Version 7.3.1.
- Fix wallet encryption with Windows Hello sometimes failing.
- Fix same passcode saving in wallet encryption.
- Fix copy-restricted media reaching Downloads.
- Fix bad date colors in some custom themes.
- Remove attaching Link in photo editor.

The TON Connect has been updated. When connecting a wallet via TON Connect, Telegram's Gram Wallet is now offered as the first option.

However, the connection process is not working properly yet.

@telelakel

gram.org is now Telegram's official blockchain explorer.

@telelakel

Telegram Is Testing a News Feed and Personalized Recommendations Again

A separate “News” tab for viewing channel posts in a unified feed has appeared in Telegram for macOS Beta 13.0 (283318). The @telelakel channel reported the discovery.

How the news feed works

The current implementation of the post feed has several key features:

• Two sections: The “News” tab is divided into two sections — “Added” and “For You”.

• Custom feed: In the “Added” section, users can manually curate their feed by adding and removing selected channels through dedicated interface actions.

• Personalized recommendations: The “For You” section curates posts based on the user’s interests. Categories of interest (each with its own name and emoji) can be selected manually and changed over time. However, it remains unknown what algorithm powers this feed and whether it will include posts from channels the user isn’t subscribed to.

• Navigation and speed: The feed interface includes a search bar, pull-to-refresh, a new posts indicator, and a button to mark posts as read. Directly from the feed, users can open individual posts and channels, jump to chats, and copy links. For faster browsing, media files, profile pictures, and stories are preloaded in the background.

Background and context

The messenger’s team has been approaching the creation of a unified feed for eight years:

• The ability to combine channels into a unified news feed first appeared in the Beta version of Telegram for macOS back in January 2018, but was soon disabled on the server side.

• In April 2022, a commit confirming the development of a news feed was spotted in the official Telegram for iOS repository, though the feature never made it to release.

• Meanwhile, between 2019 and 2021, Telegram held a series of large-scale contests focused on news ranking and data clustering, as well as identifying channel languages and topics.

• Until now, the primary way to read subscriptions sequentially in the messenger has been the gesture for jumping to the next unread channel, while algorithmic recommendations have been limited to the “Similar Channels” list and the “Channels” tab in global search.

@tginfo editors note that introducing an algorithmic feed in the spirit of X (formerly Twitter) could significantly reshape how content is consumed in the messenger. For creators, it is a potential source of free organic traffic without buying ads, and for Telegram itself — a way to boost audience engagement and increase impressions for official ads.

Currently, the news feed is disabled on the server side and remains in development — its mechanics and appearance may change by the time of release.

We share more news about features from test builds in our Beta Info channel.

#beta #macOS #channels

Telegram Introduces Free Message Links and an Updated QR Code Editor

The personal profile QR code screen has been updated in the Beta versions of Telegram for iOS 13.0.1, Telegram for macOS 13.0, and Telegram for Android 13.1. Alongside new appearance settings, the messenger now allows users to generate special links and QR codes that let others message them for free even when paid messages are enabled.

How it works

If you have set a fee in Stars for incoming messages, a “Remove message fee” button now appears below your profile QR code.

When activated, it appends a randomly generated access token to your profile link. Your regular profile link will still require payment, while sending messages for free will only be available to those who follow the link or scan the QR code containing a valid token.

By default, the generated QR code is temporary and remains valid for 1 minute — this is handy when you want to show it to someone on your phone screen in person.

In the code management menu, you can adjust these settings: make the link permanent (Disable timer), limit its validity to one minute again (Expire after 1 minute), reset the token to invalidate the old link (Reset Code), or re-enable paid messages altogether (Restore message fee).

This feature is useful if you want to protect yourself from spam and unsolicited direct messages while still providing a “free” entry point on your website, on a business card, or in a private community where friends or potential clients might look for you, or if you want to automate link distribution via a bot.

New QR code design

Customizing the QR code’s appearance is no longer limited to preset themes: users can now pick colors from a wide palette, use any emoji as a background pattern, or select unique collectible gifts from their profile (the latter requires a Telegram Premium subscription).

Because of this, only the account owner can now manage the appearance of their QR code screen. Any decorations applied to the link’s design are visible to other users.

#iOS #macOS #Android

Introducing MadelineProto 8.8.8, with video calls, group calls, livestreams and end-to-end encrypted conference calls, all in pure PHP, absolutely NO ffmpeg or extensions: all group/conference call and video call functionality works on webhosts, too!

Example:

<?php

if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$MadelineProto->requestCall('@username', video: true)->play(new RemoteUrl('https://paste.daniil.it/oncall.webm'));
$MadelineProto->joinGroupCall('@mygroup')->play(new RemoteUrl('https://paste.daniil.it/oncall.webm'));

See examples/bot.php for a full example!

See the call documentation » for more info, and try the open-source magnaluna video webradio », which plays a video (including youtube videos WITHOUT ffmpeg/yt-dlp, 100% webhost support) in one-to-one calls, in the video chats and conference calls whose links you send it, and in the video chats of all its groups!

Test the new features live with magnaluna on Telegram: @magicalcrazypony! Call it, send it /call, or send it the link of a group call or conference call to join, or use the /join command in a group to create or join a group call.

Features:
- Video calls: play WebM/MKV files with VP8, VP9, H.264, H.265 (or AV1, in one-to-one calls) video and OPUS audio into any call: frames are demuxed in pure PHP and sent as-is, with no transcoding. Start a video call with requestCall($user, video: true).
- Screen sharing: play a video as a screen share alongside the camera stream with MediaDestination::Presentation.
- Group calls (video chats and livestreams): create (also scheduled and RTMP livestreams), join (also as a channel or via an invite link), stream audio and video, share the screen, record, and manage them: title, invites and invite links, muting, volume, raised hands, server-side recording, kicking participants, in-call messages and reactions.
- Livestreams: record stream mode livestreams (including RTMP ones), using the new pure PHP Mp4 demuxer, and publish RTMP livestreams with getGroupCallStreamRtmpUrl.
- Live stories: start a live story with startLive, stream into it, comment, and handle Telegram Stars donations.
- End-to-end encrypted conference calls: create them, join them via link or invitation, invite users, verify the key emojis, send end-to-end encrypted in-call messages and remove participants (rekeying the call), or upgrade a one-to-one call with migrateCallToConference.
- Call recording: setOutput records a participant's microphone, camera and screen share into a Matroska (or OGG OPUS) file with a fixed set of tracks, and setOutputFolder records every participant into a directory, starting a new file whenever their streams change. Recordings are written in pure PHP, without decoding anything.
- New CallStreams update, emitted whenever the streams a participant sends (or their codecs) change, and whenever a recording ends.
- All call types now implement the common Call interface (and the multi-party ones MultiCall), with the same playlist, mute, screen sharing and recording controls: PrivateCall (with VoIP kept as an alias), GroupCall, LiveStory and ConferenceCall.
- New GroupCall, GroupCallParticipants, GroupCallMessage, GroupCallMessagesDeleted, LiveStory, LiveStoryMessage and ConferenceCallMessage updates.
- Messages have new getCall, canRequestCall, requestCall and getCallDenialReason methods, to start (or get) the call of a private chat, or the video chat of a group or channel; CallNotAllowedException explains why a call can't be started. $message->requestCall()->join() works in every chat, since joining an outgoing one-to-one call does nothing.
- Calls survive restarts: playlists (continuing the current WebM/OGG file where it left off), hold files (which now loop) and recordings are saved in the session.
- Resumable uploads: interrupted uploads of files, URLs, Telegram files and resumable streams (encrypted ones included) are resumed after a restart, without uploading the already uploaded parts again.
- Resumable method calls: interrupted method calls and send* calls uploading such files are resumed after a restart, until their upload completes (can be disabled with the new resumeInterruptedCalls file setting).
- Resumable download streams: downloadToReturnedStream and Media::getStream now return a ResumableDownloadStream, which can be serialized, and resumes downloading from where it left off.
- Through IPC, calls without callbacks are sent again when the IPC server restarts.
- Added support for communities.
- Any OGG OPUS file (mono or stereo, with any frame size) can now be played into calls as-is, not only the ones created by MadelineProto: no more need to pre-convert them with @libtgvoip_bot or Ogg::convert.
- Update to layer 231.

Fixes:
- Fix downloads without a size not closing the connection
- Fix getInputClientProxy on null
- Fix inline query button conversion in keyboard buttons
- Fix sending media with a TTL
- Upgrade to phpseclib 4, keeping sessions created with phpseclib 3 loadable
- File reference improvements
- Fix updates received while the event handler is starting being handled again in an endless loop, using all the memory, if the event handler failed to start
- Fix uploads with a cancellation through IPC, and IPC cancellations no longer block the event loop
- Fix encrypted downloads starting from a non-zero offset
- Cancelled uploads no longer throw errors into the event loop

The latest official MadelineProto phars are now downloadable through @madelineprotophar as well.

Full TL changelog: https://github.com/danog/MadelineProto/releases/tag/8.8.8

Introducing MadelineProto 8.8.8, with video calls, group calls, livestreams and end-to-end encrypted conference calls, all in pure PHP, absolutely NO ffmpeg or extensions: all group/conference call and video call functionality works on webhosts, too!

Example:

<?php

if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$MadelineProto->requestCall('@username', video: true)->play(new RemoteUrl('https://paste.daniil.it/oncall.webm'));
$MadelineProto->joinGroupCall('@mygroup')->play(new RemoteUrl('https://paste.daniil.it/oncall.webm'));

See examples/bot.php for a full example!

See the call documentation » for more info, and try the open-source magnaluna video webradio », which plays a video (including youtube videos WITHOUT ffmpeg/yt-dlp, 100% webhost support) in one-to-one calls, in the video chats and conference calls whose links you send it, and in the video chats of all its groups!

Test the new features live with magnaluna on Telegram: @magicalcrazypony! Call it, send it /call, or send it the link of a group call or conference call to join, or use the /join command in a group to create or join a group call.

Features:
- Video calls: play WebM/MKV files with VP8, VP9, H.264, H.265 (or AV1, in one-to-one calls) video and OPUS audio into any call: frames are demuxed in pure PHP and sent as-is, with no transcoding. Start a video call with requestCall($user, video: true).
- Screen sharing: play a video as a screen share alongside the camera stream with MediaDestination::Presentation.
- Group calls (video chats and livestreams): create (also scheduled and RTMP livestreams), join (also as a channel or via an invite link), stream audio and video, share the screen, record, and manage them: title, invites and invite links, muting, volume, raised hands, server-side recording, kicking participants, in-call messages and reactions.
- Livestreams: record stream mode livestreams (including RTMP ones), using the new pure PHP Mp4 demuxer, and publish RTMP livestreams with getGroupCallStreamRtmpUrl.
- Live stories: start a live story with startLive, stream into it, comment, and handle Telegram Stars donations.
- End-to-end encrypted conference calls: create them, join them via link or invitation, invite users, verify the key emojis, send end-to-end encrypted in-call messages and remove participants (rekeying the call), or upgrade a one-to-one call with migrateCallToConference.
- Call recording: setOutput records a participant's microphone, camera and screen share into a Matroska (or OGG OPUS) file with a fixed set of tracks, and setOutputFolder records every participant into a directory, starting a new file whenever their streams change. Recordings are written in pure PHP, without decoding anything.
- New CallStreams update, emitted whenever the streams a participant sends (or their codecs) change, and whenever a recording ends.
- All call types now implement the common Call interface (and the multi-party ones MultiCall), with the same playlist, mute, screen sharing and recording controls: PrivateCall (with VoIP kept as an alias), GroupCall, LiveStory and ConferenceCall.
- New GroupCall, GroupCallParticipants, GroupCallMessage, GroupCallMessagesDeleted, LiveStory, LiveStoryMessage and ConferenceCallMessage updates.
- Messages have new getCall, canRequestCall, requestCall and getCallDenialReason methods, to start (or get) the call of a private chat, or the video chat of a group or channel; CallNotAllowedException explains why a call can't be started. $message->requestCall()->join() works in every chat, since joining an outgoing one-to-one call does nothing.
- Calls survive restarts: playlists (continuing the current WebM/OGG file where it left off), hold files (which now loop) and recordings are saved in the session.
- Resumable uploads: interrupted uploads of files, URLs, Telegram files and resumable streams (encrypted ones included) are resumed after a restart, without uploading the already uploaded parts again.
- Resumable method calls: interrupted method calls and send* calls uploading such files are resumed after a restart, until their upload completes (can be disabled with the new resumeInterruptedCalls file setting).
- Resumable download streams: downloadToReturnedStream and Media::getStream now return a ResumableDownloadStream, which can be serialized, and resumes downloading from where it left off.
- Through IPC, calls without callbacks are sent again when the IPC server restarts.
- Added support for communities.
- Any OGG OPUS file (mono or stereo, with any frame size) can now be played into calls as-is, not only the ones created by MadelineProto: no more need to pre-convert them with @libtgvoip_bot or Ogg::convert.
- Update to layer 231.

Fixes:
- Fix downloads without a size not closing the connection
- Fix getInputClientProxy on null
- Fix inline query button conversion in keyboard buttons
- Fix sending media with a TTL
- Upgrade to phpseclib 4, keeping sessions created with phpseclib 3 loadable
- File reference improvements
- Fix updates received while the event handler is starting being handled again in an endless loop, using all the memory, if the event handler failed to start
- Fix uploads with a cancellation through IPC, and IPC cancellations no longer block the event loop
- Fix encrypted downloads starting from a non-zero offset
- Cancelled uploads no longer throw errors into the event loop

The latest official MadelineProto phars are now downloadable through @madelineprotophar as well.

Full TL changelog: https://github.com/danog/MadelineProto/releases/tag/8.8.8

You can use an NFT gift from your wallet to customize your card's color or add it as a sticker.

Note that NFT gifts displayed on your profile cannot be used as card skins. Only gifts stored in your wallet are supported.

Previously mentioned:
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Telegram Beta for iOS v13.0.1 (35498)
@telelakel | #new_tgbeta

Your Gram Wallet balance and wallet card will be displayed in your profile.

The card will also use the style you customize with your blockchain NFT gifts.

Previously mentioned:
[View 1], [View 2]

Telegram Beta for iOS v13.0.1 (35498)
@telelakel | #new_tgbeta

You can create a profile link that allows other users to message you for free, even if you normally charge Stars for messages.

You can also customize the appearance of your profile QR code that other users will see.

Previously mentioned:
[View 1]

Telegram Beta for iOS v13.0.1 (35498)
@telelakel | #new_tgbeta

In the new Telegram Beta for macOS v13.0 (283324), a simpler way to withdraw NFT gifts from your profile to the blockchain has been added, using the new Gram Wallet instead of fragment.com.

The feature is currently disabled server-side.

@telelakel | #new_tgbeta