- Radically improved navigation. New side panel on the right
with quick access to shared media and group members.
- Saved Messages. Bookmark messages by forwarding them to "Saved
Messages". Access them from the Chats list or from the side menu.
- Pinned Messages. If you are a channel admin, pin messages to
focus your subscribers' attention on important announcements.
- Easily recognize messages from group admins by the new admin badge.
- Also supported clearing history in supergroups and
added a host of minor improvements.
- Radically improved navigation. New side panel on the right
with quick access to shared media and group members.
- Pinned Messages. If you are a channel admin, pin messages
to focus your subscribers' attention on important announcements.
- Also supported clearing history in supergroups and added
a host of minor improvements.
- Groups with unread mentions and replies are now marked
with an '@' badge in the chats list.
- Navigate new mentions and replies in a group
using the new '@' button.
- Mark your stickers as “favorite” to quickly access them
from the redesigned sticker panel.
- Add an official sticker set for your group which all members will
be able to use while chatting in your group (100+ member groups only)
— Send **bold** and __italic__ text in your messages.
— Get a share link for posts in public supergroups.
— Quickly share posts from channels and media messages from bots.
— Search large supergroup members by name.
— Search channel members by name for admins.
— Use search in the service actions log.
— Ban supergroup members via the right click menu in the service actions log.
- Click on forwarded messages bar to change the recipient chat
in case you chose a wrong one first.
- Quickly share posts from channels and media messages from bots.
- Search in supergroup members by name.
- Search in channel members by name if you're a channel admin.
- Copy links to messages in public supergroups.
- Send **bold** and __italic__ text in your messages (in addition
to already supported `monospace` and ```multiline monospace```).
- Search in channel and supergroup admin event log.
- Ban members from right click menu in supergroup admin event log.
- Supergroups can now have up to 10.000 members.
- Appoint supergroup admins with granular rights.
Choose who can add users, manage messages, block members,
edit group info & username, add new admins, etc.
- Restrict and ban supergroup members with granular precision.
Read-only bans, GIF & sticker bans, media bans,
temporary bans and restrictions.
- Check the new event log to see all service actions taken by
members and admins of a channel or supergroup in the last 48 hours.
- Toggle night mode in the main menu.
- Improved video messages: radial playback progress,
Picture-in-Picture support, duration countdown.
- Voice and video messages now automatically play one after another.
John Preston