Telegram for Android and iOS Have Been Updated to Version 12.5

Here are the new features that became available in the March Telegram update:

• Tags for non-promoted chat members: Non-admin members of group chats can now have a tag that will be placed next to their name.

Tags of admins and owners now have a different color.

• Disabling copying and forwarding DMs: You can now prevent the other side from copying, saving, and forwarding messages from private chats. To activate this, you need to go to the user's profile and select the menu item "Disable sharing".

This is available only to users who have subscribed to Telegram Premium.

• Interactive dates: You can now format a piece of text as date. When you tap on such text, you will be offered to set a reminder or add the date to the platform‘s calendar.

Other Changes
• The iOS app can now download media in the background.
• You can now add a text caption to a GIF animation before sending it.
• In public polls, the time of each user's vote is now displayed.
• You can now directly edit stickers from any set, as well as create new ones based on the photos you're viewing.
• The authorization system on websites via Telegram has been improved.
• All bots can now use the text streaming functionality.

Article: telegram.org/blog/member-tags-disable-sharing-and-more/ru

Download
• Android: Google Play, APK from the official site or verified channel.
• iOS: App Store.

#update #Android #iOS

MadelineProto was updated (8.6.4)!

Features:
- Layer 223

Fixes:
- Remove debug statement

New Methods:
- messages.editChatCreator
- messages.getFutureChatCreatorAfterLeave
- messages.editChatParticipantRank
- messages.declineUrlAuth
- messages.checkUrlAuthMatchCode

Changed Methods:
- Added in_app_origin param to messages.requestUrlAuth
- Added match_code param to messages.acceptUrlAuth
- Added request_msg_id param to messages.toggleNoForwards

Deleted Methods:
- channels.editCreator
- channels.getFutureCreatorAfterLeave

New Constructors:
- messageActionNoForwardsToggle
- messageActionNoForwardsRequest
- updateChatParticipantRank
- messageEntityFormattedDate
- channelAdminLogEventActionParticipantEditRank

Changed Constructors:
- Added rank param to chatParticipant
- Added rank param to chatParticipantCreator
- Added rank param to chatParticipantAdmin
- Added from_rank param to message
- Added noforwards_my_enabled param to userFull
- Added noforwards_peer_enabled param to userFull
- Added rank param to channelParticipant
- Added rank param to channelParticipantSelf
- Added rank param to channelParticipantBanned
- Added edit_rank param to channelAdminLogEventsFilter
- Added manage_ranks param to chatAdminRights
- Added edit_rank param to chatBannedRights
- Added match_codes_first param to urlAuthResultRequest
- Added match_codes param to urlAuthResultRequest
- Added user_id_hint param to urlAuthResultRequest

Massive Update to Polls and AI Text Editor

The messenger's team is testing several major new features in the Beta version of Telegram for Android 12.6. Here is a brief overview:

• Poll improvements across the board: deadlines, media files in answers, random option order, and the ability for participants to suggest their own options. Poll answer options have received separate links to specific voting options, as well as the ability to reply to them, copy, and delete user-suggested options.

• AI text editor and translator: a built-in assistant for translation, error correction, style changes, and automatic emoji placement. A few uses are available for free, with increased limits for Premium.

• Motion Photos: support for viewing and sending "moving" photos (a short video before and after the shutter button was pressed).

• Profile Playlist: search through saved tracks and add audio files directly from device storage and shared audio in Telegram.

• Updated indicators: a redesigned look for mentions and reactions, as well as notifications about new votes in your polls directly in the chat list.

#Android #beta #update

Telegram May Warn Chat Partners If You Use an Unofficial Client

A new entry has been discovered in the translation string database for the official Telegram for iOS client, indicating the potential introduction of warnings when a chat partner is using a third-party messenger client.

"The user uses an unofficial Telegram client – messages to this user may be less secure," reads the string for translation.

The appearance of such a notification is likely related to the growing popularity of the Russian third-party client "Telega", which, unlike a regular proxy, sends messages to a Russian company's servers in a way that allows them to be decrypted and read there. Furthermore, Russian companies are legally obligated to store and hand over data to the FSB upon request.

The @tginfo editors assume that Telegram isn't blocking this client directly as a compromise to maintain its position in the Russian market, but is striving to mitigate reputational risks: a single chat participant with an unofficial app is enough to put the remaining users at risk.

It is unknown whether the warning will be displayed when a chat partner uses any alternative client, even one that is officially registered and follows the API ToS, or if the new feature will only affect apps that Telegram deems unreliable. @tginfo editors fear that if the new feature applies to all third-party apps, this warning could turn into visual noise.

#iOS #security

Telegram for Android and iOS Updated to Version 12.6

The April update is live and brings many new features in it:

• Poll improvements across the board: deadlines, media files in answers, random option order, and the ability for participants to suggest their own options.

At the same tile, poll answer options have received separate links to specific voting options, as well as the ability to reply to them, copy, and delete user-suggested options.

• AI text editor and translator: a built-in assistant for translation, error correction, style changes, and automatic emoji placement. A few uses are available for free, with increased limits for Premium.

• Live & Motion Photos: support for viewing and sending "moving" photos (a short video before and after the shutter button was pressed). The sender can select one of the three playback styles in the media editor: Live, Loop, and Bounce.

• Profile Playlist: search through saved tracks and add audio files directly from device storage and shared audio in Telegram.

• Updated indicators: a redesigned look for mentions and reactions, as well as notifications about new votes in your polls directly in the chat list.

Other Updates
• Bots can now easily allow their users to create customized subagent profiles with custom name and profile picture, designed to replace manually creating bots and passing their tokens.
• On iOS, easily scan documents with your camera and combine the scans into a PDF-file.
• A warning when somebody is using an unofficial Telegram client.
• Separate "Polls" tab in channel and chat profiles.
• Stories now display the music file that was used on them.

Article: telegram.org/blog/ai-editor-mighty-polls-and-more/

Download the update
• Android: Google Play, Direct APK on the official website or verified channel
• iOS: App Store.

#update #Android #iOS

Main Announcements From Telegram Summit 2026

Telegram's closed conference Telegram Summit 2026 concluded today, where the messenger's team presented revolutionary new features for the upcoming year. The @tginfo editors closely followed the presentation and have collected the most important announcements from the event.

AI Innovations

• Smart media compression. To save server space, photos and videos in old chats will be replaced with their brief text descriptions generated by an AI. If you need to view a deleted file, the messenger will recreate it from the text. In addition, all voice messages longer than three minutes will be forcibly transcribed, and their originals permanently deleted.

• Replacing the declining audience with AI agents. If your chat partner hasn't logged into the app for a month, the messenger will automatically create a language model based on their chat history that will continue to respond to new messages. The developers call this an innovative solution to the problem of empty contact lists: no one wants to use a messenger if they can't chat with their friends. This is especially relevant in Russia, where the user base is declining amid a ban on the messenger.

Media

• Static Videos. In addition to animated photos (Motion Photos), the messenger is working on support for Static Videos. The new feature is designed to improve the user experience in conditions of throttled internet.

• Square video messages. The classic "circles" will become an exclusive privilege for Telegram Premium subscribers. Users of the basic version of the messenger will only be able to send square videos.

Content and Community Quality

• The 🤡 reaction will become paid. Using the clown emoji in channels and chats will become a paid feature. By leaving this reaction under a post, users will automatically transfer 5 stars to its author.

• "Revolution" in channels. The audience will get the opportunity to impeach channel administrators for low-quality content and vote to transfer ownership rights to a new owner. To avoid abuse of the system, every vote will be subject to a fee.

• Telegram Premium for families. The team is testing a family subscription. However, at the moment, it is available only to Pavel Durov's biological children. As the company notes, "a large-scale beta test has already been launched, and the plan has become available to a hundred users."

ok someone said this isnt true ... it s April ... if it is i ll feel really angry ... they cant do this to me :(

AI editor

New UI for Playlist

Talked with @durov and Telegram folks offered uncomplicated help, welcome @izhukov as new OpenClaw maintainer!

First action point is to figure out why enabling the bot streaming API sometimes causes message dupes. This will make Telegram support so good!

Openclaw 🤝 Telegram

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Motion photo Support