In 2023, Telegram, the popular instant messaging app, unveiled several innovative features to enhance the user experience and expand communication options for its vast user base of over 800 million monthly active users. With a focus on user-centric approach, Telegram continues to lead the way among modern messaging platforms by offering a feature-rich and enjoyable messaging experience. Check out the top 10 new features introduced this year, showcasing Telegram’s commitment to staying ahead and keeping users happy.
Translating Entire Chats
Premium users now translate entire chats, groups and channels in real-time by tapping the Translate bar at the top. The options menu lets them hide the bar and control which languages are translated. All users can translate individual messages by selecting them and tapping ‘Translate’.
Power Saving Mode
Telegram’s animations and lightweight effects are optimized to make any phone feel powerful, but can be disabled to extend battery life and improve performance on older devices. Power Saving Mode can be set to ‘automatic turn on’ when any user’s device battery reaches a certain percentage. With individual toggles that let the users disable specific effects. iOS users also use power-saving settings to limit background updates. For Android users, Telegram has manually tested more than 200 device types to see how well Telegram performs and created optimized default settings to ensure all users get the best experience.
Shareable Chat Folders
With this update, users now share chat folders through links, making it easier for them to join multiple work groups where users can create folders with any chats, bots, groups, and channels in it, by giving it any name – and then share it using the ‘Shareable Folders’ feature. When creating a link, users select which chats to include and give it a unique name, such as ‘interns’ or ‘managers’.
Story Feature
This feature allows premium users of the app to post stories that can be seen by the audience of their choice, including non-premium users. Users need to update their apps on Android, iOS, and Desktop versions to experience the same. The stories are appearing on the top of the screen, right above the global chat search. They allow users to share photos, videos, and text that disappear after 6, 12, 24 or 48 hours, or can be set to remain permanently on the user’s profile. Users separately choose people who can see the story. Telegram’s Stories also support dual camera functionality, enabling users to capture photos and videos simultaneously with both the front and rear cameras.
Reaction Stickers and Music in Stories
Both users and channels can add reaction stickers to their stories – letting viewers respond with even more emojis in just one tap. Stories posted by channels display reaction counters, showing how many people chose each emotion. Audio files on the user’s device can be used in photo and video stories – allowing them to create content with custom soundtracks, narration and proper rickrolls.
Reply Revolution
“Replies 2.0,” allows users to quote specific parts of messages for precision in their responses. A simple tap and drag gesture makes quoting messages effortless and visually engaging, focusing on the exact location in the original message with a beautiful animation. What’s more, users can now send replies to different chats, offering greater flexibility for private conversations or transferring discussions to other groups or channels. This feature facilitates seamless multi-chat communication, further enhancing the Telegram experience.
Reply, Forwarding, and Link Settings
With the introduction of new tabs in the menu, Telegram made it simpler for users to access settings when replying, forwarding messages, including links in responses, or managing all three together. This streamlined user interaction and provided a more efficient messaging experience.
Free Telegram Premium
With this feature, millions of users can now participate in giveaways and receive prizes, including coveted Telegram Premium subscriptions. Winners of the giveaways receive gift codes as public verification of their victory. These codes grant them access to Telegram Premium, and organizers can even add other enticing prizes, such as Teslas, to make the experience even more thrilling. The giveaways are open to everyone, including existing Premium subscribers, who can still enter and, if they win, choose to pass the prize to a friend.
Video Messages on Stories:
When posting a story, you can add a video message to supply commentary or simply make a face. These messages can be resized, moved around the screen, and placed along the time axis, providing limitless creative possibilities for users to express themselves
Thanos Snap Effects on iOS:
Auto-deleted messages on iOS, feature a visually stunning animation upon reaching the expiration timer, adding a touch of excitement to user interactions.
