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Information about Beta versions of Telegram for all platforms in one place.

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Power Saving

In the beta version of Telegram for iOS, in the new section “Power Saving”, you can set the battery charge threshold, below which some animations will be automatically disabled for less power consumption.

If the slider is moved to 0%, then the power saving mode will always be disabled. In this case, the animations will remain active.

If the slider is moved to 100%, then the power saving mode will always be on - with all restrictions applied.

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Mark all chats in a folder as read

In the beta version of Telegram for iOS, you can quickly mark all chats in a folder as read. To do this, you need to hold down the name of the folder and select the appropriate item.

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In beta versions of Telegram for Android and iOS on the screen for adding a new participant to a chat, it became possible to send an invitation link to the user for self-entry, if the privacy settings they have set prohibit adding them forcibly.

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Video speed slider

In beta versions of Telegram for Android and iOS, you can smoothly adjust the video playback speed in the range from 0.2x to 2.5x in 0.1 increments.

To adjust, you need to tap on the icon with three dots and select the “Speed” option in the pop-up menu.

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Display folders when forwarding

In the beta version of Telegram for iOS, when forwarding messages, folders are displayed, so that you can quickly find the desired chats.

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Adding Background Audio to Stories, Channel-Based Posting Interface, and Interactive Widget for Quick Reactions

On the Telegram translations platform, @tginfo editors have discovered screenshots of the updated interface for story editing.

The screenshots reveal a dialog box where you can choose to publish a story either as an individual user or on behalf of a channel.

One notable addition is the “Audio” widget, which presumably allows users to select an audio file to play in the background of their story.

Additionally, the edition noted a new emoji widget designed in the shape of a heart in a “cloud”. Its design strongly resembles the interactive widget in Instagram. In Instagram, this tool enables story creators to select emojis to express reactions, and viewers can quickly leave these reactions by simply tapping the widget. It is likely that Telegram’s widget will work similarly.

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Ability to create quote blocks

In the Beta version of Telegram for iOS, along with already existing types of text formatting, you can now manually create special blocks of quotes in messages.

You can add several blocks of quotes at once in any part of the typed message: at the beginning, between paragraphs, and at the end of the text.

In addition, you can further format the text inside quote blocks by making it bold or italic, for example.

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Telegram Premium giveaways among channel subscribers

In the Beta version of Telegram for iOS, channel administrators now have the opportunity to hold giveaways in which the prize is Telegram Premium. In this case, the winners are selected randomly among those channel subscribers who meet the conditions of the giveaway.

The following settings are available to the administrator:
• Setting the number of subscriptions.
• Selection of channels to which the user needs to subscribe in order to take part in the competition.
• Selection of who can participate: all subscribers or only new ones, as well as a selection by country.
• Competition end date.
• Select a subscription plan for the drawing: for 3, 6 or 12 months.

To start a giveaway in a channel, the administrator must purchase the desired number of Premium subscriptions, which will be distributed among the winners.

In addition, the channel administrator can gift Telegram Premium to specific channel subscribers.

The @betainfoen team assumes that at the end of the giveaway the organizing channel will receive 4 additional boosts for each Telegram Premium issued (this value may change by the time of release).

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Code highlighting in messages

In the Beta version of Telegram for iOS, monospace text now supports code highlighting, which can be activated by specifying the programming language.

For explicit indication, you need to wrap the text in triple apostrophes with the name of the language, for example:

```swift
Your code
```

List of available languages is here. Please note: language name should be written in lowercase (e.g. python, not Python).

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Configuring Reaction Notifications

In the Beta version of Telegram for iOS, a new "Reactions" section has appeared in the notification settings. Here, the user can enable or disable notifications for reactions on their messages and stories.

By tapping on the notification type name ("Reactions to my Messages" or "Reactions to my Stories"), the user can configure notifications to come only from their contacts or from all users.

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