Users can send gifts to each other – celebrating holidays and achievements with animated artwork and custom messages. Gifts are purchased with Telegram Stars – recipients can choose to display gifts on their profile or convert them back to Stars for their own balance. To send a gift, open the user's profile and tap ➕/➕> […]
Premium users can set an emoji status inside mini apps – or give apps permission to automatically change their status. Mini apps can also integrate APIs from other services – updating your status when you're in a game or watching a movie . Similarly, location permissions can be used to instantly change […]
Mini apps can use Telegram Stars on their balance to send gifts to users – for notable achievements and milestones.
You can choose to share your location with mini apps – allowing developers to make location-based games with points of interest or interactive maps for events. Access to location data is disabled by default – you must specifically give permission to each individual mini app in order to share your location.
Mini apps allow users to place direct shortcuts to specific apps on the home screen of their device. Tapping a shortcut instantly opens its mini app in Telegram – to access your favorite games and services even faster.
Developers can use motion information from devices to add unique controls to games or build immersive VR experiences.
Mini apps are now able to use the entire screen in portrait or landscape orientation. Full-Screen Mode is supported in both Telegram's desktop apps and mobile apps – allowing for powerful games and interactive media on every platform.
Groups and channels can use theformat #hashtag@username for hashtags to make their content more accessible. These hashtags automatically filter search results when tapped and only show posts and stories from the specified chat.
Edited messages show a timestamp, displaying when the message was last edited. Messages in private chats and small groups also display detailed read receipts.
While watching a video, hold down on the right side of the screen to quickly speed up playback – sliding right gradually increases the speed up to 3x. You can also set videos to always play at any speed from 0.2x to 2.5x by tapping the gear icon in the video […]
In large channels, Telegram optimizes videos when they are posted – offering subscribers multiple quality settings for the video. This allows channel owners to post videos in better quality – without impacting subscribers on weaker connections.
In large channels, the video player automatically select a quality level based on your connection – saving data and loading videos faster. You can also manually select your preferred quality level – High, Medium or Low. To adjust video quality, tap the gear icon in the video player.
