Telegram News

Today's update to Telegram apps introduces a new kind of private communication. You can now "unsend" any message you sent or received in any private chat, anytime. You can also control when your messages link back to your account if forwarded. For good measure, we've also added an option to hide your profile picture from non-contacts. Android users can now use emoji search to quickly find the yellow beasts they were looking for — and will get emoji suggestions for the first word they type in a message. Both platforms also support improved sticker search — you can now find individual stickers based on the keywords for the relevant emoji. All the important parts of our iOS app can now be accessed with VoiceOver and the Android app fully supports TalkBack. More features from this update: https://telegram.org/blog/unsend-privacy-emoji

Introducing autoplaying videos, smart auto-download settings and support for multiple accounts. Read more on our blog: https://telegram.org/blog/autoplay

Introducing Chat Backgrounds 2.0. You can now make your own wallpapers or search for them on the web, apply effects like blur or motion, then share your backgrounds with others via links. Read more on our blog: https://telegram.org/blog/backgrounds-2-0

Telegram for iOS and Android have just reached v5.2. Group admins can set default permissions to restrict all members from posting specific kinds of content. Telegram groups can now have up to 200,000 members. When you delete a chat or clear chat history, you'll get a detailed confirmation dialog and an option to restore the chat within the next 5 seconds. We've also added new streamlined group settings, new contact sorting options, better thumbnails, improved animations, stylish new search bars on iOS, an improved dark mode on Android – and more. Read more on our blog: https://telegram.org/blog/permissions-groups-undo

2018 was a great year for Telegram, but 2019 is going to be by far the most important one in our company's history. In 2018, more and more people discovered Telegram and switched to it from services run by ad-selling IT monopolies. As a result, Telegram became one of the few messaging apps that are enjoying significant growth globally. Building on the success of the last year, this year we are going to implement many long-awaited product changes you have been asking for. 2019 will be the time when feature-related wishes of our users come true.

Telegram for Android, iOS, desktop and macOS have been updated with a dedicated tool for polls. You can create polls in groups and channels – right from the attachment menu. In addition to this, Image Search is back to the iOS app. Use the Web Search option when setting any profile picture and the looking glass button when sending a Photo & Video attachment. Telegram for macOS caught up with rest of the crowd, adding support for custom languages. The app also boasts improved performance when playing GIFs. Read more on our blog: https://telegram.org/blog/polls

A major update: Telegram for Android5.0, Telegram for iOS5.1, and Telegram Desktop1.5 have arrived. You can now use the Translation Platform to create your own custom languages, spread them via links and apply changes in real time. Each language also gets a public discussion group. Instant View 2.0 lets you view web pages instantly with improved support for more types of content: right-to-left languages, blocks of related articles, image links, tables, nested lists, horizontal scrolling, collapsible text blocks and much more. Telegram for Android received a major redesign in version 5.0. Profile pages offer quick access to shared media. Shared content sections were improved with high quality previews, increased loading speed, and more info under Links and Files. The Settings and Notification and Sounds settings screens were updated for a more streamlined experience. Telegram Desktop reached version 1.5. In addition to custom languages, it now offers interface scaling for large screens, new badge counter settings, support for new emoji and long media captions (up to 1000 characters). Like other Telegram apps, the desktop client now supports 2X mode for voice and video messages. Telegram for macOS recently received support for video streaming, swipe navigation (including swipe to reply), and improved search for messages. Read more on our blog: https://telegram.org/blog/translations-iv2

Telegram for iOS and Android4.9.1 are out today, adding a new Exceptions section in Notification settings that lists all your chats with custom notifications. Telegram Passport now supports more types of data, including translated versions of documents. We've also improved the password hashing algorithm to better protect Telegram Passport data. And with the new Telegram Desktop1.3.13 you can easily save some (or all) of your chats on your disk. Read more on our blog: https://telegram.org/blog/export-and-more