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Telegram introduced the first 10 innovations in 2023. Yearly subscription available

A little over a month after 2023 rolled around, Telegram has returned to releasing major updates. Today, February 3rd, the development team unveiled the first 10 new features for regular users and Premium members. A lot of interesting things have appeared: from the avatar constructor for profiles and channels to the automatic translation of all messages in the chat. In addition to them, Telegram for the first time since last summer launched the opportunity to purchase exclusive features not for a month, but immediately for a year in advance.

Avatar maker

As a profile picture, group chat or channel, you can now set any sticker or animated emoji available from the vast Telegram catalog. A corresponding button has been added to the editing menu – it opens a constructor that allows you to create a photo to your taste by choosing a background color and your favorite emoticon. The function is available to everyone, so it is not necessary to be a Telegram Premium subscriber.

However, users can offer each other profile pictures when editing a profile.

Emoji categories

Telegram offers users over a million different emojis and stickers. If at least a few sets are added, navigation between them is often quite difficult, just as it is not at all easy to quickly find what you need among dozens of icons. Now the problem is solved: in update 9.4.0, the emoji and reactions panel has acquired categories. When performing a search, the results are displayed in the same way, divided into categories.

Chat translation

Telegram Premium subscription users got the opportunity to instantly translate all messages in a chat, group or channel with the click of a button. A new special panel at the top of the screen is responsible for the simultaneous translation of the text. Ordinary users, as before, can only translate individual messages.

Network usage

In the last update, Telegram redesigned the “Memory Usage” section, which made it possible to more conveniently monitor the stored cache data and manage it more selectively. In version 9.4.0, similar changes were implemented for the Network Usage section. Detailed statistics on Wi-Fi usage and mobile data consumption are shown in a simplified form with clear pie charts. Also, right there, you can change the autoload settings in accordance with the operator’s tariff plan.

Autosave received media

Currently, Telegram can automatically save received photos from contacts, other personal chats, groups and channels. Now in the settings you can choose both the types of chats, the media from which will be saved to the device gallery itself, and set the size and type of downloaded files. Of course, it is also possible to add exceptions for individual chats – in this case, the messenger will save only the necessary content.

Permissions to send media

The arsenal of tools for group chat and channel administrators has been expanded with permissions to send media. Participants can be prevented or personally allowed to send 9 different types of files. You can optionally restrict the posting of photos, videos, stickers and GIFs, music, files, voice and video messages, links, and polls. For example, you can now create communities where only pictures or voice messages are allowed to be exchanged.

Annual Subscription

Telegram Premium subscribers can now upgrade to an annual plan with a discount of up to 40% (varies by region). In Russia, the price has been temporarily reduced by 24% for the 1-year option (4,190 rubles instead of 5,559.99 rubles) and by 17% for the 6-month option (2,290 rubles instead of 2,779.99 rubles).

Other innovations

  • Choice of chats in the bot interface. Developers can embed buttons in bots to quickly select groups, channels, or people according to specified criteria.
  • Sign in with Apple ID and Google ID. Users who accidentally or intentionally log out of their account will no longer need to request a code in an SMS message. It’s now easy to sign in with an Apple or Google account, but a 2-step verification password is still required if one was previously set.
  • New emoji sets. Telegram artists with update 9.4.0 released 10 fresh collections with emoticons. They also included several hundred images created specifically for profile, group or channel photos.
  • New interactive emoji. Emoticons 😘, 🙊, 🙉, 🦄, 💊, 💘 when sent as a separate message are now displayed with an interactive full-screen animation. They also appeared as reactions.

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