Telegram for Android and iOS updated to version 12.7
In the May update, the app received a number of useful tools aimed at combating vote manipulation in polls and reaction spammers in groups.
• Custom styles for the AI editor: Telegram now lets you create your own styles within the AI-powered editor. Simply come up with a name, pick an icon from custom emojis, and write a prompt for the language model.
Finished styles can be shared with other users — when opening the link, they'll see examples of how the style transforms text. Creators can also choose to display a link to their profile in the style preview window.
• New poll tools: Administrators can now restrict voting to subscribers who joined the channel at least 24 hours ago. They can also set geographic restrictions, allowing only users from specific countries to participate in a poll.
• Removing reactions in groups: Group admins with the "Delete messages" permission can now remove reactions to any message. To do so, open the full reactions list and long-press the user.
It is also possible to restrict reactions in group chats — either for all members or for a specific user.
• Business bots for all users: Telegram now allows any user to connect business bots to their account, even without Telegram Premium. These bots can automatically handle chats and interact with customers.
Since the launch of Telegram Business in 2024, this feature had been available exclusively to Premium subscribers.
Other changes
• An option to send scheduled messages silently has been added.
• Markdown files (.md) up to 64 KB now open in Instant View mode.
• Poll statistics are now available for polls with at least 100 votes.
• Bots that power automated tools and AI assistants in Telegram can now be invoked directly from the message input field (guest mode support for bots).
Article: telegram.org/blog/ai-bot-revolution-11-new-features/
Download the update
• Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
• iOS: App Store.
#update #Android #iOS
In the May update, the app received a number of useful tools aimed at combating vote manipulation in polls and reaction spammers in groups.
• Custom styles for the AI editor: Telegram now lets you create your own styles within the AI-powered editor. Simply come up with a name, pick an icon from custom emojis, and write a prompt for the language model.
Finished styles can be shared with other users — when opening the link, they'll see examples of how the style transforms text. Creators can also choose to display a link to their profile in the style preview window.
• New poll tools: Administrators can now restrict voting to subscribers who joined the channel at least 24 hours ago. They can also set geographic restrictions, allowing only users from specific countries to participate in a poll.
• Removing reactions in groups: Group admins with the "Delete messages" permission can now remove reactions to any message. To do so, open the full reactions list and long-press the user.
It is also possible to restrict reactions in group chats — either for all members or for a specific user.
• Business bots for all users: Telegram now allows any user to connect business bots to their account, even without Telegram Premium. These bots can automatically handle chats and interact with customers.
Since the launch of Telegram Business in 2024, this feature had been available exclusively to Premium subscribers.
Other changes
• An option to send scheduled messages silently has been added.
• Markdown files (.md) up to 64 KB now open in Instant View mode.
• Poll statistics are now available for polls with at least 100 votes.
• Bots that power automated tools and AI assistants in Telegram can now be invoked directly from the message input field (guest mode support for bots).
Article: telegram.org/blog/ai-bot-revolution-11-new-features/
Download the update
• Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
• iOS: App Store.
#update #Android #iOS
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Telegram for Android and iOS Got a 12.8 Feature Upgrade
The June update resurrected the smartwatch apps and added even richer text formatting for bots.
• Telegram for Smartwatches: After many years, the messenger brought its smartwatch apps back for both Apple Watch and Android Wear OS (we fellow Pebble users sob in the corner).
The watch apps support basic features like sending text and voice messages, and viewing media attachments and video messages.
• Dozens of New Rich Text Options: This update allows Telegram bots to send more structured Markdown messages. The supported formats include all sorts of heading options, tables, blocks and spoilers, LaTeX math formulas, to-do checkbox lists, and any attachments in the middle of message text, including collages and carousel slideshows.
You can explore the new formatting in the interactive demo available at @RichTextDemoBot.
• Quick Browser Picker: You can now choose to open an external link in Telegram's built-in browser or vice versa, no matter what your settings are, by holding the link down.
You can now also specify site exceptions to your current settings, so if you have the built-in browser off, you can select which websites will always open in it, or, if you still have it enabled, you can choose which links will always open in the default browser app.
• Bots Can Captcha Users Before They Even Join the Chat: Admins can now assign Guardian Bots that will process join requests. When a user attempts to join such a chat, a Web App is launched instantly, where verification takes place. For example, it could be a quiz, a Cloudflare Turnstile checkbox, or a form to write an essay the chat owner has due tomorrow.
Other updates:
• Android got an app bar design refresh to more closely match the iOS app design (just in time for when Apple reverted a lot of the top floating panels nonsense in iOS 27).
• Poll options can now include links.
• The built-in Telegram browser now supports previewing .md pages
Article: https://telegram.org/blog/watch-apps-and-more/
Download the update
• Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
• iOS: App Store.
#update #Android #iOS
The June update resurrected the smartwatch apps and added even richer text formatting for bots.
• Telegram for Smartwatches: After many years, the messenger brought its smartwatch apps back for both Apple Watch and Android Wear OS (we fellow Pebble users sob in the corner).
The watch apps support basic features like sending text and voice messages, and viewing media attachments and video messages.
• Dozens of New Rich Text Options: This update allows Telegram bots to send more structured Markdown messages. The supported formats include all sorts of heading options, tables, blocks and spoilers, LaTeX math formulas, to-do checkbox lists, and any attachments in the middle of message text, including collages and carousel slideshows.
You can explore the new formatting in the interactive demo available at @RichTextDemoBot.
According to Pavel Durov's post on Twitter, rich formatting for regular users is planned for later this month, as the team needs to "test everything on bots first".
• Quick Browser Picker: You can now choose to open an external link in Telegram's built-in browser or vice versa, no matter what your settings are, by holding the link down.
You can now also specify site exceptions to your current settings, so if you have the built-in browser off, you can select which websites will always open in it, or, if you still have it enabled, you can choose which links will always open in the default browser app.
• Bots Can Captcha Users Before They Even Join the Chat: Admins can now assign Guardian Bots that will process join requests. When a user attempts to join such a chat, a Web App is launched instantly, where verification takes place. For example, it could be a quiz, a Cloudflare Turnstile checkbox, or a form to write an essay the chat owner has due tomorrow.
Other updates:
• Android got an app bar design refresh to more closely match the iOS app design (just in time for when Apple reverted a lot of the top floating panels nonsense in iOS 27).
• Poll options can now include links.
• The built-in Telegram browser now supports previewing .md pages
Article: https://telegram.org/blog/watch-apps-and-more/
Download the update
• Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
• iOS: App Store.
#update #Android #iOS
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