Video messages have a front flash to give you extra light when recording in the dark. To enable flash, hold the 📷 camera icon to start recording – then swipe up to lock recording and tap the ⚡ flash icon.
Mini apps can generate custom content for users to share as a story directly from the mini app. Developers can go here for more details on adding this feature to their apps.
Telegram Stars can be purchased for your contacts – sending them a gift to spend in their favorite mini apps and channels.
The ‘Apps‘ tab in Search shows a list of apps you use and popular mini apps – to discover new games, services and more. Featured mini apps display their number of monthly active users and developers can add video demos and screenshots to their app’s profile.
Pages you open with the in-app browser can be collapsed and reopened – including websites, instant view articles and mini apps. The browser also supports decentralized websites hosted on TON, making them accessible from all Telegram mobile and desktop apps. You can bookmark any site for later browsing – instantly adding it to your […]
⭐️ Link Widget in Stories. Premium users can highlight a link in their story by adding it to a stylish widget – with multiple layouts and color options. Link widgets, location tags and more can be added to your story from the sticker tab in the story editor.
Users on vacation or at an event can add a location tag to their story to show where they were. Tapping a location tag opens other public stories from the same place – to see more concert selfies or restaurant recommendations. Only stories that a user is allowed to view appear […]
Tapping hashtags in story captions lets you browse public stories with matching tags. If you're a creator or business, you can use hashtags to grow your audience organically and reach new customers.
You can collapse mini apps to check chats or open other mini apps – and seamlessly return without losing your progress. To minimize an app, swipe down on its header, then tap the app bar to reopen any of your active apps.
Channel subscribers can use Telegram Stars to unlock exclusive photos and videos – directlysupporting their favorite content creators. Unlocking a post gives you lifetime access to its content – even if the post is deleted or you unsubscribe from the channel.
You can make purchases and support content creators with Telegram Stars – a seamless way to pay for products in mini apps or unlock posts in your favorite channels. Bot developers and content creators can use the Stars they earn to receive rewards or place subsidized ads.
Long portions of text sent with quote formatting can be collapsed and expanded. This makes messages more compact – to read and to write. When writing, tap to ↔️ collapse the quote and save space in the message field. When reading, tap 🔽 to expand the quote and 🔼 to collapse it and keep […]
