- A new expandable reaction menu was added in private chats and groups.
- All users get access to dozens of new reactions,
including reactions previously reserved for Premium users.
- The reactions you use most frequently
will always be displayed at the top.
- Premium users can react to messages with thousands of custom emoji
and add up to 3 reactions to each message.
- Group admins can control whether
custom reactions are allowed in their groups.
- Premium users can add an animated emoji status next to their name
to display their current activity.
- To set a status, tap your Premium badge in the main menu or Settings.
- Popular suggestions for working, sleeping,
traveling and more will be shown at the top.
- To set a status for a specific duration like 1 hour or 2 days,
right click the emoji.
- A new format was supported for username links,
in addition to "t.me/username." You can now open Telegram accounts,
groups or channels using links like "username.t.me"
or "https://username.t.me."
- Improved support for long media captions.
- New reaction selector above the right click menu.
- Premium: Set any custom emoji reactions in private chats.
- Premium: Set any custom emoji as your profile status.
- Insert or copy custom emoji from pack preview.
- Fix editing media captions with animated emoji.
- Fix viewing animated emoji sets used in a message.
- Fix premium sticker tooltip auto-show in channel comments.
- Fix main window position and size restoring after relaunch.
- Other bug fixes and minor improvements.
- Include animated emoji in messages and captions.
- Premium users unlock over 500 new emoji,
including custom packs with unique characters.
- All users can view any emoji,
and try them out in the Saved Messages chat.
- Control who can send you voice
and video messages with Telegram Premium.
- Send a Premium subscription to any user from their profile.
- Choose 3, 6, or 12 months - at a discount.
- Allow sending animated emoji to Saved Messages
even without Telegram Premium.
- Premium: Suggest animated emoji by regular emoji
(can be disabled in Settings).
- Premium: Show all suggested premium stickers
in a special section of the stickers panel.
- Premium: Allow hiding premium stickers special section
of the stickers panel.
- Fix a memory leak in RTMP livestreams.
- Fix some bot webview bugs on macOS.
- Fix forwarding of voice messages.
- Animated emoji for messages.
- Premium: Privacy settings for voice messages.
- Premium: Gifting Telegram Premium to any user from their profile page.
- Premium: Send media and files each up to 4 GB in size.
- Premium: Download media and files at the fastest possible speed,
with no limits.
- Premium: Double most of the limits in the app.
- Premium: Get a new button next to any voice message
to generate a transcript of its audio.
- Premium: React with even more emoji,
including :clown: and 😍.
- Premium: Send unique stickers with additional effects,
updated monthly.
- Premium: Set a default chat folder
or enable tools to auto-archive and hide new chats.
- Premium: Subscribers have a badge next to their name,
showing they help support Telegram.
- Premium: Show off your profile video
that will be animated for everyone in chats and the chat list.
- Premium: Sponsored Messages that are sometimes shown
in public channels will no longer appear.
- Enable join requests for your public groups,
no invite links required.
- Users who open the group will see an Apply to Join Group button.
- Once approved by an admin,
users will be able to participate in the chat.
- Bots that are integrated into the attachment menu
can be programmed to work in groups and channels.
- Settings > Advanced > Experimental adds an option
to open chats in separate windows.
- Fix possible crash in video chat reconnection.
- Fix possible crash after account switch.