- 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.
Introducing Archived Chats:
- Archive any chat from the right-click menu.
- Chats with enabled notifications will pop out of the archive
when a notification arrives.
- Muted chats will stay in the archive.
- Pin an unlimited number of chats in your archive.
- Replace media when editing messages with media content.
- Jump quickly to the top of your chats list.
- Get emoji suggestions for the first word you type in a message.
- Help Telegram improve emoji suggestions in your language
using this interface https://translations.telegram.org/en/emoji
- Replace media when editing messages with media content.
- Jump quickly to the top of your chats list.
- Get emoji suggestions for the first word you type in a message.
- Help Telegram improve emoji suggestions in your language
using this interface https://translations.telegram.org/en/emoji
- Delete any message on both ends in any private chat, anytime.
- Control whether your forwarded messages link back to your account.
- Control who may see your profile picture.
- Enjoy the new streamlined group management screen.
- Global permissions for groups. Restrict all members in any group
from posting certain types of content.
- Unified group settings. Make groups public,
set admins with granular permissions and toggle persistent history
in just a few clicks in any group.
- Choose the emoji set you would like to use in Chat Settings.
- Choose input and output devices for Telegram Calls
in Settings > Advanced > Call Settings.
- Support for automatically downloading files and music.
- Choose the emoji set you would like to use
in Settings > Chat Settings.
- Choose input and output devices for Telegram Calls
in Settings > Adavanced > Call Settings.
- Support for custom languages. Crowdsource a cloud-based
language pack for Telegram in any language using our
Translations platform - then apply it in real time.
- Interface scaling for large screens, up to 300%
(up to 150% for macOS retina screens).
- 'Count unread messages' setting for the Badge counter
in Settings > Notifications. Disable to show number of unread chats.
- Video messages displayed in shared media (under voice messages).
- Updated emoji. Farewell to question marks!
Also in this update:
- Listen to voice and video messages in 2X mode if you're in a hurry.
- Add a comment when sharing posts from channels.
- View all photos and videos in Twitter and Instagram link previews.
- Add emoji to media captions.
- Add emoji to media captions.
- Switch off the 'Count unread messages' option
in Settings > Notifications if you want to see
the unread chats count in the badge instead.
- Listen to voice and video messages in 2X mode if you're in a hurry.
- Find video messages in the shared voice messages section.
- Add a comment when you share posts from channels.
- View all photos and videos in Twitter and Instagram link previews.
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
- Fully redesigned Settings section.
- New theme selector in Chat Settings.
- New local storage settings: Control how much disk space is used
by the cache and for how long the cached files are stored.
- Improved local caching for images and GIF animations.
- New settings: Peer-to-Peer settings for calls,
disable animations for low performance computers.
- Various other improvements.
- Fully redisigned Settings section.
- New theme selector in Chat Settings.
- New settings: Peer-to-Peer settings for calls,
disable animations for low performance computers.
- Various other improvements.
- Improved local caching for images and GIF animations.
- Control how much disk space is used by the cache
and for how long the cached files are stored.
- Export data from individual chats using the '...' menu.
- Added a new night theme.
- You can now assign custom themes as night and day themes
to quickly switch between them.
- Support for Telegram Passport 1.1 and improved password hashing
algorithm to better protect Telegram Passport data.
- Improved censorship circumvention.
- Improved stability when working through proxy servers.
- Save several proxy servers to quickly switch between them.
- Use proxy for calls.
- Emoji and text replacement now happens immediately after typing
(instead of after sending) and can be rolled back using Backspace
or CTRL/CMD + Z. Replacement no longer happens when pasting text.
Added formatting shortcuts. Select text and use:
- CTRL/CMD + B/I for bold and italic
- CTRL/CMD + K to create or edit a custom link
- CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + M for monospace font
- CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + N to clear formatting
- Apply markdown formatting (```, `, **, __)
only when sending the message.
- Display connection quality bars in calls.
- Telegram Desktop can update itself through MTProto.
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
- Use markdown in media captions
(**bold**, __italic__, `tag` and ```code```).
- Use emoji replacement in media captions,
group and channel titles and descriptions (:like: etc.)
- Markdown replacement now happens immediately
after typing (instead of after sending) and can be
rolled back using Backspace or Ctrl/Cmd + Z.
Replacement no longer happens when pasting text.
- Emoji and text replacements are done while you type the message.
- Revert emoji and text replacements by pressing backspace.
- Disable emoji replacements or suggestions in Settings.
- Some critical bug fixes.
John Preston