- 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 ability to mix together bold, italic and other formatting.
- Fix voice chats and video calls OpenGL with some drivers on Windows.
- Several bug fixes.
- 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 design of voice chats.
- Fix sending of voice messages as replies.
- Fix 'Open With' menu position in macOS.
- Fix freeze on secondary screen disconnect.
- 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).
John Preston
the-vyld