- Reset your Two-Step Verification password even if you forgot
your old password and don't have a recovery email.
- To do this, you must be logged into your account.
The reset takes 7 days and can be cancelled from any of your devices.
- Change the default chat background.
- Add GIFs overview section in chats.
- Add a simple new messages animation.
- Use modern Telegram application icon.
- Use Direct3D 11 by default on Windows.
- Fix Direct3D acceleration on basic Windows 7 setup.
- Added a simple image editor.
Crop photos or highlight parts of screenshots before sending.
- Use Direct3D 9 backend in ANGLE by default (Windows).
- Fix "Show in Finder" not focusing the Finder window (macOS).
- Use GTK from a child process (Linux).
- Start video conferences from Voice Chats in any group.
- Share your screen or video from your camera
with up to 30 participants (limit to be increased soon).
- Talk without video with an unlimited number of participants.
- Create voice chats from the info page
of any group where you are an admin.
- Group video calls are supported natively on all devices,
including iPads and laptops.
- Added "Enable noise suppression" option to group calls Settings.
- Fix media viewer with Retina + Non-Retina dual monitor setup on macOS.
- Several bug and crash fixes.
- Optimized video playback in media viewer and Picture-in-Picture mode.
- Added integration with System Media Transport Controls on Windows 10.
- Added "Now Playing" integration for music playback on macOS.
- Added "Archive Sticker" into the "..." menu of the Sticker Set Box.
- Fixed memory not being freed on Linux.
- Several crash fixes.
- Optimized video playback in media viewer and Picture-in-Picture
on Windows and Linux.
- Added integration with System Media Transport Controls
on Windows 10.
- Added "Archive Sticker" into the "..." menu of the Sticker Set Box.
- Fixed memory not being freed on Linux.
- Several crash fixes.
- Add "Voice chats" filter in "Recent actions" for channels.
- Write local drafts to disk on a background thread.
- Support autoupdate for Telegram in write-protected folders on Linux.
- Fix crash in native notifications on Linux.
- Fix crash in file dialog on Linux.
- Fix crash in viewing an invoice after a payment is made.
- Respect Focus Assist only for native notifications.
- Mark messages as read only in active window.
- Fix crash on some versions of Linux.
- Fix video not stopping when PiP window is closed.
- Fix messages marking as read if the Windows session is locked.
- Offer real goods and services for sale in any group,
channel or bot – Telegram doesn't charge a commission.
- Pay for goods securely using one of the 8 integrated
payment providers – Telegram doesn't collect your payment info.
- See how this works in our @TestStore.
- Schedule voice chats to let participants know about them in advance.
- View a countdown to the voice chat and get notified when it starts.
- Try two new, fully-featured versions of Telegram Web – both
supporting animated stickers, dark mode, chat folders and more:
https://webk.telegram.org/ and https://webz.telegram.org/.
- Start limitless Voice Chats in Groups and Channels.
- Host discussions that can be listened to
by millions of people simultaneously.
- Record voice chats to share or publish in Channels later.
- See that a chat is being recorded
from the red dot next to its title.
- See user bio texts right from the list of participants.
- Raise your hand to show admins you want to speak.
- Create separate Voice Chat Invite Links for listeners or speakers.
- Change the title of your Voice Chat
to give people an idea of the current topic.
- Join Voice Chats as one of your Channels
to hide your personal account.
- Fix audio device selection in voice chats.
- Fix blinking self profile photo
in case the profile photo privacy is used.
- Fix voice chat admin menu on macOS.
- Set messages to auto-delete for everyone
24 hours or 7 days after sending.
- Control auto-delete settings in any of your chats,
as well as in groups and channels where you are an admin.
- To enable auto-delete, right click on the chat
in the chat list > Clear History > Enable Auto-Delete.
- Create invite links that work for a limited time
or a limited number of uses.
- See which users joined using your, or your admins', invite links.
- Turn any invite link into a QR code users can scan
with their phone cameras.
- To manage invite links, click
... > Manage Group/Channel > Invite Links.
- Convert groups that have reached 200,000 members
into unlimited Broadcast Groups.
- Fix OpenAL device closing in calls and voice chats.
- Fix video chat rotation when calling from iOS.
- Fix scheduling messages without sound.
- Remove redundant Cancel button in ScheduleBox.
- Delete not only messages, but also groups you created
and call history for all sides, without a trace.
- Adjust volume for individual participants of a voice chat.
- Report fake groups or channels impersonating famous people
or organizations by opening their Profile > ... > Report.
- Press Up arrow to edit your last sent comment.
- Add more information to date tooltips
in Recent Actions and channel comments.
- Bug and crash fixes.
- Implement new audio module code for calls and voice chats.
- Allow retracting votes from polls in comments to channel posts.
- Show small voice chat button for empty voice chats.
- Fix media viewer updating when screen resolution is changed.
- 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.