Polls. In groups or channels, you can create polls to make decisions or get community feedback.

Polls allow you to:
• Attach photos, videos, stickers and locations to each option
• Set a specific duration
• Create quizzes with a correct answer

You can customize your poll with several settings to:
• Show who voted for each option
• Select multiple options when voting
• Allow users to add new options
• Let users change their vote
• Shuffle the order of options
• Hide the poll results until it ends

Managed Bots. Anyone can utilize AI bots to easily develop, launch and manage their own bot – with no coding required.

More information for developers is available here.

Guest Bots. Telegram bots can be accessed directly in groups and 1-on-1 chats to answer questions and perform tasks.

To mention a bot that supports this feature, simply put its @username in your message.

Guest Bots only have access to the specific message they are tagged in and any replies to it. These bots cannot see which users are in the chat.

To enable Guest Mode, bot developers can use this guide.

Bot-to-Bot Communication. Bots are able to respond to other bots, in addition to user commands.

AI enthusiasts can utilize this to create custom workflows with autonomous agents.

More information for developers is available here.

Chat Automation in Profiles. Every Telegram user can connect a bot to their profile – and let it respond to messages on their behalf.

You control your bot secretary with granular permissions – such as only replying to new chats or non-contacts.

To connect a bot to your profile, go to Settings > Edit > Chat Automation.

Threads and Streaming Text for Bots.
Telegram bots and AI agents support threaded conversations to manage multiple topics in parallel.

Bots can also stream text as it is generated – to send responses in real time.

Watch Apps. Telegram is also available on Apple and Android smartwatches.

The watch apps allow you to send messages, manage your chats and more without your phone nearby.

Rich Text Formatting for Bots. Telegram bots and AI agents have access to nearly 100 text formats – like headers, tables, math or code formatting and more.

Information for developers is available here.

AI Admins for Groups. Groups can add AI bots as admins to process join requests with unique features like captcha support.

Rich Text Editor. You can create articles and long posts of over 32,000 characters in a visual editor that supports dozens of formatting options like tables, lists, inline media and more.

The editor also allows you to generate text and formatting using privacy-conscious AI tools.