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Stories from Groups. Admins of groups that receive enough boosts are able to post stories as the group. Replies to a group's story are sent to the chat – sparking new conversations. February Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

Boosts for Groups. Groups level up by receiving boosts from members or via giveaways. Boosts allow the group to post stories and change its appearance, while unlocking features for all members to use in the chat – like custom emoji and voice transcription. February Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

In January 2024, we added more than 10 new features – read more on our blog: https://telegram.org/blog/new-saved-messages-and-9-more January Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • More

Saved in Shared Media. Every chat has a shared mediasection on its profile page. This update adds a 'Saved' tab to shared media, containing any messages that you've forwarded to your Saved Messages. January Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • More

⭐️Tags for Saved Messages. For even more organization, you can add multiple tags to Saved Messages to use as search filters. Tags are based on emoji, which you apply by reacting to the message. For more description, you can give tags a name as well. January Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • More

View Saved Messages by Chat. The new View as Chats mode lets you see a list of chats from which you've forwarded messages. Each chat contains all the messages you forwarded to Saved Messages from chats with users, groups, and channels. January Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • More

⭐️Private Message Permissions. Premium users can select who is able to send them messages – either Everyone or My Contacts and Premium Users. When enabled, users who aren't contacts or don't have Premium can't start chats with you – but can reply if you message them first. January Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • More

⭐️One-Way Last Seen and Read Times. Users who hide their read time aren't able to see read times from other users. With Telegram Premium, you can hide your read time and still see the read times ofusers who share theirs with you. If a user hides their read time, it is always hidden from all users, including Premium users. January Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • More

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 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • More

Pause and Resume Recording. While recording any voice or video message you can pause and then resumerecording later – without having to start over. January Features 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • More

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 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • More

To see all the details from this update, check out our blog: https://telegram.org/blog/calls-and-bots More December Features 1 • 2 • 3 • More