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Telegram’s latest update adds reactions to directly share your feelings and feedback on messages. Double tap for a quick 👍 or select the message for more reactions like 😁🎉😱🔥👎, all with unique animations. Reactions are always on in 1-on-1 chats, while group and channel admins can decide whether to enable them, and which emoji are available. December Update: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

And that’s not all – today’s update has even more features, including Global Chat Themes on Android, support for Text Recognition on iOS, new ways to Log In via Call and even more. To read more about all of these features and see vibrant video demonstrations of each, check out our latest blog post: https://telegram.org/blog/protected-content-delete-by-date-and-more December 2021 Features: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

Public Groups and Channel Comments are used by millions of people to create communities around any topic. To give users more anonymity, we’ve added the ability to appear as a channel when posting in these chats. Tap the profile picture next to the message bar to choose one of your channels – after which, your messages will appear with the name and photo of the channel instead of your personal account. December 2021 Features: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

Telegram allows users to log in on an unlimited number of devices on all platforms. In Settings > Devices, there is a new button to quickly link a desktop device via QR code, and extra settings to manage your active devices. At the bottom of the page, you can now set your devices to automatically log out after a specific period of inactivity. Tapping an individual device lets you log it out remotely – or toggle whether it can accept Calls or Secret Chats. December 2021 Features: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

For years, users have been able to completely delete chat contents in any chat for both sides, along with other privacy features like auto-delete and disappearing media. Now you can also clear chat history from a specific day or period of time in any one-on-one chat – simply tap a date header in chat and select which days to permanently erase. December 2021 Features: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

Telegram’s latest update adds a new setting for creators to protect contentin groups and channels – keeping it exclusive to their intended audience. When enabled, this option restricts forwarding messages, while also preventing screenshots and limiting the ability to save media from posts. December 2021 Features: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • More

Additionally, iOS has redesigned Appearance settings – including new themes for the entire app, each with a Day and NightMode, colorful animated background and gradient message bubbles. You can personalize these themes with custom colors and patterns, and tap Chat Themes to edit and share your designs. These new global themes will be available on Android in future updates. Our latest blog contains the full details about this feature and others – including instant media captions, transit times, new interactive emoji, and more. November 2021 updates:1 • 2 • 3

Also in this update, users can join and create closed communities with the new Admin Approval setting for invite links. When opening these links, potential members can send a Join Request, which must be approved by an admin before that user can access the group or channel. Bot developers now have the tools to create bots that can share invite links and approve potential members – or even give them special tasks before they are allowed to join. November 2021 updates:1 • 2 • 3

Telegram’s latest update lets you time travel through years of Shared Media in any chat by dragging the date bar and pinching to zoom in or out. From there, tap the bar to open a new calendar view with media previews for each day. For detailed info about these features, check out our full blog post. November 2021 updates:1 • 2 • 3

Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording 8new themes are available for you to apply in specific private chats – each has day and night versions and colorful animated backgrounds with unique patterns. Animated Emoji for 🎆🎉🎈👍💩 and ❤️ now have fullscreen effects in private chats – tap to watch new animations that are synced for both users when they have the chat open. Small group chats now have detailed read receipts for your messages, showing which members have seen it. Admins in Live Streams and Video Chats can record video (and audio) in either portrait or landscapeorientation to upload and share later on. More about this update: https://telegram.org/blog/chat-themes-interactive-emoji-read-receipts

Live Streams, Flexible Forwarding, Jump to Next Channel and Trending Stickers Telegram has been steadily developing for 8 years, and in celebration, here comes version 8.0 🥳 Live video is now available in Channels – and streams in both Groups and Channels support unlimited viewers. We've added a new preview window for Forwarded Messages with customization options like hiding sender names or hiding captions on media messages. You can now quickly read posts from all your channels – without going back to your chat list. At the bottom of a channel, pull up and the feed will automatically switch to your next unread one. Trending Stickers have a new place in the sticker panel, right above your Recently Used, that you can use to browse and add packs. Users browsing in their sticker panel now show the status ‘choosing a sticker’ in chat (like typing…) to let you know their response is coming soon. To see these features in action and read about other additions like bigger sticker thumbnails, new animated emoji and more, check out our blog: https://telegram.org/blog/live-streams-forwarding-next-channel

Video Calls with up to 1000 Viewers, Video Playback Speed, High Quality Video Messages, Screen Sharing With Sound, and More Group Video Calls have leveled up and can now have 1000 viewers – in addition to the 30 broadcasters and unlimited audio-only listeners. The media player has new 0.5x, 1.5x and 2xplayback speed options, which you can enable when watching videos in fullscreen. Video Messages record in higher resolution and you can tap a video message to expand it – while tapping again allows you to fast-forward or rewind. When recording video messages, device audio will keep playing in the background, and you can zoomin when using the rear camera. Screen Sharing has also been added to 1-on-1video calls, and now includesdevice audio in both individual and group video calls. And that’s just the beginning – there are a dozen more features on our blog, as well as plenty of jokes and stunning demo videos. Click here to see more about Precision Drawing Tools, Desktop’s Photo Editor, a new In-App Camera on iOS and more: https://telegram.org/blog/video-1000