"My Profile" Section, Recommended Channels and 15 Other Updates

The new Telegram blog post details the features added to the messenger this April.

Among the notable new features is a new menu section to view your profile, a tab with recommended channels in the global search, the ability to specify your birthday and a link to your channel in your profile, improved moderation tools for group administrators, and much more.

An important milestone this month was that the number of monthly active Telegram users reached 900 million. Half of these users use the messenger every day.

Article: telegram.org/blog/my-profile-and-15-more/

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Messages with Animated Effects, Hashtag Search, and Much More

Telegram has introduced the May update, version 10.13, in their blog, highlighting the key new features of this release:

Starting today, you can send messages with stunning animated effects, place captions above photos and videos, use global hashtags to search messages from public chats, hide text fragments with collapsible quotes, and much more.

Article: telegram.org/blog/message-effects-and-more/

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Telegram Stars: Payment for Digital Goods and More

Starting today, bots and mini apps on Telegram can sell digital goods and services using a new in-app currency named "Telegram Stars."

According to the blog, you can purchase Stars through in-app purchases in Apple and Google stores or via the official @PremiumBot, and then spend them on various digital products offered by bots, ranging from eBooks and online courses to in-game items.

Developers will soon be able to convert the Stars earned by bots into the cryptocurrency Toncoin using the Fragment platform.

Telegram promises to add more features related to Telegram Stars in future updates. For example, users will be able to not only purchase digital goods and services in mini apps but also send gifts to content creators.

Article: telegram.org/blog/telegram-stars

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Telegram for Android, iOS and macOS updated to version 10.15

The new version provides for users the following features:

• The updated in-app browser now supports multiple tabs, displays your browsing history, allows you to create and manage bookmarks, supports ton-websites and also provides some other settings.

• Mini app store allows you to view lists of recently used or most popular web apps, as well as search for them by name. And mini apps now can create custom content for further sharing to stories.

• Stars can now be gifted to contacts directly from the menu section “Settings › Your stars”.

• Flashlight allows you to highlight objects when recording video messages and works for both the main camera and the front one.

• Weather Sticker allows you to add temperature and weather that correspond to your location to your story.

• The cover editor allows you to select which frame from the video sequence of the published story will be displayed in your profile.

Article: https://telegram.org/blog/w3-browser-mini-app-store/en?setln=en

Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: from the official website or from GitHub.
macOS: App Store, from the official website or from a verified channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store

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Telegram Desktop updated to version 5.3.0

What's new:
• View recent and popular web apps in chats search.
• Open several web apps in different windows.
• Gift Telegram Stars to your friends.
• Send location marks and venues.
• Open tonsite:// links in webview.
• Edit order of stickers in your packs.

Download
• MS Windows: the official website or GitHub.
• macOS: App Store.

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Telegram Desktop updated to version 5.3.1

What's new:
• Open normal links from tonsite-s in system browser.
• Fix unicode tonsite:// links.
• Fix crash on Linux X11.

Download
• MS Windows: the official website or GitHub.
• macOS: App Store.

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Telegram for Android and iOS Updated to Version 11.0

The following features have been introduced:

• Star Reactions for Channels: Channel administrators can now enable Star Reactions, and subscribers can send stars from their balance as reactions to posts. An unlimited number of stars can be used to react to each post from the user’s balance. If the user who made the reactions prefers, they can be publicly listed with others.

• Paid Channel Subscriptions: Administrators of private channels can create a paid invitation link and set a subscription fee. Any user who wants to subscribe to the channel using this link will need to pay this fee upon subscribing and then continue on paying it monthly to renew their subscription.

• Choosing the Sender of a Post on the Channel: Channel administrators can now choose under whose name a post will be made. The author selection menu includes the administrator’s personal account, the current channel, and all other public channels owned by the administrator. The new “Show Authors’ Profiles” setting in the “Administrators” section allows photos of senders to be displayed to the left of channel posts. The “Sign Messages” setting, previously located on the channel’s settings, is now available in this section.

• Displaying Sensitive Content: Android users now have an option to enable sensitive content in “Chat Settings”. Previously, this option was only available in Telegram Desktop and web clients, in their respective "Privacy" sections.

In addition, bots can now publish paid media, and iOS users can view .pdf, .xls, and .docx documents from the in-app browser.

Blog: https://telegram.org/blog/superchannels-star-reactions-subscriptions

Android: Google Play, APK from the official website, or the verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
macOS: App Store.

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Telegram Desktop Has Been Updated to Version 5.4.0

What’s New:
• Super Channels
• Star Reactions
• Paid Subscriptions

Download:
• Windows: official website or GitHub
• macOS: App Store

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Telegram Desktop Has Been Updated To Version 5.4.1

What's new:
• Fixed a crash when sending a star reaction in comments;
• Fixed issues with the channel list in super channels;
• Star reactions are now always displayed first in the reactions list;
• Paid invite links in groups have been removed.

Download:
• Windows: from the official website or GitHub.
• macOS: App Store.

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Telegram for Android and iOS Updated to Version 11.1

The new update offers users the following features:

- Star Giveaways on Channels: Channel and group admins can now hold star giveaways among subscribers, similar to how they previously could give away Telegram Premium subscriptions.
- Reader Mode in the In-App Browser: Users can now view any web pages using the built-in browser in a simplified mode.

Additionally, numerous bugs have been fixed, and the "People Nearby" section has been removed from the app.

Article: http://telegram.org/blog/star-giveaways-iv-in-browser

Download:
- Android: Available on Google Play, via APK from the official website, or through the verified channel.
- iOS: Available on the App Store.
- macOS: Available on the App Store.

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Telegram Desktop Has Been Updated to Version 5.5.4

What's new:
• QR code generation has been added for public links for users, groups, and channels (5.5.3).
• Added a button to generate a QR code for your username in Settings.
• Fixed a bug due to which new posts in a channel might not be displayed until the user opens this channel.
• Other improvements and fixes.

Download:
• Windows: from the official website or from GitHub.
• macOS: App Store.

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Telegram Desktop Has Been Updated to Version 5.5.5

What's new:
• Suggest URL from clipboard when creating a custom link.
• Fix animated topic icons in topic info page.
• Fix excessive getChannelDifference requests.

Download:
• Windows: from the official website or from GitHub.
• macOS: App Store.

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Telegram for Android and iOS Updated to Version 11.2. Telegram Desktop Has Been Updated to Version 5.6.0

Here are new features:

• Star gifts: Users can now send to other users not only pure stars, but also star gifts. Each star gift is a special sticker with a number of stars attached to it, as well as an optional text comment. The gift can be sent either on your own behalf or anonymously, and you can pay for it my your stars.

• New Reasons For Reporting Content: users can now report content for more different reasons than was previously available. Some items in the report menu, such as “Scam or spam”, are now sections in which the user can specify more detailed reason for the complaint.

Other new features: RTMP-streaming, new «My stars» design, Verification Platform, Redesigned Video Chats on iOS

Blog: https://telegram.org/blog/gifts-verification-platform/

Download new version
• Android: Google Play, APK from the official website, or the verified channel.
• iOS: App Store.
• Windows: from the official website or from GitHub.
• macOS: App Store.

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Telegram for Android, iOS, macOS, and Unigram have been updated to version 11.3

The new version provides users with the following features:

• Video Quality Selection: for some videos, users can now choose the quality in which to view these videos and save them to the gallery.

• New features when editing messages: now the applications show the moment of the last message’s edition, and when editing, users can add media to those messages that did not previously contain them. Only one media, but any type: image, video, audio, or file.

• Chat-specific hashtags: users can now specify local hashtags in the format #tag@tginfoen in public chats. When you click on such a tag, the application shows only those messages that are published in the specified chat and contain the specified tag. If you specify a tag when typing a draft message, the application will offer you to choose which tag to use: chat-specific or regular.

• Control video playback and rewind speed: users can now use the updated slider to control the video playback speed, and rewind videos at a custom speed by tapping the screen while viewing a video and swiping left or right.

Other innovations:
• Telegram Ads in Bots
• Increased Message Limits for Bots
• Exact Reaction Counters

Article: https://telegram.org/blog/dynamic-video-quality-and-more

Download update:
• Android: Google Play, official website, or the verified channel.
• iOS: App Store.
• Telegram Desktop: the official website or GitHub.
• Unigram для Windows: Microsoft Store.
• macOS: App Store.

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Suggested Posts for Channels

A new setting in the Telegram for macOS beta version 11.9.272252 will allow channel admins to enable a "Post Suggestions" feature, letting them receive messages from users in exchange for stars, reports the "cosegram" channel.

The channel will earn 85% of the submission's price, regardless of whether the message is actually published. It's also worth noting that the messenger doesn't currently offer an option to accept these submissions for free. The minimum cost for a message is 1 star.

This feature is not yet functional and is in the early stages of development. How it works may change in the future.

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Links From Non-Contacts No Longer Work in Telegram for iOS and macOS

In the latest versions of Telegram for iOS and macOS, links received from unknown users in private chats are displayed as plain text — they are not highlighted and cannot be clicked.

This behavior appears to be an intentional security measure by Telegram to protect users from scams and malicious content.

To make a link functional again, you can:
• Add the sender to your contacts
• Dismiss the banner with action buttons at the top of the chat
• Forward the message to your “Saved Messages” — the link will become clickable there

This change has not been officially documented in Telegram’s changelogs, but it aligns with broader efforts to reduce spam and phishing attempts on the platform.

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Interactive web messages right in the chat

The TBetaLeak channel discovered a large experimental subsystem called HTMLBubbles in version 12.10.283300 of Telegram for macOS.

According to the description, the messaging app is testing interactive messages built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript right in the chat, without the need to launch a separate Web Mini App window.

@tginfo editors have confirmed the module’s presence in the code of that version based on a preliminary review, but the described behavior and how it works have not yet been independently verified.

The idea is to turn ordinary messages into widgets: product cards with selectable options, interactive boarding passes, or live charts.

According to the source, rendering is handled by the compact litehtml engine, while scripts run in a heavily restricted sandbox with CPU limits, network requests blocked, and external media prohibited. You can read all the technical details about these restrictions in the source post.

Editors’ concerns

Despite the extensive list of restrictions, @tginfo editors have serious security concerns about this kind of feature. Integrating web engines that support JavaScript execution — even in a heavily restricted form — directly into the chat interface poses a huge risk.

Experience shows that no matter how thoroughly developers isolate an environment, vulnerabilities are regularly found in rendering systems. The risk of malicious code running simply by viewing a chat raises serious questions about whether these widgets are worth it.

For now, HTMLBubbles is an early experimental concept being tested within the Telegram team. The feature could change substantially during development or be canceled entirely.

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Telegram updated to version 13.0: native wallet and instant Gram transfers

Telegram has begun rolling out its own non-custodial wallet, Gram Wallet, in stages. For now, the service supports only Gram cryptocurrency and NFTs associated with the messaging app: collectible gifts and usernames, and anonymous numbers.

Gram Wallet is currently available to a limited number of users. To unlock access to the wallet before it rolls out to all Telegram users, you’ll need to update the app to the latest version and receive a transfer of at least 0.1 Gram from another user.

Once the wallet is activated, its balance will appear in the “Money” section of Settings, in place of the Wallet bot, which was renamed Walt and hidden from the main menu shortly before the native wallet launched. You’ll also be able to instantly send Gram to people you’re chatting with through the Gram tab in the attachment menu of a one-on-one chat.

One feature of the integrated wallet is the ability to make up to five Gram transfers a day to other Telegram users or wallet addresses without paying TON blockchain fees. The first transaction, however, is subject to a smart contract initialization fee.

Subscribe to our channel @infoton to stay up to date on developments involving the TON blockchain and Gram cryptocurrency.

Download the update
• Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or the verified channel.
• iOS: App Store.
• Windows / macOS / Linux: official website or GitHub.
• Windows: Microsoft Store.
• Linux: Flathub, Snapcraft.
• macOS: App Store or the verified channel.

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Telegram Is Testing a News Feed and Personalized Recommendations Again

A separate “News” tab for viewing channel posts in a unified feed has appeared in Telegram for macOS Beta 13.0 (283318). The @telelakel channel reported the discovery.

How the news feed works

The current implementation of the post feed has several key features:

• Two sections: The “News” tab is divided into two sections — “Added” and “For You”.

• Custom feed: In the “Added” section, users can manually curate their feed by adding and removing selected channels through dedicated interface actions.

• Personalized recommendations: The “For You” section curates posts based on the user’s interests. Categories of interest (each with its own name and emoji) can be selected manually and changed over time. However, it remains unknown what algorithm powers this feed and whether it will include posts from channels the user isn’t subscribed to.

• Navigation and speed: The feed interface includes a search bar, pull-to-refresh, a new posts indicator, and a button to mark posts as read. Directly from the feed, users can open individual posts and channels, jump to chats, and copy links. For faster browsing, media files, profile pictures, and stories are preloaded in the background.

Background and context

The messenger’s team has been approaching the creation of a unified feed for eight years:

• The ability to combine channels into a unified news feed first appeared in the Beta version of Telegram for macOS back in January 2018, but was soon disabled on the server side.

• In April 2022, a commit confirming the development of a news feed was spotted in the official Telegram for iOS repository, though the feature never made it to release.

• Meanwhile, between 2019 and 2021, Telegram held a series of large-scale contests focused on news ranking and data clustering, as well as identifying channel languages and topics.

• Until now, the primary way to read subscriptions sequentially in the messenger has been the gesture for jumping to the next unread channel, while algorithmic recommendations have been limited to the “Similar Channels” list and the “Channels” tab in global search.

@tginfo editors note that introducing an algorithmic feed in the spirit of X (formerly Twitter) could significantly reshape how content is consumed in the messenger. For creators, it is a potential source of free organic traffic without buying ads, and for Telegram itself — a way to boost audience engagement and increase impressions for official ads.

Currently, the news feed is disabled on the server side and remains in development — its mechanics and appearance may change by the time of release.

We share more news about features from test builds in our Beta Info channel.

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Telegram Introduces Free Message Links and an Updated QR Code Editor

The personal profile QR code screen has been updated in the Beta versions of Telegram for iOS 13.0.1, Telegram for macOS 13.0, and Telegram for Android 13.1. Alongside new appearance settings, the messenger now allows users to generate special links and QR codes that let others message them for free even when paid messages are enabled.

How it works

If you have set a fee in Stars for incoming messages, a “Remove message fee” button now appears below your profile QR code.

When activated, it appends a randomly generated access token to your profile link. Your regular profile link will still require payment, while sending messages for free will only be available to those who follow the link or scan the QR code containing a valid token.

By default, the generated QR code is temporary and remains valid for 1 minute — this is handy when you want to show it to someone on your phone screen in person.

In the code management menu, you can adjust these settings: make the link permanent (Disable timer), limit its validity to one minute again (Expire after 1 minute), reset the token to invalidate the old link (Reset Code), or re-enable paid messages altogether (Restore message fee).

This feature is useful if you want to protect yourself from spam and unsolicited direct messages while still providing a “free” entry point on your website, on a business card, or in a private community where friends or potential clients might look for you, or if you want to automate link distribution via a bot.

New QR code design

Customizing the QR code’s appearance is no longer limited to preset themes: users can now pick colors from a wide palette, use any emoji as a background pattern, or select unique collectible gifts from their profile (the latter requires a Telegram Premium subscription).

Because of this, only the account owner can now manage the appearance of their QR code screen. Any decorations applied to the link’s design are visible to other users.

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