👀 watching ... animations" status when your chat partner is enjoying emoji effects with you.
• More interactive emoji coming soon.
🆕 Read Receipts in Small Groups
• Select one of your outgoing messages in small groups to see who recently viewed it.
• To protect privacy, read receipts are only stored for 7 days after the message was sent.
🆕 Record Live Streams and Video Chats
• Record video and audio from live broadcasts in your group or channel.
• Admins can start recording from the Settings menu (⋯).
• Choose between recording in portrait or landscape orientation.
• Finished recordings are sent to the admin's Saved Messages and can be easily shared.
🆕 And More
• New Animated Emoji
🆕 New in Android
• Add call button in private chats
🆕 New in Telegram Desktop
• Add support for Emoji 13.1
• Add a "Minimize to taskbar" option when tray icon is disabled in Settings > Advanced (Windows and Linux).
➖➖➖➖➖
⏬ Telegram Android
• Google Play Store • Beta
• APK • @TAndroidAPK • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramAndroidTalk
⏬ Telegram iOS
• iOS App Store • Unsigned IPA
• Beta TestFlight
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramiOsTalk
⏬ Telegram Desktop
• Stable • Beta • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramDesktopTalk
⏬ Telegram macOS
• Stable • @macos_stable_updates_files
• Mac App Store • Beta • @tgfiles
• Source Code
👥 @TelegramMacOsTalk
2021-09-19 @Telegram #Android #iOS #macOS #TDesktop
Telegram
Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
Today's update lets you set different themes for individual chats, share your feelings with loved ones using interactive emoji with fullscreen effects, record video and audio from live broadcasts, and see detailed read receipts in groups.
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⚒ The source code of Telegram for Android and iOS have been updated to v8.0.1 & v8.1
@Telegram #Android #iOS #source #reproducibleBuilds
@Telegram #Android #iOS #source #reproducibleBuilds
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Forwarded from Unigram News (Fela Ameghino)
🔥 New version for Unigram 8.1
What's new:
Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
Chat Themes
• Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
• Tap the chat header > More (⋯) > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme.
• Both chat participants will see the same theme in that chat – on all their devices.
• Each new theme features colorful gradient message bubbles, beautifully animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.
• All chat themes have day and night versions and will follow your overall dark mode settings.
• More chat themes coming soon.
Interactive Emoji
• Some animated emoji now have fullscreen effects.
• Send 🎆 🎉 🎈 👍 💩 or ❤️ to any private chat, then tap on the animated emoji to launch the effect.
• If your chat partner also has the chat open, you will both see the effects and feel the vibrations simultaneously.
• See the "Watching" status when your chat partner is enjoying emoji effects with you.
• More interactive emoji coming soon.
Read Receipts in Small Groups
• Select one of your outgoing messages in small groups to see who recently viewed it.
• To protect privacy, read receipts are only stored for 7 days after the message was sent.
Record Live Streams and Video Chats
• Record video and audio from live broadcasts in your group or channel.
• Admins can start recording from the Settings menu (⋯).
• Choose between recording in portrait or landscape orientation.
• Finished recordings are sent to the admin's Saved Messages and can be easily shared.
Microsoft Store | Direct download | Read more
What's new:
Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
Chat Themes
• Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
• Tap the chat header > More (⋯) > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme.
• Both chat participants will see the same theme in that chat – on all their devices.
• Each new theme features colorful gradient message bubbles, beautifully animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.
• All chat themes have day and night versions and will follow your overall dark mode settings.
• More chat themes coming soon.
Interactive Emoji
• Some animated emoji now have fullscreen effects.
• Send 🎆 🎉 🎈 👍 💩 or ❤️ to any private chat, then tap on the animated emoji to launch the effect.
• If your chat partner also has the chat open, you will both see the effects and feel the vibrations simultaneously.
• See the "Watching" status when your chat partner is enjoying emoji effects with you.
• More interactive emoji coming soon.
Read Receipts in Small Groups
• Select one of your outgoing messages in small groups to see who recently viewed it.
• To protect privacy, read receipts are only stored for 7 days after the message was sent.
Record Live Streams and Video Chats
• Record video and audio from live broadcasts in your group or channel.
• Admins can start recording from the Settings menu (⋯).
• Choose between recording in portrait or landscape orientation.
• Finished recordings are sent to the admin's Saved Messages and can be easily shared.
Microsoft Store | Direct download | Read more
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Forwarded from Pavel Durov
Another major Telegram update is out now after having been finally approved by Apple. It is packed with unique features that expand the boundaries of what a messaging app can do. Check them out.
This new version of Telegram also contains an important upgrade that will allow our apps to work without interruption. Until now, Telegram used 32-bit values for the identifiers of users and channels. Due to its fast growth, Telegram had been quickly approaching the maximum number of 32-bit IDs, which is about 2.1 billion.
That's why for the last 12 months we've been rebuilding nearly all of our apps, storage architecture and noscripts to migrate to the 64-bit range (so we can expand to other galaxies without any issues). The latest update is critical to let new users sign up for Telegram and existing users keep creating channels and groups.
After updating Telegram, some users may have to wait a minute or two for their chat database to be optimized for 64 bits. We are also investigating a few reports from the Android users that are facing connection issues after updating the app. We are fixing this, but if you don't want to wait, logging out and in again will help.
This new version of Telegram also contains an important upgrade that will allow our apps to work without interruption. Until now, Telegram used 32-bit values for the identifiers of users and channels. Due to its fast growth, Telegram had been quickly approaching the maximum number of 32-bit IDs, which is about 2.1 billion.
That's why for the last 12 months we've been rebuilding nearly all of our apps, storage architecture and noscripts to migrate to the 64-bit range (so we can expand to other galaxies without any issues). The latest update is critical to let new users sign up for Telegram and existing users keep creating channels and groups.
After updating Telegram, some users may have to wait a minute or two for their chat database to be optimized for 64 bits. We are also investigating a few reports from the Android users that are facing connection issues after updating the app. We are fixing this, but if you don't want to wait, logging out and in again will help.
Telegram
Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
Today's update lets you set different themes for individual chats, share your feelings with loved ones using interactive emoji with fullscreen effects, record video and audio from live broadcasts, and see detailed read receipts in groups.
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🔂 Telegram 8.1.1 for Android 4.1+
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-21 @Telegram #Android
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-21 @Telegram #Android
🔂 Telegram 8.1.2 for Android 4.1+
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-22 @Telegram #Android
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-22 @Telegram #Android
🔂 Telegram 8.1.1 for iOS 9.0+ & watchOS 5.0+
• Improved iOS 15 support, including fixes for issues with audio playback.
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-22 @Telegram #iOS
• Improved iOS 15 support, including fixes for issues with audio playback.
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-22 @Telegram #iOS
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🔂 Telegram Desktop 3.1.1
#Windows #Linux #macOS
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-24 @Telegram #TDesktop
#Windows #Linux #macOS
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-24 @Telegram #TDesktop
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🔂 Telegram 8.1.1 for macOS 10.11+
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
• The source code has been updated to v8.1.1
2021-09-24 @Telegram #macOS
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
• The source code has been updated to v8.1.1
2021-09-24 @Telegram #macOS
🔂 Telegram Desktop Beta 3.1.5
#Windows #Linux #macOS
Change log in v3.1.2 — 3.1.5 beta:
• Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
• Click on '...' menu > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme.
• Both chat participants will see the same theme in that chat – on all their devices.
• Each new theme features colorful gradient message bubbles, beautifully animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.
• All chat themes have day and night versions and will follow your overall dark mode settings.
• Implement main window rounded corners on Windows 11.
• Fix audio capture from AirPods on macOS.
• Control video in fullscreen mode using arrows and numbers.
• Open locations in browser if default Bing Maps is not installed.
• Reconnect without timeout when network availability changes.
2021-09-29 @Telegram #TDesktop #beta
#Windows #Linux #macOS
Change log in v3.1.2 — 3.1.5 beta:
• Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
• Click on '...' menu > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme.
• Both chat participants will see the same theme in that chat – on all their devices.
• Each new theme features colorful gradient message bubbles, beautifully animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.
• All chat themes have day and night versions and will follow your overall dark mode settings.
• Implement main window rounded corners on Windows 11.
• Fix audio capture from AirPods on macOS.
• Control video in fullscreen mode using arrows and numbers.
• Open locations in browser if default Bing Maps is not installed.
• Reconnect without timeout when network availability changes.
2021-09-29 @Telegram #TDesktop #beta
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🔂 Telegram 8.1.2 for iOS 9.0+ & watchOS 5.0+
• Improved iOS 15 support, including fixes for issues with scrolling animations on 120Hz iPhone 13 Pro/ProMax
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-30 @Telegram #iOS
• Improved iOS 15 support, including fixes for issues with scrolling animations on 120Hz iPhone 13 Pro/ProMax
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-30 @Telegram #iOS
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🔂 Telegram 8.1.2 for macOS 10.11+
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-30 @Telegram #macOS
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
2021-09-30 @Telegram #macOS
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ℹ️ New protocols were recently added that will transfer ownership of groups/channels to one of the admins if the owner deletes their account. However, if this happened a long time ago, then that would not have happened, and it is impossible to promote a new owner without the old one.
@Telegram
@Telegram
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ℹ️ Some of you may curious how old your Telegram account is, as of now there is no way to check it inside Telegram apps, but it is possible to find out the installation date.
Android: https://myactivity.google.com/page?utm_source=my-activity&hl=en&page=play_library
iOS: App Store > Account > Purchased
Android: https://myactivity.google.com/page?utm_source=my-activity&hl=en&page=play_library
iOS: App Store > Account > Purchased
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