Telegram Info turns 8
Eight years ago the original Telegram Info channel in Russian was launched. The English branch was created December 20, five years ago now. Initially we used machine translation, but over time we found people to create its own editors board here.
Our projects
• 4 years ago we launched Beta Info to tell about new features before they get into stable versions. We have a lot of other projects too.
• Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers from around the world, our global channels continue to grow. There are more than 30 such channels now. You can visit TGStat to check out the list.
• Channels in Persian, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Urdu are worth your subscription if you speak any of these languages. Some local channels also create their own posts, relevant to the region.
• We launched Telegram Info VPN 2 years ago to help people access censored websites.
Achievements
• We continue to create the content the community needs. We published many FAQ articles this year and translated some of them to English, made update overviews, analyzed messenger's new policies.
• We have updated our design to make our materials more appealing and to increase recognition of our subsidiary projects.
Our team
• We express our deep admiration for all volunteer editors who actively deliver @tginfo in their language, We are proud to have such a team.
• Our headquarters team of editors is an international collective united by a shared ideology. Our mission stays the same — to spread info about Telegram, because our priority is to make the messenger more accessible. You, our readers, help us in this goal a lot. Your feedback and suggestions make it possible for us to create the content.
You can help @tginfo: if you want to create services and need a platform to spread, want to write news, create graphics or translate our materials to your language, reach us out at @infowritebot.
With gratitude, @tginfo team.
#anniversary
Eight years ago the original Telegram Info channel in Russian was launched. The English branch was created December 20, five years ago now. Initially we used machine translation, but over time we found people to create its own editors board here.
Our projects
• 4 years ago we launched Beta Info to tell about new features before they get into stable versions. We have a lot of other projects too.
• Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers from around the world, our global channels continue to grow. There are more than 30 such channels now. You can visit TGStat to check out the list.
• Channels in Persian, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Urdu are worth your subscription if you speak any of these languages. Some local channels also create their own posts, relevant to the region.
• We launched Telegram Info VPN 2 years ago to help people access censored websites.
Achievements
• We continue to create the content the community needs. We published many FAQ articles this year and translated some of them to English, made update overviews, analyzed messenger's new policies.
• We have updated our design to make our materials more appealing and to increase recognition of our subsidiary projects.
Our team
• We express our deep admiration for all volunteer editors who actively deliver @tginfo in their language, We are proud to have such a team.
• Our headquarters team of editors is an international collective united by a shared ideology. Our mission stays the same — to spread info about Telegram, because our priority is to make the messenger more accessible. You, our readers, help us in this goal a lot. Your feedback and suggestions make it possible for us to create the content.
You can help @tginfo: if you want to create services and need a platform to spread, want to write news, create graphics or translate our materials to your language, reach us out at @infowritebot.
With gratitude, @tginfo team.
#anniversary
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Updated Saved Messages
In the Beta version of Telegram for Android, Saved Messages has received new features.
Saved Messages are now grouped by message peers, which is users, chats, and channels. Sources in this list can be pinned. This, for example, allows you to only see your saved messages of a specific person or channel, if you forwarded anything from them into the Saved Messages chat.
The message will be categorized as “Author Hidden” if the user you forwarded the message from has restrictions set for the “Who can add a link to my account when forwarding my messages” setting.
The Saved Messages tab has also appeared in the channel, group and user profiles. It only shows if you have any messages saved. This way you can quickly view the messages saved from this source.
The update is in testing right now, so for some users it may work incorrectly or not work at all.
Previously, the updated Saved Messages were seen in Telegram for iOS version 10.5 and Telegram Desktop version 4.14.
#Android
In the Beta version of Telegram for Android, Saved Messages has received new features.
Saved Messages are now grouped by message peers, which is users, chats, and channels. Sources in this list can be pinned. This, for example, allows you to only see your saved messages of a specific person or channel, if you forwarded anything from them into the Saved Messages chat.
The message will be categorized as “Author Hidden” if the user you forwarded the message from has restrictions set for the “Who can add a link to my account when forwarding my messages” setting.
The Saved Messages tab has also appeared in the channel, group and user profiles. It only shows if you have any messages saved. This way you can quickly view the messages saved from this source.
The update is in testing right now, so for some users it may work incorrectly or not work at all.
Previously, the updated Saved Messages were seen in Telegram for iOS version 10.5 and Telegram Desktop version 4.14.
#Android
Changes on the Telegram Ads Platform
Over the recent period, the official advertising platform Telegram Ads has undergone several significant changes. Here’s an overview of the new features now available to advertisers:
• Targeting not just channels but their audiences. Instead of targeting specific channels, some authors can now target the audience of those channels. When setting up an ad, you can specify a list of channels, and their subscribers will see the ad not only on those channels but also on others.
• Using Target topics intersection. Ads can be tailored to users interested in multiple topics simultaneously.
• Setting display limits per person. Advertisers can set the frequency of ad displays to a specific user, ranging from 1 to 4 times per day.
• Device segmentation. You can choose between iOS or Android devices, mobile or desktop platforms, or opt-out of device type segmentation.
• The minimum rate for 1000 impressions is now €1.5, in the Politics & Incidents category, it’s €0.75.
• The option to restrict ad displays in channels of the Politics & Incidents category.
• Private links for ads. Advertisers can now use individual invitation links in ad campaigns for more accurate statistics, but the channel must remain public.
• Adding an avatar to the ad. When promoting a channel or bot, their avatar will be used, and when advertising a website, you can upload your image; otherwise, it will be generated based on the site’s data.
• Viewing statistics on new subscribers from ad campaigns is possible in the channel’s statistics section.
• Using 12 different captions for buttons. The following captions are available: “Visit site,” “Subscribe,” “Watch,” “Read,” “Learn more,” “Open,” “Register,” “Buy,” “Order,” “Play,” “Try,” “Submit request.”
#AboutAds
Over the recent period, the official advertising platform Telegram Ads has undergone several significant changes. Here’s an overview of the new features now available to advertisers:
• Targeting not just channels but their audiences. Instead of targeting specific channels, some authors can now target the audience of those channels. When setting up an ad, you can specify a list of channels, and their subscribers will see the ad not only on those channels but also on others.
• Using Target topics intersection. Ads can be tailored to users interested in multiple topics simultaneously.
• Setting display limits per person. Advertisers can set the frequency of ad displays to a specific user, ranging from 1 to 4 times per day.
• Device segmentation. You can choose between iOS or Android devices, mobile or desktop platforms, or opt-out of device type segmentation.
• The minimum rate for 1000 impressions is now €1.5, in the Politics & Incidents category, it’s €0.75.
• The option to restrict ad displays in channels of the Politics & Incidents category.
• Private links for ads. Advertisers can now use individual invitation links in ad campaigns for more accurate statistics, but the channel must remain public.
• Adding an avatar to the ad. When promoting a channel or bot, their avatar will be used, and when advertising a website, you can upload your image; otherwise, it will be generated based on the site’s data.
• Viewing statistics on new subscribers from ad campaigns is possible in the channel’s statistics section.
• Using 12 different captions for buttons. The following captions are available: “Visit site,” “Subscribe,” “Watch,” “Read,” “Learn more,” “Open,” “Register,” “Buy,” “Order,” “Play,” “Try,” “Submit request.”
#AboutAds
Tags in "Saved Messages" Chat on iOS
The Telegram for iOS in the "Saved Messages" chat now allows users to label messages with reactions, making it easier to find all messages marked with a particular reaction in the future. In this way, reactions in this chat begin to serve as tags.
Quick message search is not yet available, but the appearance of reactions has already changed: they now look like labels.
#iOS
The Telegram for iOS in the "Saved Messages" chat now allows users to label messages with reactions, making it easier to find all messages marked with a particular reaction in the future. In this way, reactions in this chat begin to serve as tags.
Quick message search is not yet available, but the appearance of reactions has already changed: they now look like labels.
#iOS
Telegram is Working Unstably
Our subscribers report that Telegram's datacenter in Europe (DC4) is experiencing issues since 20:40 UTC.
Symptoms: displaying the inscription "Updating ..." in the title and messages are not sent.
#outages
Our subscribers report that Telegram's datacenter in Europe (DC4) is experiencing issues since 20:40 UTC.
Symptoms: displaying the inscription "Updating ..." in the title and messages are not sent.
#outages
Unmentioned New Features on Telegram
On December 31, in their official blog, Telegram representatives hinted at the presence of several innovations, which they promised to talk about in January. Some of these features have already appeared in stable versions of applications.
1. Self-destructing voice messages
Telegram users now have the option to send a voice message that will be automatically deleted after the recipient listens to it.
• This message can only be sent in a personal chat.
• This message cannot be forwarded or recorded.
• If the recipient has started listening to a message, it will be deleted as soon as they finish listening to it or close the playback screen.
• In older versions of Telegram, such a voice message is displayed as “unsupported”.
Whether this feature will be implemented for video messages is unknown.
2. Updated the Saved Messages chat
Some users can now view the Saved Messages as Sections.
• To switch to section mode, you need to open the Saved Messages chat and click on its title.
• The list of sections is generated automatically by the application: each section corresponds to a separate chat from which messages were previously forwarded to the Saved Messages. In this case, messages sent to the Saved Messages by the user itself are displayed in the “My Notes” section, and messages from users who have prohibited linking their account when forwarding are stored in the “Author Hidden” section.
• Sections are sorted by the date of the last message forwarded from a given chat to the Saved Messages.
• Sections can be pinned, and pinned sections can be arranged in a convenient order.
• When you go to any section, the application displays all messages forwarded from the corresponding chat. Next to each message there is an icon to go to the original message, and at the bottom of the screen there is a button to go to the chat itself.
• In profiles of chats and channels from which at least one message was forwarded to the Saved Messages, the “Saved Messages” tab is now available. It displays all messages forwarded to Saved Messages from this chat.
⚠️ Attention: Currently only some users have these functions. The editors have no information about when they will become available to everyone.
3. Tags in Saved Messages chat on iOS
In one of the versions of the application for iOS, users could mark messages in the Saved Messages chat with reactions in order to quickly find all messages for any of them in the future. Thus, the reactions in this chat were supposed to function as tags.
However, the search for messages based on their reactions did not become available. In addition, in a subsequent update, references to the ability to sort messages based on reactions also disappeared from the interface.
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS
On December 31, in their official blog, Telegram representatives hinted at the presence of several innovations, which they promised to talk about in January. Some of these features have already appeared in stable versions of applications.
1. Self-destructing voice messages
Telegram users now have the option to send a voice message that will be automatically deleted after the recipient listens to it.
• This message can only be sent in a personal chat.
• This message cannot be forwarded or recorded.
• If the recipient has started listening to a message, it will be deleted as soon as they finish listening to it or close the playback screen.
• In older versions of Telegram, such a voice message is displayed as “unsupported”.
Whether this feature will be implemented for video messages is unknown.
2. Updated the Saved Messages chat
Some users can now view the Saved Messages as Sections.
• To switch to section mode, you need to open the Saved Messages chat and click on its title.
• The list of sections is generated automatically by the application: each section corresponds to a separate chat from which messages were previously forwarded to the Saved Messages. In this case, messages sent to the Saved Messages by the user itself are displayed in the “My Notes” section, and messages from users who have prohibited linking their account when forwarding are stored in the “Author Hidden” section.
• Sections are sorted by the date of the last message forwarded from a given chat to the Saved Messages.
• Sections can be pinned, and pinned sections can be arranged in a convenient order.
• When you go to any section, the application displays all messages forwarded from the corresponding chat. Next to each message there is an icon to go to the original message, and at the bottom of the screen there is a button to go to the chat itself.
• In profiles of chats and channels from which at least one message was forwarded to the Saved Messages, the “Saved Messages” tab is now available. It displays all messages forwarded to Saved Messages from this chat.
⚠️ Attention: Currently only some users have these functions. The editors have no information about when they will become available to everyone.
3. Tags in Saved Messages chat on iOS
In one of the versions of the application for iOS, users could mark messages in the Saved Messages chat with reactions in order to quickly find all messages for any of them in the future. Thus, the reactions in this chat were supposed to function as tags.
However, the search for messages based on their reactions did not become available. In addition, in a subsequent update, references to the ability to sort messages based on reactions also disappeared from the interface.
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS
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How to Disable the Thanos Snap Effect
Telegram for Android and iOS have a new animation when deleting messages called "The Thanos Snap Effect". Some users want to disable this animation, but don't know how to do it.
Android
In the Telegram app for Android, you can disable animation in Settings › Power Saving › Animations in Chats › Dust-effect deletion.
iOS
Unfortunately, there is no way to disable this animation in the iOS app.
#FAQ
Telegram for Android and iOS have a new animation when deleting messages called "The Thanos Snap Effect". Some users want to disable this animation, but don't know how to do it.
Android
In the Telegram app for Android, you can disable animation in Settings › Power Saving › Animations in Chats › Dust-effect deletion.
iOS
Unfortunately, there is no way to disable this animation in the iOS app.
#FAQ
Best and Worst Telegram Features in 2023
Friends! Today we are holding our traditional poll for the best and worst Telegram features of 2023.
Last year, the app was updated with many features for both regular users and Telegram Premium subscribers. It is now possible to publish stories, choose personal colors for yourself and your channels, display similar channels and much more.
Please note: multiple answers are available in each poll. Please vote thoughtfully and select no more than three options per poll. Thank you!
List of ongoing polls:
• Best innovation
• Worst innovation
#survey
Friends! Today we are holding our traditional poll for the best and worst Telegram features of 2023.
Last year, the app was updated with many features for both regular users and Telegram Premium subscribers. It is now possible to publish stories, choose personal colors for yourself and your channels, display similar channels and much more.
Please note: multiple answers are available in each poll. Please vote thoughtfully and select no more than three options per poll. Thank you!
List of ongoing polls:
• Best innovation
• Worst innovation
#survey
The best new feature in Telegram released in 2023 is...
Anonymous Poll
42%
Real-time translation
22%
Power Saving mode
28%
List of chat members with timestamps who read or reacted to a message
10%
Selecting wallpapers for private chats
35%
Stories in Telegram
44%
Replies 2.0
14%
Personal user colors (for replies, link snippets, and profile blocks)
18%
Telegram Premium giveaways in channels
34%
Similar channels
18%
Custom emoji as reactions in channels
The worst new feature in Telegram released in 2023 is...
Anonymous Poll
11%
List of chat members with timestamps who read or reacted to a message
10%
Chat Folders
11%
Selecting wallpapers for private chats
39%
Stories in Telegram
15%
Stealth Mode in stories
43%
Boost system in channels
35%
Non-Clickable Media in Link Previews
27%
Being not able to go to the message to which a reply is being drafted for
16%
Personal user colors (for replies, link snippets, and profile blocks)
16%
Ability to set a wallpaper for the channel that is visible to all subscribers
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Self-destructing Video Messages And Pause During Recording
In the upcoming Telegram update, it will be possible to send video messages that can be viewed only once. Previously, a similar feature was introduced for voice messages.
Additionally, an option to pause the recording of both voice and, likely, video messages will be introduced.
In the upcoming Telegram update, it will be possible to send video messages that can be viewed only once. Previously, a similar feature was introduced for voice messages.
Additionally, an option to pause the recording of both voice and, likely, video messages will be introduced.
Lines have appeared in the source code of Telegram for iOS which hint that Telegram is preparing a feature to close private messages from users who don't have Telegram Premium.
The privacy setting that will control this is called "Who can write to me". This will allow you to choose which users can send you private messages: "Everyone" or only "Contacts and Premium".
Restriction does not work if you have sent any messages to private chat with a user.
It is known that in the future only users with Premium subscription will be able to use this option.
It's important to notice that now only mentions of this feature have been found in Telegram's code, and it hasn't been officially announced yet, so the feature may have some changes in the final version.
#iOS
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Along with the feature to limit receiving private messages, some other new features for users with Premium subscription have been noticed in the Telegram for iOS source code:
1. Hide timestamps when you read messages in private chats
• Based on the lines in source code, it seems that in the future Telegram will start displaying timestamps of when you read messages in private chats (similar to small groups).
• If a user can see your last seen time, they will also see the time their message has been read.
• If you activate the option, your chat partner will not be able to view the time when you viewed their messages.
• If you activate this option, you will also not be able to see when the person you are talking to has read your messages.
• This is about hiding the time of reading, not the fact of reading. Telegram will still display the message as read, even if the other user hides their read time.
2. Access user's last seen time
• If you choose hide your last seen time, you won't see other people's precise last seen time anymore.
• Telegram is working on a feature that will allow Premium subscribers who hide their last seen time to continue to see the exact time of other user's last activity.
• The Premium subscription will not allow you to bypass other user's privacy settings: if a conversation partner's last seen time is hidden to all or specific users, it will still remain hidden to those people.
#iOS
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Telegram Has Been Updated to Version 10.6
Telegram's January update has been released in the app stores, and here's something interesting about it:
• Self-destructing Voice Messages: Users can now send a voice message that can be listened to only once, after which it self-destructs. The feature works only in private chats. You cannot forward such messages to other chats.
• Self-destructing Video Messages: Like self-destructing voice messages, video messages disappear after the first view and only work in private chats.
• Pause During Recording: Pause and play back a voice or a video message before it is sent to the person you are chatting with.
• Updated Saved Messages: Now, when you tap on the header, a list of chats is displayed, from which messages have been forwarded to Saved Messages. In addition, in profiles of channels, groups, and other users, the Saved Messages tab allows you to view messages saved from this source.
This update was released without a related post on the messenger's official blog.
Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: the official website or GitHub.
macOS: App Store, the official website or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS
Telegram's January update has been released in the app stores, and here's something interesting about it:
• Self-destructing Voice Messages: Users can now send a voice message that can be listened to only once, after which it self-destructs. The feature works only in private chats. You cannot forward such messages to other chats.
• Self-destructing Video Messages: Like self-destructing voice messages, video messages disappear after the first view and only work in private chats.
• Pause During Recording: Pause and play back a voice or a video message before it is sent to the person you are chatting with.
• Updated Saved Messages: Now, when you tap on the header, a list of chats is displayed, from which messages have been forwarded to Saved Messages. In addition, in profiles of channels, groups, and other users, the Saved Messages tab allows you to view messages saved from this source.
This update was released without a related post on the messenger's official blog.
Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: the official website or GitHub.
macOS: App Store, the official website or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS
Premium Subscribers Can Now More Easily Hide Their Last Seen Time
Since today, Telegram Premium subscribers who choose to hide their last seen time will be able to see the last seen time of users who have not hidden it.
Please note: you will only see the last seen time of another user if they have not hidden their online from you. Having a Telegram Premium subscription does not allow you to bypass other users' privacy settings.
Reminder: before, if you hid your online status from another user, you lost the ability to see their last seen time, even if they didn't hide it from you.
#Premium
Since today, Telegram Premium subscribers who choose to hide their last seen time will be able to see the last seen time of users who have not hidden it.
Please note: you will only see the last seen time of another user if they have not hidden their online from you. Having a Telegram Premium subscription does not allow you to bypass other users' privacy settings.
Reminder: before, if you hid your online status from another user, you lost the ability to see their last seen time, even if they didn't hide it from you.
#Premium
Telegram Updated to Version 10.6.1
Telegram has released another January update. The Android and iOS apps are already available in the app stores, other clients will be updated in the near future.
The following features and settings are now available to users in the new version:
• Limit Who You Can Receive Private Messages From: Telegram Premium subscribers can now choose who can start new chats with them: "All users" or "Contacts and Premium users". The new setting is available in the Privacy and Security.
• Message Reading Time in Private Chats: Users can see exactly when the chat partner has read their messages In private chat. And Premium subscribers have the option to hide the time of reading from those chatters who cannot see their last seen time.
• Premium Subscribers Can See the "Last Seen" of Other Users: From this day, Telegram Premium subscribers who have hidden their last seen time will be able to see last seen time of those users who have not hidden it in their privacy settings.
Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: the official website or GitHub.
macOS: App Store, the official website or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
Telegram has released another January update. The Android and iOS apps are already available in the app stores, other clients will be updated in the near future.
The following features and settings are now available to users in the new version:
• Limit Who You Can Receive Private Messages From: Telegram Premium subscribers can now choose who can start new chats with them: "All users" or "Contacts and Premium users". The new setting is available in the Privacy and Security.
• Message Reading Time in Private Chats: Users can see exactly when the chat partner has read their messages In private chat. And Premium subscribers have the option to hide the time of reading from those chatters who cannot see their last seen time.
• Premium Subscribers Can See the "Last Seen" of Other Users: From this day, Telegram Premium subscribers who have hidden their last seen time will be able to see last seen time of those users who have not hidden it in their privacy settings.
Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: the official website or GitHub.
macOS: App Store, the official website or verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
Telegram Desktop Has Been Updated to Version 4.14.8
What's new:
• Updated Saved Messages chat.
• One-time voice messages.
• New “Who can send me messages” privacy option.
• Message read time in personal chats.
• First screen is chosen for sharing by default.
• When replying to a forwarded message, the names of both the author and the user who forwarded the message are displayed.
• Forwarded messages display the author's individual profile color and emoji.
• Search by tag when you click on it in Saved Messages.
• Fixed chat list scrolling on X11 (Linux).
• Fixed payment card validation.
• Fixed a crash when trying to join channels when the limit was exceeded.
• Added the “Quit Telegram” item to the taskbar context menu (Windows).
• Fixed the list of open windows in dock icon context menu (macOS).
• Added “Create poll” item to attachments menu. The attachments menu is displayed if there is at least one bot attached to it.
Download: from official website or GitHub.
#update #desktop
What's new:
• Updated Saved Messages chat.
• One-time voice messages.
• New “Who can send me messages” privacy option.
• Message read time in personal chats.
• First screen is chosen for sharing by default.
• When replying to a forwarded message, the names of both the author and the user who forwarded the message are displayed.
• Forwarded messages display the author's individual profile color and emoji.
• Search by tag when you click on it in Saved Messages.
• Fixed chat list scrolling on X11 (Linux).
• Fixed payment card validation.
• Fixed a crash when trying to join channels when the limit was exceeded.
• Added the “Quit Telegram” item to the taskbar context menu (Windows).
• Fixed the list of open windows in dock icon context menu (macOS).
• Added “Create poll” item to attachments menu. The attachments menu is displayed if there is at least one bot attached to it.
Download: from official website or GitHub.
#update #desktop
On the official messenger's translation platform, @tginfo noticed tags feature in Saved Messages that will only be available to users with Telegram Premium.
The user will be able to mark their saved messages with special tags in order to find the necessary notes by them in the future.
#Android
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On the messenger's official translation platform, @tginfo noticed that users with a Telegram Premium will be able to view stories in higher quality.
The lines also likely mention the ability to choose a reduced image quality of the story to make it load faster. How exactly this will work is still unknown.
#Android
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