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Improved Avatar Quality

In upcoming Telegram update, users will have access to higher quality animated avatars. Telegram will use a new system for setting them up using an avatar builder.

How it was before:
Telegram for macOS
generated videos from stickers and uploaded them as video avatars.

How it will be after the update:
The client will upload data with background and sticker which will be used for avatar.

Therefore, users receive a vector image of a better quality.

On the left side you can see an animated avatar generated by the app, on the right β€” a vector avatar.
Telegram WebZ updated to version 1.59.0

πŸ‘ What's new:
β€” Chats can be opened in multiple browser tabs or windows.
β€” A spoiler effect is available for photos and videos.
β€” You can replace profile photos of contacts or suggest new ones.
β€” Your account can have a public profile photo, in addition to the main one.
β€” Media can be sent from your clipboard without compression.
β€” Topics are able to be created or edited in groups.
β€” Syntax highlighting is now supported for Type (.tl) language.

πŸš€ Optimized:
β€” Multiple media items can be sent as separate messages from the attachment menu.
β€” The audio player now supports multiple playback speeds.
β€” The topic panel can be quickly closed with a swipe.
β€” Animations in the topic panel are faster and lighter.

πŸ’ͺ Fixed:
β€” Fixed some chats being hidden in the chat list.
β€” Fixed the app reloading when resizing the window.
β€” Fixed missing video in group video calls.
β€” Fixed problems with deleting chat history.
β€” Fixed missing text formats when composing a message.
β€” Fixed jumping cursor when editing chat description.
β€” Fixed app URL not updating after closing a chat.
β€” Fixed yellow border when switching profile photos.
β€” Fixed call indicator not hiding after a call ends.
β€” Various layout improvements.

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#webz
What awaits us in the upcoming Telegram 9.4 update

Beta version of Telegram for Android, iOS and macOS pleased us with cool innovations:

β€’ 🌟 Real-time message translation allows to translate all messages at once in any chat and enable automatic translation new. The option is available only to Telegram Premium users.

β€’ Updated 'Traffic Usage' now displays a visual graph of traffic usage and detailed information about the number of sent and received media type data.

β€’ Flexible media autosave allows the user to choose for each chat category whether the media type is photo or video β€” will be automatically saved to the gallery.

β€’ Updated permissions section in groups allows to fine-tune the permissions for sending media, as well as disable sending text messages in group chats.

β€’ Avatar Maker β€” now also in mobile clients! New allows to customize user, group or channel avatar with gradient backgrounds, animated custom emojis and stickers.

β€’ In addition, the new version of will have auto-switching proxy. Configure the timeout before connecting to one of the active proxies if the current one stops working.

β€’ Emoji Categories - several new groups have appeared in the search bar of emoji panels, stickers and GIF animations appeared in the search bar that respond to for different feelings and emotions: love, approval, disapproval, support, laughter and others. Navigating through the categories will make it much easier to navigate through the panels.

Other updates include setting status by holding emoji, pausing music while recording audio, and discount popup for Telegram Premium annual subscription (on iOS).

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Profile Photo Maker, Translating Entire Chats, Emoji Categories and More

Telegram for Android and iOS
has been updated to version 9.4.
⚠️ Other Telegram clients will receive the new version soon.

🌟 Real-time message translation
β€’ Premium users can now translate entire chats, groups and channels in real time by tapping the Translate bar at the top.
β€’ The bar can be hidden or the languages for translation can be selected from the drop-down menu.

Profile Picture Maker
β€’ Any stickers or animated emojis can now be easily converted into a profile picture for accounts, groups, or channels.
β€’ Animated and custom emoji are available to everyone even without a Telegram Premium subscription.

Emoji Categories
β€’ A search by categories has appeared in the sticker and emoji panel and in the reaction and status menu, e.g. πŸ‘, ❀️ and πŸ’€.
β€’ Holding the emoji before sending allows you to see it in full size.
β€’ Holding an animated or custom emoji also calls setting it as your status.

Network usage
β€’ The updated "Data usage” section displays circular diagrams and detailed statistics.
β€’ The β€œData usage control” feature allows you to handle the amount of data used by Telegram.

Flexible media auto-saving settings
β€’ You can select the types of chats where media will be automatically saved to the device gallery, and also set the maximum size of video to be downloaded automatically.
β€’ You can add exceptions for individual chats so that only necessary photos and videos are saved.

Updated group permission section
β€’ Group administrators can separately allow or disallow members to send 9 different types of media, including photos, voice messages and video messages.
β€’ Now it is also possible to completely disable text messages in a group.

Annual Premium Subscription
β€’ Now you can pay for your personal Telegram Premium subscription not just for one month, but for an entire year ahead.
β€’ The annual rate plan is sold with a discount of up to 40%.

Chats selecting in the bots' interface
β€’ Developers can now incorporate buttons for quick selection of groups, channels or accounts based on predetermined criteria into their bots.
β€’ For example, this allows you to quickly add a bot to a group where the topics are enabled and current user is an administrator.
β€’ All details for bot developers are available in the documentation and in @BotNews channel.

Sign-in with Apple and Google ID
β€’ Users who have logged out of their accounts can easily log back in using their Apple or Google ID, without a code from an SMS.
β€’ The password for two-step authentication is still required if it has been set.

Other Innovations
β€’ Auto proxy switching: you can now set the waiting time before connecting to one of the active proxies if the current one stops working.
β€’ Pausing music during audio or video message recording.
β€’ A lightweight mode has been added to the stable version of the Android app.
β€’ Redesigned tabs for the emoji, stickers, and GIF animations panel.
β€’ 10 new sets of emoji have been prepared, including several hundred images specially created for profile, group or channel photos.
β€’ Interactive versions of the emoji, also available as reactions, were introduced: πŸ¦„, πŸ™Š, πŸ’Š, 😘, πŸ’˜, πŸ™‰.

Article: https://telegram.org/blog/profile-pics-emoji-translations

Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: from official website or GitHub.
macOS: From App Store or Verified Channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions

#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
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🌟 Real-Time Chat Translation

β€’ Now, Premium users can automatically translate whole chats, groups, and channels from foreign languages by tapping the new "Translate" button at the top of the screen.

β€’ In the dropdown menu next to the button users can choose other languages for translation or hide the button for the viewed chat.

β€’ Non-premium users can still translate individual messages by selecting the desired message and tapping the "Translate" button.

β€’ To enable translation of all messages in Telegram you have to go to "Language" section and turn on the "Translate entire chats" option.

β€’ Full list of changes is available here.
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Granular Media Permissions

β€’ Group administrators can now separately permit or restrict members from sending 9 different types of media, including photos, voice messages, and video messages.

β€’ There is a new option to completely disable the sending of text messages in a group, without imposing restrictions on the sending of individual types of media.

β€’ Therefore, it is now possible to create groups where, for example, exchanging voice messages is only allowed.

Full list of changes is available here.
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Profile Picture Maker

β€’ Any stickers or animated emojis can now be easily turned into a profile picture for a personal account, group or channel.

β€’ For the background of the profile picture, one to four shades can be specified.

β€’ Animated emojis in the profile picture maker are free for everyone, including those who do not have a Telegram Premium subscription.

Full list of changes is available here.
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Auto-Save Incoming Media

β€’ You can control when media is saved automatically to your gallery based on its size, type and which chat it was received from.

β€’ This menu now also supports exceptions, so you can only save exactly what you want.

β€’ The option is available in the "Data and Storage" section under "Save to Gallery".

Full list of changes is available here.
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Network Usage

β€’ This section now contains circular diagrams with detailed statistics of Telegram's Wi-Fi and mobile data usage.

β€’ You can see how much data has been used by Telegram with detailed pie charts for Wi-Fi and mobile data – and adjust your auto-download settings to suit your data plan.

β€’ The total traffic is displayed next to the "Data Usage" item in the "Data and Storage" settings section.

Full list of changes is available here.
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Emoji Categories

β€’ Stickers and emoji are now sorted by categories, like πŸ‘, ❀️ or πŸ’€ in the menu.

β€’ A long press on the emoji before sending shows you a full-screen animation.

β€’ When holding an animated or custom emoji for longer time, app will offer setting it as your status.

β€’ The ability to search for emojis, stickers, and GIF animations related to a specific category significantly simplifies navigation.

Full list of changes is available here.
Bot API has been updated to version 6.5

Chat and User Selection
β€’ Bots can now show a friendly interface that can be used to select any channel, group or user.
β€’ Added the KeyboardButtonRequestUser and KeyboardButtonRequestChat keyboard buttons for private chats.
β€’ Added support for "user_shared" and "chat_shared" service messages, which hold the identifiers of users and chats shared via the buttons.

Improved Permissions
β€’ Added support for granular media permissions by replacing can_send_media_messages in ChatMemberRestricted and ChatPermissions with several separate fields for the respective media type.
β€’ Added the parameter use_independent_chat_permissions to the methods restrictChatMember and setChatPermissions.


β€’ Added the field user_chat_id to the class ChatJoinRequest.

β€’ And more, see the full changelog for details.

#update #BotAPI
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.6.1 and then to 4.6.2

What's new in 4.6.1:
β€” Fix fonts fallback on Windows.
β€” Fix crash in userpic editor.
β€” Fix some crashes on 32 bit Window build.
β€” Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

What's new in 4.6.2:
β€” One more attempt to fix fonts on Windows.
β€” Fix polls forwarding to private chats.
β€” Improve translations bar appearance.
β€” Improve userpic editor presets.

Download: with official website or GitHub.

#update #desktop
Telegram to No Longer Support SMS Requests from Third-Party Apps

According to a recent message that was broadcasted to third-party app developers, Telegram plans to no longer support SMS requests from third-party apps, meaning that users will be able to request SMS verifications only from official Telegram apps.

The change is set to go live on 18th February, at 13:00 UTC. After that date, authorization codes for third-party apps can only be received through official Telegram apps. The message also asked third-party app developers to take necessary actions before that date.
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You can no longer gift cheap Telegram Premium subscriptions to users from other countries In the latest update, it became possible to gift a premium subscription to other users. To save money, some users began to gift Premium subscriptions through accounts…
What determines the price of Telegram Premium

Yesterday, on Valentine's Day, Telegram announced a promotion that allowed you to gift a Premium subscription to another user with a discount of up to 40%.

Many users noticed that discount size was less than they expected, and some even saw that on February 13 the subscription price was increased.

Here is what @tginfoen has learned about Premium pricing:

1. First of all prices (both for subscription for me and for subscription as a gift) are calculated in dollars, and then converted into user's local currency. Here is how the conversion works: Telegram Premium FAQ - Can I pay in my local currency.
2. Prices for a subscription for me and a subscription as a gift are calculated differently: the price "for me" depends on user's location based on user's phone number, and the price of a gift depends neither on the location of the giver nor on the location of the recipient.
3. The price of gifts is recalculated every hour. Whether the original price in dollars changes, or only changes in the exchange rate are taken into account, is unknown.

We will continue to find out the details of how the price of Telegram Premium is determined in different situations.

#FAQ #Premium
Telegram Beats Facebook Messenger in Popularity

According to Pavel Durov's recent message on his Telegram channel, the messaging platform has overtaken Facebook Messenger to become the world's most popular cloud-based messenger. Although Telegram currently trails behind WhatsApp on a global scale, it is steadily closing the gap and is now in second place.

"No wonder our competitors are concerned!" - said Durov.

#statistics
New Telegram Call UI contest for Android and iOS developers

Telegram announced the start of a competition among Android and iOS developers to improve the calling interface.

Task:
The Task is to implement the redesigned flow for audio and video calls into Telegram for Android or Telegram for iOS based on the provided mockups (Android / iOS). Regardless of the platform you chose, the submission must precisely represent the provided design – this includes all elements, their proportions and position on the screen, as well as their animations and transitions.

Details:
For a complete description of the required features and logic together with contest guidelines, see these documents:
β€’ Android
β€’ iOS

Evaluation criteria:
The key factors that will be used to determine the best apps are:
β€’ The general aesthetics of the app.
β€’ Adherence to the provided mockups and design elements.
β€’ Attention to the tiniest details in the user experience.

In addition, the smoothness of animations and the overall stability of the app will play a major role. Last but not least is the absence of significant flaws (including crashes, performance issues, battery drains, visual glitches, noticeable element blinking, layout imperfections and more).

Winners on each platform may be offered a chance to join the Telegram team in Dubai.

Prize fund: $100,000 ($50,000 for each platform)
Deadline: 23:59 on March 4th (Dubai time)
Results: March 18th, 2023

#contest
Telegram's EU Audience Reaches 38.5 Million People, or 8.5% of Population

Over the past six months, the audience of Telegram in the European Union has averaged 38.5 million people, which represents 8.5% of the population. These figures were published on the Telegram FAQ page (which is only accessible from a European IP address).

As a result, Telegram will not be subject to the Digital Services Act (DSA) for the time being, as it is used by fewer than 45 million users in the European Union.

Starting in February 2024, all digital platforms with an audience of over 45 million users in the EU will be required to disclose to regulators information about their algorithms, advertisers' access to data, content moderation decisions, and may be subject to external audits.

#statistics
Now it's easier to gift Telegram Premium

Developers have improved the @PremiumBot.

Now you can gift somebody with the subscription by sending /gift command, which makes a special button show up. The button allows you to pick a user from your chat list. The list is filtered to only show contacts, non-contacts, and bots.

If you will try to gift the subscription to a user with an active Premium subscription or a bot, the bot will respond with following message:

"This bot can't help you purchase Telegram Premium as a Gift for this user. This could be because the user already has a Telegram Premium subscription."

#premium
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Telegram to No Longer Support SMS Requests from Third-Party Apps According to a recent message that was broadcasted to third-party app developers, Telegram plans to no longer support SMS requests from third-party apps, meaning that users will be able to request…
Users of unofficial clients are having trouble logging into their accounts

Earlier we reported that starting from February 18, when authorizing in unofficial applications, users will not be able to request authorization codes in the form of SMS or phone calls, and that such codes will only come in other active sessions.

To date, the editors know that:
1. The first messages from users of unofficial applications that they cannot receive an authorization code in the form of a phone call or SMS began to arrive only on February 20-21.
2. Many of these users do not receive authorization codes even in active sessions: the user logs into the account in the official application, then starts authorization in the unofficial one and ... nothing happens: the code does not come anywhere at all.

We continue to monitor the situation.
Telegram Info English
Telegram's EU Audience Reaches 38.5 Million People, or 8.5% of Population Over the past six months, the audience of Telegram in the European Union has averaged 38.5 million people, which represents 8.5% of the population. These figures were published on the…
Clarification on the law of digital services

Previously, we wrote that, due to the size of the audience, Telegram is not subject to Digital Services Act (DSA).

It is important to point out that the law has its own requirements for different organizations. For the β€œVery large online platform” group, the content moderation requirement applies, which Telegram bypassed. At the same time, the messenger is obliged to comply with the requirements that apply to any organization belonging to the β€œOnline Platform” category.

As such, Telegram remains bound by other relevant laws and regulations. For example, in some jurisdictions, Telegram may be required to comply with court orders to provide user data or assist in investigations, as well as comply with certain regulations related to privacy and data protection.
Telegram for macOS has been updated to version 9.4.2

What's new:
β€” New switch to disable all resource-intensive processes with one click.
β€” Individual autoplay settings for videos, GIFs, stickers, animated emoji and more.
β€” Power saving mode turns on automatically based on battery charge.
β€” Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Download: from App Store, Official Website or Verified Channel.

#update #macOS