- You can disable all resource-intensive animations
and animated stickers and emoji.
- Power saving mode turns on automatically based on
system battery saving settings.
- Fully flexible playback speed settings for videos,
voice and video messages.
- Click the "1X" button to quickly switch between normal
and adjusted speed – or hold it to set any speed between 0.5-2.5x.
- Improved sound quality for adjusted speed playback.
- Read receipts in groups under 100 members now show reaction timestamps
and when your messages were read.
- When inviting people to groups, you can quickly send invite links
to anyone who doesn't allow adding them directly.
- Invite links now show previews in chats.
- Fully translatable bots. Bot descriptions
and ”What can this bot do?" sections can now be translated.
- Starting a call now shows a confirmation window.
- Fixed pasting images from Firefox on Windows.
- Global Fn+F shortcut to switch active window
to full screen mode on macOS.
- Silent notification sound in Focus Mode on macOS.
- Allow larger interface scale values on high-dpi screens.
- Implement new voice and video speed change interface (up to 2.5x).
- Support global Fn+F shortcut to toggle fullscreen on macOS.
- Silent notification sound in Focus Mode on macOS.
- Fix media viewer on macOS with several screens.
- Fix a crash in connection type box.
- Fix possible crash on quit.
- Suggest sending an invite link if user forbids inviting him to groups.
- Show when a reaction was left on your message in small groups.
- Fix a crash in video chats on Windows.
- Fix a crash in audio speed change.
- Improve quality of voice messages with changed playback speed.
- Show when your message was read in small groups.
- Fix pasting images from Firefox on Windows.
- Improve memory usage for custom emoji.
- Confirmation window before starting a call.
- New "Battery and Animations" settings section.
- "Save Power on Low Battery" option for laptops.
- Improved windowed mode support for media viewer.
- Hardware accelerated video playback fix on macOS.
- New application icon on macOS following the system guidelines.
- One more attempt to fix fonts on Windows.
- Fix polls forwarding to private chats.
- Improve translations bar appearance.
- Improve userpic editor presets.
- Emoji Profile Pictures.
Quickly create group and profile pictures from animated emoji
and stickers with the new "Use an Emoji" option.
- Emoji Categories.
Filter stickers and emoji by categories like "love", "cheers"
or "sleeping" in the sticker and emoji tabs.
- Chat Translation.
As a Premium user, translate entire chats in real time
as you scroll them or receive new messages.
- Media Permissions in Groups.
Control whether members of your groups can send
9 distinct media types – like Photos, Voice or Video Messages.
- Select Chats for Bots.
Bot developers can now let users quickly select groups,
channels or contacts that meet predefined criteria (more in @BotNews).
- Open in New Window.
Open chats or additional accounts in separate windows.
