In addition to new security features, today‘s update brings you rich link summaries. All links to tweets, Instagram photos and YouTube videos will now be beautifully rendered so that you’ll see what the link is all about before opening it. Once you paste a URL to the message input field, Telegram will start analyzing the …
In addition to numerous great features in today's update, we’re happy to introduce a new way to move your existing group chats to Telegram — invite links for admins. Each passing month brings more reasons to switch to Telegram from older services. Persistent history, instant full-text search, open platform, unlimited file sharing, rich link previews, …
Today we are adding several long-awaited features in one epic update to our Android and iOS apps. Places When sharing a location, you can now choose venues and landmarks. And when viewing a location, you can get directions. The section was also beautifully redesigned. Photo Captions Another thing Telegram was lacking – captions for photos. …
Instagram is a social media platform focused on photo-sharing. Or so we thought! On the 1st July 2021 Adam Mosseri (CEO of Instagram) shared on IGTV that the platform is moving away from being a photo-sharing app towards a more video-sharing and entertainment-based app – it really caused a greal deal of distress all over social media!!! Posts blew up, digital …
“Back in my day” (four words I often use ?) when I began learning graphic design some 20 odd years ago, we only used the Adobe Suite; Illustrator, Photoshop & InDesign, and in fact, from memory, InDesign came along way after I’d wrangled that not-so-user-friendly-beast QUARK EXPRESS ??! In our course we learned not just how to …
This is getting serious. Just 5 months after reaching 1 billion messages, Telegram doubled in user activity — and hit 2 billion messages delivered per day. May 13, 2015 Ten articles before and after Telegram Bot Platform Telegram on Apple Watch A DDoS in Asia Pacific In-App Media Playback and Search in Chats 3 reasons …
UPD: Check out the new Inline bots as well! Telegram is about freedom and openness – our code is open for everyone, as is our API. Today we’re making another step towards openness by launching a Bot API and platform for third-party developers to create bots. Bots are simply Telegram accounts operated by software – …
Telegram for iOS reaches version 3.0 today, packed with the Bot Platform, dedicated sticker tabs and our first take on Apple Watch support. Finally! Telegram 3.0 arrived with full Apple Watch support. You can view your recent chats and reply to messages with stickers, locations, emoji, preset phrases or dictated text. You can also view …
UPD: As of July, 13, ordinary service has been restored everywhere, except for mainland China. Just in case you're not following us on Twitter, Telegram's Asia Pacific server cluster has been under a DDoS attack since morning on July, 10. This means that if you live in South East Asia, Oceania, Australia or certain parts …
The new version of Telegram allows you to play media from services like YouTube, Vimeo or SoundCloud directly from Telegram – without having to leave the app. Just tap on the preview of a link to an external media to view the video or listen to the audio file (speaking of audio files, they are …
Emoji’s are a language unto themselves, am I right??!!! I LOVE emoji’s and I can send messages back and forth with my family and close friends, and no words need be typed – and it’s so FUN!!! BUT I have come across business owners who don’t even know when they’re not using emojis appropriately, (cue part …
It‘s Telegram’s birthday today! We launched our iOS app exactly two years ago. Now we're delivering over 10 billion messages daily – that's roughly the number of push notifications that are sent by Telegram each day. All thanks to you. Keep rocking and stay tuned for more updates coming your way. August 14, 2015 Ten …
Have you ever tried to find a link somebody shared in a busy chat? It’s not always easy. Of course, you could use message search, but now it's even easier – simply go to the new Shared Links section in Shared Media. Voila! You will see the text of the message that accompanied the link, …
UPD: See Channels 2.0 for info on links to posts, silent messages and admin signatures. Today we are introducing Channels, a new tool for broadcasting your messages to large audiences. Channels replace the old Broadcast lists and are better in every way. They can have an unlimited number of members, they can be public with …
Telegram is famous for its awesome group chats. Today’s update makes them even more awesome. To begin with, we’re increasing the number of people who can join a supergroup from 1000 to 5000 members. That's 5 times as good. Supergroup admins can now inform all members about important news using pinned messages. Pinned messages are …
Telegram groups are democratic by design. Everyone can invite new members and change the group‘s name and photo, which is ideal for small bands of friends or coworkers. But Telegram can also support much larger communities that need more administration. To make life easier in big groups, we’re introducing admins today. From now on, you …
Unlike most messengers, Telegram can take up nearly zero space on your phone, even if you‘re using it heavily. When you remove Telegram data from your device’s local cache to free up space, we'll keep it in the cloud for as long as you need, with virtually no limitations. Today we are introducing new cache …
Good news for GIF-lovers! As of today, you can send and download GIFs up to 20x faster. This is possible because we're now re-encoding all GIFs to mpeg4 videos that require up to 95% less disk space for the same image quality. We've optimized our apps so that they can smoothly play even dozens of …
Bots became an integral part of Telegram for many users, but communication with them wasn't always easy. You had to send them messages in separate chats or add them to your groups. Today we are introducing a quicker way to contact bots. With the new inline mode, bots become omnipresent and can be used as …
Voice messages on Telegram just got a completely new interface with waveform visualizations, a brand new player and raise-to-speak functionality. You can now start listening to a long voice message and switch to other media or chats. The message will continue playing in the background. For who are we to defy the god of multi-tasking? …
Two and a half years after launch, Telegram is delivering over 15 billion messages daily – that's roughly the number of push notifications that are sent by Telegram each day. All thanks to you. We've also just passed 100,000,000 monthly active users. February 23, 2016 Ten articles before and after 100,000,000 Monthly Active Users Channels …
Two and a half years ago we launched Telegram. Then you told your friends and co-workers about it. And they told their friends and co-workers. And we started growing. Now Telegram has more than 100,000,000 monthly active users. 350,000 new users sign up each day. We're delivering 15 billion messages daily. Thank you for spreading …
Telegram channels are becoming a worldwide trend. Each day they get more than 400,000,000 views. Today we are introducing several features that will make channels and bots even more powerful tools for connecting with your audience. Links to Posts The Quick Share menu now allows you to copy links to individual messages inside a channel. …
In addition to a major update to our Bot Platform, we're making several design and interface improvements to our apps today. This post mostly shows iOS screenshots, but be sure to check out the massive Android redesign we did in this version. A fresh new look at sharing Starting today, our iOS users can easily …
At Telegram, we made it our mission to redefine the boundaries of what you can do with your messaging app. Last year we launched the Bot Platform that has unleashed the creativity of thousands of developers. Today we are giving bot developers a whole new dimension with Bots 2.0: inline keyboards, callback and URL buttons, …
UPD: BotPrize extended: We will continue awarding grants to great bots in 2017. Good news, everyone! This year, Pavel Durov will be giving away one million dollars to bot developers in the form of grants starting at $25,000 each. All you need to do to be considered is create an impressive bot using our Bot …
When taking pictures, even a split second can make the difference between capturing the perfect moment or missing it entirely. Starting today, our iOS users can snap a photo or take a video in no time. To access your camera quickly, simply tap and hold the attachment button, and you're ready to shoot: This quick …
Farewell to typos! Starting today, you can edit the text of your messages after sending them. This works across all Telegram chats, including groups and one-on-one conversations. Edit messages Simply tap and hold on a message, then press ‘Edit’. If you're on desktop, press the up arrow button to edit your last message. The messages …
Telegram has replaced email for business communication for many of our users. But in a messenger, a lot of people are competing for your attention. Sometimes they interrupt you halfway through typing an important message, and you forget all about it. Good news! With our latest update, this is no longer a problem. Today we're …
Some media reported on a “massive hacker attack” on Telegram in Iran.Here's what really happened: Telegram accounts Certain people checked whether some Iranian numbers were registered on Telegram and were able to confirm this for 15 million accounts. As a result, only publicly available data was collected and the accounts themselves were not accessed. Such …