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Bot API 8.0

Announcing the largest update in the history of Mini Apps 🎉

Full-Screen Mode
• Mini Apps can now use the entire screen – allowing them to host immersive games 🚀 with expanded interfaces.

Geolocation and Motion Tracking
• Mini Apps can now prompt users for Geolocation Access, allowing them to build virtually any location-based 🗺 service.
• Likewise, Mini Apps can request acceleration, orientation and rotation data from devices in real time.

Paid Subscriptions
• Subscriptions Plans powered by ⭐️ Telegram Stars are now available to all Bots and Mini Apps.
• Apps can accept recurring payments – or cancel them at any time.

Gifts for Stars
• Bots and Mini Apps can now use star proceeds to send Paid Gifts 🎁 to users with a custom caption.

Home Screen Shortcuts
• Mini apps can now be accessed via direct shortcuts added to the home screen of 📱 mobile devices.

Emoji Statuses
• Mini Apps can now let users pick a new emoji status 🚕 with a native dialog – or request access to later sync it with in-game badges, third-party APIs and more.

Sharing and Downloading Media
• Mini Apps can now let users share media directly to any chat – with granular selection parameters.
• Introduced a native popup to ⬇️download files from an App.

Customizable Loading Screen
• The loading screen of mini apps can now be customized 🖥 in @Botfather – adding your own logo and brand colors.

Hardware-specific Optimizations
• Mini Apps on Android now receive basic hardware info – enabling smoother usage and gaming 🏎 experiences for users.

• And so much more, see our blog for high-quality demos and the full changelog for details:

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#november-17-2024

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