Change the look of your app to your exact preferences – whether that be an animated background with your favorite colors, or a clean and simple dark theme. Go to Settings > Chat Settings on Android or Appearance on iOS to change and tune your theme, with color options for your background and message […]
Tap once on the voice message button to switch to video mode. Swipe up to lock recording (also works for voice messages). Video messages play in Picture-in-Picture mode so you can keep moving around the app while watching them.
Instantly add drawings, text and stickers to sent media without saving it to your gallery.
Tap the notification button on the Live Location map to get notified when one of your friends is close.
Decide when Telegram downloads media – based on connection, media format, chat type and file size. This setting helps you save data – to help save disk space, try adjusting your Storage Usage settings.
Set individual rights and custom titles for admins in group chats to give everyone their own role and responsibilities. You can also allow your admins to post anonymously, using the name and profile picture of the group.
Change the resolution and size of a video before sending it to save mobile data or make it easier to download. You can also send photos and videos uncompressed, at their full quality and size.
Public figures and organizations can verify their public channel, group or bot so that users can be sure the chat is official. Verified chats appear with a blue badge both in the chat list and on their profiles. Official messages from Telegram, such as service notifications and login codes onlycome from our verified […]
Add emphasis, links and more not only in messages, but also in captions for photos and videos. Text you type in the message bar instantly converts to a caption when you attach media – and keeps its formatting.
Change the size of message text to see your chats with perfect 20/20 vision. On iOS, users can sync all text to their System setting, or set individual font sizes for chats and menus.
Share music and audio files, each up to 2 GB in size. Sending multiple tracks in one message will create a playlist – tapping one song will add them all to your queue. The player bar shows what’s playing and lets you quickly pause and resume from anywhere in the app. Tap the player […]