- Fix sending an album of ten scheduled messages.
- Convert folder back to non-shareable on last link deletion.
- Several fixes of focus control in discussions / channel comments.
- Drop all formatting on paste in non-message input fields.
- Clear search field on archive opening.
- Show video upload / download progress over the spoiler.
- Better support for text-colored emoji in reactions.
- Close archive / topics group when clicking on currently active folder.
- Allow replace media by paste in discussions / comments / scheduled messages.
- Fix stuck Replace Media button after editing media in some chats.
- Quick reply by double click only with the left mouse button.
- Fix applying the same custom chat background with different dimming value.
- Fix "who reacted" list display for media album parts.
- Show full t.me/+ invite link prefix in Recent Actions.
- Don't try to suggest userpic photos to bots.
- Add "Send when online" to the send button context menu.
- Fix crash in empty topics message sending.
- Share folders that include dozens of chats with friends or colleagues.
- Anyone you invite can add the folder and join all its chats in one tap.
- You can create multiple invite links to give different people access
to different chats in the folder.
- Set a custom wallpaper for any 1-on-1 chat.
- Your chat partner can apply the same wallpaper - or choose their own.
- You can disable all resource-intensive animations
and animated stickers and emoji.
- Power saving mode turns on automatically based on
system battery saving settings.
- Fully flexible playback speed settings for videos,
voice and video messages.
- Click the "1X" button to quickly switch between normal
and adjusted speed – or hold it to set any speed between 0.5-2.5x.
- Improved sound quality for adjusted speed playback.
- Read receipts in groups under 100 members now show reaction timestamps
and when your messages were read.
- When inviting people to groups, you can quickly send invite links
to anyone who doesn't allow adding them directly.
- Invite links now show previews in chats.
- Fully translatable bots. Bot descriptions
and ”What can this bot do?" sections can now be translated.
- Starting a call now shows a confirmation window.
- Fixed pasting images from Firefox on Windows.
- Global Fn+F shortcut to switch active window
to full screen mode on macOS.
- Silent notification sound in Focus Mode on macOS.
- Allow larger interface scale values on high-dpi screens.
- Implement new voice and video speed change interface (up to 2.5x).
- Support global Fn+F shortcut to toggle fullscreen on macOS.
- Silent notification sound in Focus Mode on macOS.
- Fix media viewer on macOS with several screens.
- Fix a crash in connection type box.
- Fix possible crash on quit.
- Suggest sending an invite link if user forbids inviting him to groups.
- Show when a reaction was left on your message in small groups.
- Fix a crash in video chats on Windows.
- Fix a crash in audio speed change.
- Improve quality of voice messages with changed playback speed.
- Show when your message was read in small groups.
- Fix pasting images from Firefox on Windows.
- Improve memory usage for custom emoji.
- Confirmation window before starting a call.
- New "Battery and Animations" settings section.
- "Save Power on Low Battery" option for laptops.
- Improved windowed mode support for media viewer.
- Hardware accelerated video playback fix on macOS.
- New application icon on macOS following the system guidelines.
- One more attempt to fix fonts on Windows.
- Fix polls forwarding to private chats.
- Improve translations bar appearance.
- Improve userpic editor presets.
- Emoji Profile Pictures.
Quickly create group and profile pictures from animated emoji
and stickers with the new "Use an Emoji" option.
- Emoji Categories.
Filter stickers and emoji by categories like "love", "cheers"
or "sleeping" in the sticker and emoji tabs.
- Chat Translation.
As a Premium user, translate entire chats in real time
as you scroll them or receive new messages.
- Media Permissions in Groups.
Control whether members of your groups can send
9 distinct media types – like Photos, Voice or Video Messages.
- Select Chats for Bots.
Bot developers can now let users quickly select groups,
channels or contacts that meet predefined criteria (more in @BotNews).
- Open in New Window.
Open chats or additional accounts in separate windows.
- Hide taskbar window preview when Telegram is locked by a passcode
(Windows only).
- More improvements for working with multiple windows.
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
- Allow opening another account in a new window
(see Settings > Advanced > Experimental Settings).
- A lot of bugfixes for working with more than one window.
- Try enabling non-fractional scale
High DPI support on Windows and Linux.
- Experimental setting for fractional scale
High DPI support on Windows and Linux.
- Fix navigation to bottom problems in groups you didn't join.
- Fix a crash in chat export settings changes.
- Fix a crash in sending some of JPEG images.
- Fix CJK fonts on Windows.
- Allow wide range of interface scale options.
- Show opened chat name in the window title.
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
- Fix updating on macOS older than 10.14.
- Media with spoiler effects.
You can wrap photos and videos you send in a fuzzy cover
by selecting media in the attachment menu
and tapping (...) > Hide With Spoiler.
- Setting pictures for your contacts.
You can choose your own picture for
a contact – only you will see it on their profile.
- Suggested profile pictures.
When editing your contacts, you can suggest
a photo for their profile. It will take them just two clicks
to add the picture you suggested.
- Public profile pictures.
If you only allow certain users to see your profile photos,
you can set a public picture for everyone else.
- Ultimate profile picture privacy.
You can set 'Who can see my profile photos' to 'Nobody'
and add some users or groups as exceptions.
- Member list privacy.
Owners of large groups can hide the list of members.
- Send photos and video files hidden by a spoiler effect.
- Set a public photo for those who are restricted to see
your profile photo in the Privacy Settings.
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
- You can set a Global Auto-Delete Timer
for all new chats and groups you create.
- New messages will be deleted after 1 day, week, month,
or a custom duration you choose.
- The new menu in Settings > Privacy & Security > Auto-Delete Messages
also lets you set up Auto-Delete for any of your existing chats faster.
- Admins of groups with 100+ members can organize discussions
into separate topics.
- Topics now have a two-column layout
that keeps recent chats easily accessible as you browse topics.
- Previews of topic messages in the chat list work like a button,
click to jump to the last updated topic.
- Up to 5 topics can be pinned to the top of the list.
- Each topic now supports multiple pinned messages.
- The View as Messages mode now shows
which topic each message belongs to.
- Badge counters for topics you never opened
will have a lighter, less distracting color.
- A new General topic is now included by default,
containing service messages and the earlier message history from the
group.
- Admins can rename the General topic.
- Large groups can enable Aggressive Filtering in Manage Group
> Administrators to remove more spam with automated algorithms.
- Admins help improve filtering
by reporting any false positives in Recent Actions.
- Groups with more than 200 members
can now have their discussions organized into topics.
- Premium users can now convert both voice messages
and video messages into text.
- 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.
John Preston
Ilya Fedin