Anyone can open t.me links to see profiles, posts or entire public channels in their browser – even if they haven’t signed up for Telegram yet. These previews include buttons to quickly download Telegram for mobile and desktop, or to open it in Telegram Web.
Post or share a t.me link anywhere to let others quickly contact you, based on your phone number. These links follow your Phone Number Privacy settings – if a user isn’t allowed to find you by your number, the link will not work for them. To create a more anonymous t.me link for […]
Broadcast live video in groups and channels from external programs like OBS and XSplit to add extra inputs, graphics and more. Select ‘Stream with…’ when starting your broadcast, then paste the details into your preferred streaming software.
Quickly access specific folders in your gallery like videos, screenshots and favorites. On Android, pull the attachment panel to the top of your screen and tap Gallery to select a folder from the menu. On iOS, tap the 🔍 at the top of the panel to see all your albums.
After selecting multiple items in the 📎 attachment menu, tap ‘⋯ selected’ to preview the message before sending. Drag an item to change its place in the album, add a caption or remove selected media.
Control your media and file downloads from the Downloads tab in Search, or tap the ⬇️ icon that appears in the chat list when you have active downloads. Pause and resume all downloads or individual items – and select one to view it in chat. On iOS, you can select an item to raise […]
Press and hold the ‘Back’ button to return to a specific chat after opening other chats from forwarded messages, links, profiles and more. When jumping through unread channels, previous channels from the feed will also appear in the list.
Animations for reactions are compact and play in real time for all chat members. To send a larger effect, press and hold an emoji in the menu. Reactions also have read status – tap the ♡ button that appears in chat to jump to your messages with unseen reactions.
Easily create animated stickers from .WEBM video files in any editing program and publish them using the @Stickers bot. For more details, check out the Video Sticker Manual and this step-by-step Stickers Bot Guide. Developers can use the Sticker Import API to build apps for creating and importing stickers to Telegram.
On devices with iOS 13 or macOS 10.15 and above, you can use Live Text to select and copy text directly from photos in chat. On iOS, tap to open a photo in the media viewer, then tap the text icon to isolate words from the background. The macOS app automatically detects text […]
Generate a QR code for yourself or any user with a public username – as well as any public group, channel or bot. Tap the QR code icon next to a person’s username or on a chat’s info page, customize its appearance, then print, post or share the codeanywhere. You […]
Select any part of your message when typing and choose ‘Spoiler’ in the formatting menu to hide the text under an animation in chat, as well as in the chat list and notifications. Tap the animation to reveal the hidden text – spoilers can also be combined with other text formatting, including links. On […]
