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✈️Telegram For Android
◾️ Version: 12.9.2
◾️ Build: 6991

Directly downloadable from :

• http://telegram.org/android
• https://telegram.org/dl/android/apk
• https://t.me/TAndroidAPK

OR

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger

What's New:

- rebuild FFmpeg 8.1 to reduce apk size
- update tlottie, added clear flag for 🎰 emoji
- move slideshow along photo viewer
- supported audio streaming in rich messages
- added shadow for dots in slideshow
- fixed animated emoji location in pullquote
- fixed emojis in reply preview
- fixed rtl table title not being at center
- fixed details blocks collapse/expand scroll
- fixed pressing on audio play button in rich message, seekbar and title width fix
- fixed opening photo from collage/slideshow blinking through blur in photo viewer
- fixed diff formatting in ai editor "Fix" tab for rich editor
- fixed sending sticker resulting in photo when hd is enabled (https://bugs.telegram.org/c/61763, 4👍)
- fixed cut/copy buttons in rich editor
- unread counters on folders in Chats tab long press menu
- fixed scrolling after opening long press menu in profile
- fixes after ffmpeg migration
- improve story quality
- message input field optimization
- crash fix in qr code screen

#Stable #New #Telegram

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🧠 The 2026 International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence starts today.

As a token of support for those who will reinvent our civilization, we'll issue 🏆 240 exclusive Intelligence Cups to the winners.

💵 We guarantee minimum buyback prices ($1,000 per Gold Cup, etc.), but the cups' limited supply may make them worth much more on the secondary market.

Good luck, AI coders! 🍀

🍎 Last night, Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store because a single user had planted illegal pornographic content in a public group chat.

⬅️ Telegram was restored within hours. But I want to explain what happened — to warn other app developers and help protect online communities from similar attacks.

🧹Because Telegram quickly removes illegal content from public groups using user reports, AI filters, content hashes, and other moderation tools, the attacker had to resort to a technical trick. He inserted AI-modified illegal content by editing an old message in an active group chat. As a result, the content was effectively hidden from the group’s members, preventing them from seeing and promptly reporting it.

💰 The attacker was a takedown extortionist: someone who demands ransom from group owners in exchange for not targeting their communities. These extortionists use automated accounts to plant illegal content in public groups and then report it directly to Apple, attempting to trigger the removal of legitimate communities whose owners refused to pay them.

🤝 From a practical standpoint, illegal pornographic content in Telegram’s public groups is not a systemic problem. Our moderation is effective. The fact that attackers must resort to backdated, effectively invisible content and other technical tricks proves this.

⚠️ However, there are two important lessons here for app developers and online communities:

— Extortionists have found a way to manipulate Apple into overreacting. Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting us. This creates a potential systemic risk for every mobile app that hosts user-generated content. If an app used by more than a billion people can be removed from the App Store without prior warning, any app can be.

— The tactics used by takedown extortionists are evolving, putting communities across social platforms at risk. Telegram has extensive experience identifying the tricks used by coordinated reporting gangs and protecting legitimate communities (even when doing so risks our own app being temporarily removed from the App Store). Other platforms may not be equally prepared.

Stay vigilant! ☝️