- Turn any of your group chats into a hop-on, hop-off conference call.
- Get up to several thousand participants in each voice chat.
- Control the number of speakers with flexible admin tools.
- Improve locked voice message recording.
- Fix main window closing to tray on Windows.
- Fix crash in bot command sending.
- Fix adding additional photos when sending an album
to a group with enabled slow mode.
- Fix image compression option when sending files with drag-n-drop.
- Fix caption text selection in media albums.
- Fix drafts display in personal chats in the chats list.
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
- Pin several messages in any chat, including one-on-one chats.
- Jump between pinned messages or open them all on a separate page.
- Send several music tracks as a playlist.
- Send several files as an album in one chat bubble.
- Send a 🎰 emoji to any chat to see if you hit the jackpot.
- Hide Telegram taskbar icon on Linux in Settings > Advanced.
- Allow block, report and delete all message from user
in "user joined" service message context menu.
- Fix admin badge display in groups.
- Fix loading and opening of comments in channels.
- Turn on "Remain Anonymous" in an admin's Permissions to let them post
on behalf of the group and become invisible in the list of members.
- Comment on posts in channels that have a discussion group.
- Get notified about replies to your comments via the new Replies chat
(if you are not a member of the discussion group).
- Quickly switch between different Telegram accounts
if you use multiple phone numbers.
- Share and store unlimited files of any type, now up to 2'000 MB each.
- Edit your scheduled messages.
- Use Auto-Night Mode to make Telegram night mode match
the system Dark Mode settings.
- Also added an option to switch to system window frame
in Windows and Linux.
- Edit your scheduled messages.
- See the unread messages indicator for your additional accounts
on the main menu button.
- Use Auto-Night Mode to make Telegram night mode match
the system Dark Mode settings.
- Enjoy dark native window frame for Telegram night mode on Windows.
- File uploading in an inactive account correctly finishes.
- Stickers panel works correctly after switching between accounts.
- Large .webp files are not shown as stickers.
- MacBook TouchBar support was fully rewritten with fixes for multiple accounts.
- Custom window title bar works in all Linux versions.
- Passcode doesn't auto-lock while you're active in other apps on Linux X11.
- Fix a possible crash in Picture-in-Picture video player.
- Fix copying links from message texts.
- Allow using system window frame in Windows and Linux.
- Fix messages editing in a non-active account.
- Fix large animated emoji messages editing.
- Fix high definition GIF animations opening in media viewer.
- Multiple crash fixes.
- Receive notifications only from the active account
in Settings > Notifications.
- Fix saving chats list width between application relaunches.
- Multiple crash fixes.
- Disable the taskbar icon flash or the dock icon bounce
in Settings > Notifications.
- View messages containing long monospace texts in wide bubbles.
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
- Added support for new emoji.
- Channels to which you can't post will no longer be suggested when forwarding.
- Improved font selection and bold font support for CJK and Farsi.
- Fix polls and quizes results viewing.
- Fix memory leak in web page previews with autoplayed videos.
- Fix running on OS X 10.10.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
- Access a catalog of over 20,000 stickers made by professional
artists from the updated Sticker Panel by clicking the '+' icon.
- Use sticker search to find the stickers you're looking for - or
scroll from the latest packs all the way to the classics.
- Add explanations that appear after users respond to a quiz question.
- See how much time you have left to answer a question from @QuizBot
with the new countdown animation.
- Send a single 🎯 emoji to see if you hit the bullseye.
- Organize chats into Chat Folders if you have too many chats.
- Create custom folders with flexible settings,
or use default recommendations.
- Pin an unlimited number of chats in each folder.
- Switch between folders in the new side bar
to easily access all of your chats.
- Send :dice: to any chat to try your luck and get
a random number from the animated dice.
- Send :virus:, 🤒, 😷,
🤕, :sneeze:, :sick:, 🧼 or 🚑
to try out the new animated emoji.
- Switch to Picture-in-Picture mode to watch your video
in a small window while doing something else.
- Change playback speed in the '...' menu when watching videos.
- Rotate photos and videos in the media viewer
using the rotate button in the bottom right corner.
- Switch to the Picture-in-Picture mode
to watch your video in a small window.
- Change video playback speed in the playback controls '...' menu.
- Rotate photos and videos in the media viewer
using the rotate button in the bottom right corner.
- Create three new kinds of polls.
- See who voted for what in polls with visible votes.
- Vote for several options in polls that allow multiple answers.
- Guess the correct answer in quiz-style polls.
- Explore various ways of combining the different poll options.
- Add polls from the '...' menu in any group or channel.
- Use bots like @QuizBot to create quizzes
with several questions and media attachments.
- Schedule messages to be sent when your recipient comes online
(only works if you know their online status).
- Videos in chats start playing automatically.
- Resume playback from where you left off
when watching long videos and listening to long audio tracks.
- Control automatic playback for
videos, GIFs and round video messages
in Settings > Advanced > Automatic media download.
- Enjoy system spell checker support on all modern systems.
- Videos in chats start playing automatically.
- Resume playback from where you left off
when watching long videos.
- Control videos, GIFs and round video messages automatic playback
in Settings > Advanced > Automatic media download.
- Spell checker on Linux using Enchant.
- Create new themes based on your color and wallpaper choices.
- Share your themes with other users via links.
- Update your theme for all its users when you change something.
- Create new themes based on your color and wallpaper choices.
- Share your themes with other users via links.
- Update your theme for all its users when you change something.
- Right click the 'Send' button and select 'Schedule Message'
to automatically send something at a specified time.
- Schedule reminders for yourself in the 'Saved Messages' chat.
- Get a notification when any of your scheduled messages are sent.
- Customize your app's appearance by choosing accent colors
for the 'Day', 'Night' and 'Tinted' themes.
- Choose who can find you on Telegram
when they add your number to their phone contacts.
- Send a single 😁, 😧, 😡, :poo:, 😢 or
😮 to check out what's new in the animated emoji department.
- Right click the Send button to send any message
without sound - in case the recipient is sleeping.
- Enable Slow Mode in Group Permissions to control
how frequently members can post.
- Set custom titles for group admins - like 'Founder',
'CFO' or 'Spam Fighter'.
- Toggle looped playback for animated stickers in Chat Settings.
- Send a single ❤️, :like:, 😒, 😳 or :party:
to add a mighty animated emoji to the chat.
- Send ultra-lightweight high-quality animated stickers
to express emotion with motion.
- Receive animated stickers instantly on any connection
at just 20-30 KB per sticker.
- Enjoy smooth animations at 60 frames per second.
- Create new animated sets and upload them to @stickers
for everybody to use.
- Try out these sample stickers: t.me/addstickers/hotcherry
- Use strikethrough and underline formatting.
- You can now add any users to your contacts,
even if their phone numbers are not visible.
- Transfer ownership of group chats and channels
by granting full rights to another admin.
Useful when switching jobs or if you just want to retire as creator.
- Hide archived chats to the main menu.
- See who is online straight from the chat list.
- Use the MacBook Pro TouchBar to apply formatting to selected text,
insert emoji, and send stickers.
- Hide archived chats in the main menu.
- See who is online straight from the chat list.
- Apply formatting to selected text parts
from the MacBook Pro TouchBar.
John Preston