Bot API 4.7 is here!

• Supported sending and viewing the new 🎲 throws.
• Added methods to get and set the list of commands for your bot, bypassing @BotFather.
• Added methods for working with animated stickers in user-owned sticker sets.

Full change log:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#march-30-2020

🔥 Telegram 6.0 for macOS 10.11+

Chat Folders, Archive, Channel Stats and More
telegram.org/blog/folders

• Organize chats into Chat Folders if you have too many chats.
• Create custom folders with flexible settings, or use default recommendations.
• Pin an unlimited number of chats in each folder.
• Archive chats to hide them from "All chats". Muted chats will always stay in the Archive.
• View detailed statistics about the growth of your large channels and the performance of their posts.
• Send 🎲 to any chat to try your luck and get a random number from the animated dice.
• Send 🦠, 🤒, 😷, 🤕, 🤧, 🤢, 🤮, 🧼, 💉, 💊 or 🚑 to try out the new animated emoji.

2020-03-30 @Telegram #macOS

🔥 Telegram Desktop 2.0.0
for #Windows #Linux #macOS

Chat Folders, Archive and More
telegram.org/blog/folders

• Organize chats into Chat Folders if you have too many chats.
• Create custom folders with flexible settings, or use default recommendations.
• Pin an unlimited number of chats in each folder.
• Switch between folders in the new side bar to easily access all of your chats.
• Archive chats to hide them from "All chats". Muted chats will always stay in the Archive.
• Send 🎲 to any chat to try your luck and get a random number from the animated dice.
• Send 🦠, 🤒, 😷, 🤕, 🤧, 🤢, 🤮, 🧼, 💉, 💊 or 🚑 to try out the new animated emoji.

• Keyboard shortcuts for Folders:
Ctrl + Shift + ↓
Ctrl + Shift + ↑
Ctrl + Shift + [1-9]

2020-03-30 @Telegram #TDesktop

🔂 Telegram Desktop 2.0.1
for #Windows #Linux #macOS

• Fix crash when a pinned in folder chat was added to archive.
• Fix font issues in Linux version.
• Release Notes

• Keyboard shortcuts for switch between Folders:
Ctrl + Shift + ↓
Ctrl + Shift + ↑
Ctrl + [1-8]

2020-03-31 @Telegram #TDesktop

🔂 Telegram 6.0.1 for iOS 9.0+ and watchOS 5.0+

• Added 'Discuss' on message menu in a channel.
• Fixed crash on 32-bit devices.
• Fixed issue with secret chat in folders.
• Release Notes.

2020-04-01 @Telegram #iOS

⚒ The source code of Telegram for Android and iOS have been updated to v6.0.1

@Telegram #Android #iOS #source
#reproducibleBuilds t.me/tgbeta/3921

🆕 ‘Discuss’ on channel's post linked to specific message to the group

@Telegram #iOS v6.0.1

✅ Page Verification Guidelines

https://telegram.org/verify

The Telegram team generally verifies active official channels, bots or public groups that have verified accounts on each of these services:

1. Twitter
2. Facebook or Instagram (one is enough)
3. YouTube

Please add a link to your Telegram channel to your profiles on these services — so that Telegram team can confirm that they indeed belong to you. Once this is done, then contact @VerifyBot for verification.

📣 Coronavirus News and Verified Channels

Helping health authorities spread accurate information about the pandemic through verified channels.

• Coronavirus info
• New Verification Tools
• Telegram Tours: Channels, Groups, Bots
• New mask: t.me/addstickers/Coronamask

Stay home. Wash your hands. Be safe.

telegram.org/blog/coronavirus

🔥 New version for Unigram
Build 3.14.2700

What's new:
• View detailed statistics about the growth of your channels and the performance of their posts.
• Send a diсe 🎲 emoji to any chat to try your luck and get a random number from the animated dice.

Folders will come at a later stage, but you can already try them by using the redesigned filters.

Microsoft Store
t.me/unigram/221

🔥 UPDATES
• Telegram 6.1 for Android and iOS
• Telegram Desktop 2.1.0
• Telegram macOS 6.1.1

400 Million Users, 20,000 Stickers, Quizzes 2.0 and €400K for Creators of Educational Tests
telegram.org/blog/400-million

Telegram has reached 400 million active users! 🎉
HOT News: Group Video Calls will be ready in 2020! 🔥

🏆 Quiz Creator Contest
• Participate in Telegram’s €400,000 contest by using @QuizBot to create and publish an original educational test on any subject at any difficulty level, in any language. The quiz must contain at least 30 questions, all of which must have explanations.
Submit the quiz before May 15 and subscribe @contest for info.

💥 Updates

Sticker Directory
• Access a catalog of over 20,000 stickers made by professional artists from the updated Sticker Panel by tapping the ‘+’ icon.
• Use sticker search to find the stickers you’re looking for – or scroll from the latest packs all the way to the classics.

Quizzes 2.0
• Add explanations that appear after users respond to a quiz question.
• See how much time you have left to answer a question from @QuizBot with the new countdown animation.
• For example, update the app and try this test on https://t.me/QuizBot?start=TelegramHistory

Animated Darts
• Send a single dart 🎯 emoji to see if you hit the bullseye.

Unlimited time to edit post in channel
• Now channel admins can edit messages forever. (Note: iOS users, wait for the next update)

Also In This Update for Android
• All-New Attachment Menu. Quickly switch between different attachment types in the fully redesigned attachment menu with animated icons.
• Redesigned Storage Usage screen on Settings > Data and Storage.
• Added ‘Overview’ stats on Channel Statistics.
• New official channel for the APK @TAndroidAPK

Also In This Update for macOS
• Access Shared Media faster from fully redesigned profile pages.
• Use the new brush tools in the photo editor to draw on photos when sending or editing.
• If you have too many folders, try the alternative mode with folder tabs on the left.

➖➖➖➖➖

⏬ Telegram Android
• Google Play Store • Beta
• APK • @TAndroidAPK • @tgfiles
• Source Code

⏬ Telegram iOS
• iOS App Store
• Beta TestFlight
• Source Code

⏬ Telegram macOS
• Stable • @macos_stable_updates_files
• Mac App Store
• Beta • @tgfiles

⏬ Telegram Desktop for Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Stable • Beta • @tgfiles
• Microsoft Store • Mac App Store
• Linux Snap Store • GitHub - Releases
• Source Code

2020-04-24 @Telegram
#Android #iOS #TDesktop #Windows #Linux #macOS

Better Quizzes

You can now add explanations that appear as users respond to quiz questions, helping them learn from their mistakes, or giving them more context. Explanations make Telegram quizzes suitable not only for testing knowledge — but also for spreading it.

20,000 Stickers

Meet the new sticker directory, where you can browse and search the over 20,000 high-quality free Telegram stickers created in the last 5 years.

New Attachment Menu on Android

On Android, all sections of the attachment menu are now accessible as expandable layers, making the menu sleek, chic, and easier to use. Also, don't miss the cute animated icons.

Redesigned 'Storage Usage' on Android

@Telegram #Android v6.1

🎉 Congratulations on your 400M active users!

Bot API 4.8 is live.

• Supported explanations in polls for Quizzes 2.0.
• Supported timed polls that close automatically at a predetermined moment. Use the new open_period and close_date fields.
• Supported new 🎯 animation for the Dice minigame.

Full change log:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#april-24-2020

⚒ The source code of Telegram for Android and iOS have been updated to v6.1

@Telegram #Android #iOS #source
#reproducibleBuilds