⚒ The source code of Telegram for Android and iOS have been updated to 8.8.x

@Telegram #Android #iOS #source #reproducibleBuilds

UPDATES
🆕 Telegram 8.8 for macOS
🆕 Telegram Desktop 4.0 for Windows, Linux, macOS

• 700 Million Users and Telegram Premium
• Telegram Desktop Settings > Advanced > Experimental adds an option to open chats in separate windows.
• Animated Profile Picture Creator on macOS

2022-06-21 @Telegram #tdesktop #macOS

How to suspend Telegram Premium?

Many users who paid for Telegram Premium through the verified @PremiumBot ask about how to cancel a paid subscription so that Telegram does not deduct money from your bank card every month?

To stop all future payments, just send the /stop command in the chat with @PremiumBot. To open the chat, just type the address of the bot in the messenger's search bar or find the chat with it in your chat list.

You can control the current subscription status and the date of the next payment by going to Settings › Telegram Premium section › Information under the list of all subscription benefits. From there, you can similarly go to the bot and suspend the Premium subscription.

#FAQ

How to suspend Telegram Premium?

Many users who paid for Telegram Premium through the verified @PremiumBot ask about how to cancel a paid subscription so that Telegram does not deduct money from your bank card every month?

To stop all future payments, just send the /stop command in the chat with @PremiumBot. To open the chat, just type the address of the bot in the messenger's search bar or find the chat with it in your chat list.

You can control the current subscription status and the date of the next payment by going to Settings › Telegram Premium section › Information under the list of all subscription benefits. From there, you can similarly go to the bot and suspend the Premium subscription.

#FAQ

3% of Telegram users with Premium subscription will cover the server costs

Pavel Durov announced the required number of Telegram Premium subscribers to cover Telegram's server costs.

"The beauty of Telegram Premium is that if just 2,5-3% of our users sign up for this subscription, Telegram will cover its costs, supported purely by its users. This will herald a new, user-centric era in the history of social media services."

The speech to text feature is safe

Pavel Durov explained why using Google's speech to text service from Telegram format is a safe and optimal solution:

— Telegram does not share users' personal data with Google.
— Telegram never sends audio data to third parties.
— Google can't make use of the depersonalized sound data other than converting them into text and returning them back.
— It was easier for Telegram to deploy its own free solution, or just use a service from smaller companies, but it would leave negative impacts on the quality of the results.
— Trusting Google remains as personal choice of Telegram Premium subscribers.

This information regarding the speech to text feature was obtained from the Telegram Privacy Policy (clause 8.5).

Unigram 8.8 comes with a shiny new interface, designed by Telegram, to perfectly match Windows 11 style.

Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.0.1

What's new:
— Fix window title on Windows 7.
— Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop

Telegram WebK was updated to version 1.5

1️⃣ Introducing support for Multiple Tabs – a first for Telegram Web Apps – customizing how you browse Telegram to increase comfort and productivity.

• Open several tabs or browser windows to view multiple chats or channels simultaneously.
• Organize your Telegram workflow on multiple monitors by moving tabs to different screens.
• Use ⌘/Ctrl + click or middle-click on any conversation in your chat list to open it in a separate tab.

All messages and content are seamlessly synced across the tabs. To use multiple tabs on Safari, kindly consider switching to another browser for the best experience. Due to Safari’s technical limitations, the WebK app can still only be used there in a single tab.

2️⃣ WebK gets even more stylish, adding:

• Animated placeholders when loading the chat list.
• Scrolling profile pictures in groups that move up and down with their messages.
• Menu redesigns with beautiful new blur effects.
• Colored reply previews that match the color of your chat partners' names.

This update also includes several bug fixes, removing issues with:
- Incorrect unread values
- Visual errors in placeholders
- Failing to mark messages as read
- Performance drops when returning to previous chats.
- and many more 🛠

Telegram Desktop was updated to version 4.0.2

— Bug fixes and other minor improvements

Full version history is available here:
https://desktop.telegram.org/changelog

Unigram 8.8 comes with a shiny new interface, designed by Telegram, to perfectly match Windows 11 design language.

UPDATES
🔂 Telegram 8.8.3 for Android
🔂 Telegram 8.8.1 for iOS
🔂 Telegram Desktop 4.0.2 for Windows, Linux, macOS

• Bug fixes and other minor improvements
• 700 Million Users and Telegram Premium

@Telegram #Android #iOS #TDesktop

Telegram might have medical ads in future

Telegram has updated its Ad Platform guidelines. Now only uncertified medical services and medications are forbidden. Before that, the rules were banning any sorts of medical services, medications, and supplements.

The guidelines specify that only products that passed all certifications according to local laws are allowed. Also the products can't be implicitly or explicitly related to any unverified health and wellness benefits.

Examples of products that are not allowed:
• Nutrition products, including weight loss or gain products, herbal drugs, dietary supplements, pregnancy, and fertility-related products.
• Medicines or supplements not approved by the respective local regulatory body.
• Sale of medicines or medical products by a shop or entity that is not state-registered and authorized.
• Unlicensed medical devices, services and treatments.
• Prescriptions for medications.
• Products with unverified claims of healthful, curative or stimulating effects.

To participate in Telegram's Ad Platform, advertisers have to invest at least 2,000,000 €.

As a side note, Telegram Premium lists ad-free experience as one of its benefits.

Profile picture builder on Telegram for macOS

Telegram for macOS version 8.8 now can build avatars for users, chats, and channels. The feature is similar to the one found in iMessage. Other platforms don't have avatar builder yet. App Store update is unavailable yet too, so you will have to download the app directly from the website.

The builder lets you
• Choose an animated emoji, animated stickers from Telegram, or a monogram.
• Change its size and position.
• Choose one of gradient and pattern presets.

From the parameters you set, a video-avatar is generated. Telegram Premium users always have their video-avatars played in loop automatically, which is a nice addition to the new feature.

Would you like to see the profile picture builder on other platforms, or do you consider the feature to be unnecessary?

#macOS

Official bot for tracking government requests

Telegram has launched @transparency — a bot that can be used to obtain information about the user data shared with governments around the world, data such as the user's IP address or phone number (as mentioned in clause 8.3 of the Privacy Policy).

Users can only see transparency records of the country to which their phone number belongs. That said, Telegram will not be disclosing users' data with countries or regions with a low democracy index.

The public address @transparency was previously used by another official channel which was for broadcasting data disclosure information. Although even after the 4th year of its existence, nothing was published there, which might mean that the requests of the authorities were not satisfied.

Submissions for the Android development contest were published

The task of the contest was implementing reactions for Telegram X according to provided mockups (including animations, layouts and all customization options).

You can test and view the submissions by downloading the APK files in the special channel: @tgx_prs.

Since the apps were developed by third-party developers, it's not recommended to use your main account.

Results of the contest will be announced on July 12.

#contests

🆕 Telegram watermark on the screenshot of notch iPhone's statusbar

@Telegram #iOS v8.8.2

Telegram Web Z was updated to version 1.49

👏 Harder
• Telegram Premium. By subscribing, users unlock doubled limits, 4 GB file uploads, faster downloads, exclusive stickers and reactions, improved chat management – and a whole lot more.
• Native trackpad gestures in the Media Viewer. Swipe left or right to move through media, swipe up or down to exit.
• Improved polls that support retracting votes and closing the poll – plus a confetti effect.

🤩 Better
• Various layout and performance improvements.
• Improved payment form validation.
• Use the hotkey ⌘+, to access app Settings on macOS.
• See a helpful info screen when JavaScript support is disabled.

💪 Stronger
• Call panel properly disappears after answering on another device.
• Fixed unexpected message deleting when using search in the forwarding menu.
• Fixed unnecessary up-scaling when uploading small images.
• Archived chats do not appear in the ‘Forward to’ list.
• Fixed loading loop when disabling reactions in group management.
• Various fixes in the text formatting menu.

@webztalks

Results of the second round of the GIF contest were published

Judges and paid contributors delivered over 500,000 required verdicts in order to select 285 winning works, containing thousands of GIF-files.

In order to see high-quality, smooth and impressive GIF files, created by the winners of the contest, you need to open the search section of GIFs in your Telegram app. You can paste any emoji into the search field or enter your desired query.

In general, the rating shows the quality of the image, the overall usability of the content present, and its relevance to the selected emoji.

The judges evaluated creativity, uniqueness, and stylistic consistency. Bonus points were awarded to contestants who achieved excellent quality and maintained a small size.

GIF animations created by the awardees and winners of the competition are already waiting for you in the corresponding panel.

More about the results of the competition here.

#contests

Telegram WebZ was updated to version 1.49.0

What's new
— Telegram Premium support.
— Ability to use built-in trackpad gestures for media browsing: Swipe left or right to navigate through media, or up/down to exit.
— Improved polls with support for unvoting and closing, as well as the confetti effect.
— Improved payment validation form.
— Use the hotkey ⌘+ to access Application Settings on macOS.
— Appearance of a useful information screen when JavaScript support is disabled.
— Various layout and performance improvements.

Bug fixes
— The call bar will disappear rightly after answering a call from another device.
— Fixes unexpected deletion of messages when using search in the forwarding menu.
— Fixes unnecessary zoom when loading small images.
— Archived chats will no longer appear in the "Forward to" list.
— Fixes loading loop when disabling reactions in group management.
— Various fixes in the text formatting menu.

web.telegram.org/z

#webz #update

Delete account immediately right from the app

Version 8.3.3 of Telegram for iOS can now delete your account immediately at your request. The new option has appeared in Privacy settings. A sudden update is related to new App Store's guidelines that require from the published apps to have an option for users to delete their account without leaving the app.

If you choose to delete your account immediately, Telegram will show you some options you might want to do instead of terminating your account, like changing privacy settings or clearing cache. The deletion button is hidden at the very end of the lengthy list of possible actions.

It's important to know that you can't restore your data nor your account upon its deletion.

Before this change you could delete your account only on the official website, on the deactivation page.

#iOS #update