- Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
- Click on '...' menu > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme.
- Both chat participants will see the same theme
in that chat – on all their devices.
- Each new theme features colorful gradient message bubbles,
beautifully animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.
- All chat themes have day and night versions
and will follow your overall dark mode settings.
- Implement main window rounded corners on Windows 11.
- Fix audio capture from AirPods on macOS.
- Control video in fullscreen mode using arrows and numbers.
- Open locations in browser if default Bing Maps is not installed.
- Reconnect without timeout when network availability changes.
- Crash fixes.
- Some animated emoji now have extra effects.
- Send 🎆🎉, 🎈, :like:, 💩 or ❤️
to any private chat, then click on the animated emoji
to launch the effect.
- If your chat partner also has the chat open,
you will both see the effects.
- See the "Watching" status
when your chat partner is enjoying emoji effects with you.
- More interactive emoji coming soon.
- Right click one of your outgoing messages in small groups
to see who recently viewed it.
- To protect privacy, read receipts are only stored for 7 days
after the message was sent.
- Record video and audio from live broadcasts in your group or channel.
- Admins can start recording from the '...' menu.
- Choose between recording in portrait or landscape orientation.
- Finished recordings are sent to the admin's Saved Messages
and can be easily shared.
- Broadcast video and share your screen
to an unlimited number of viewers.
- To begin, tap the Live Stream button
in the title bar of a community where you are an admin.
- Tap the "Forward Message" label above the input field
to change how messages will be sent.
- Hide or show the original sender's name.
- Remove or keep captions from media messages.
- See how many unread comments there are
when opening a channel's comments.
- Tile chat background patterns horizontally.
- Fix a rare crash in spellchecker on Windows.
- Fix animated chat backgrounds in Saved Messages.
- Fix "Sorry, group is inaccessible" message in scheduled voice chats.
- Reset your Two-Step Verification password even if you forgot
your old password and don't have a recovery email.
- To do this, you must be logged into your account.
The reset takes 7 days and can be cancelled from any of your devices.
- Change the default chat background.
- Add GIFs overview section in chats.
- Add a simple new messages animation.
- Use modern Telegram application icon.
- Use Direct3D 11 by default on Windows.
- Fix Direct3D acceleration on basic Windows 7 setup.
- Added a simple image editor.
Crop photos or highlight parts of screenshots before sending.
- Use Direct3D 9 backend in ANGLE by default (Windows).
- Fix "Show in Finder" not focusing the Finder window (macOS).
- Use GTK from a child process (Linux).
- Start video conferences from Voice Chats in any group.
- Share your screen or video from your camera
with up to 30 participants (limit to be increased soon).
- Talk without video with an unlimited number of participants.
- Create voice chats from the info page
of any group where you are an admin.
- Group video calls are supported natively on all devices,
including iPads and laptops.
- Added ability to mix together bold, italic and other formatting.
- Fix voice chats and video calls OpenGL with some drivers on Windows.
- Several bug fixes.
- Added "Enable noise suppression" option to group calls Settings.
- Fix media viewer with Retina + Non-Retina dual monitor setup on macOS.
- Several bug and crash fixes.
- Optimized video playback in media viewer and Picture-in-Picture mode.
- Added integration with System Media Transport Controls on Windows 10.
- Added "Now Playing" integration for music playback on macOS.
- Added "Archive Sticker" into the "..." menu of the Sticker Set Box.
- Fixed memory not being freed on Linux.
- Several crash fixes.
- Optimized video playback in media viewer and Picture-in-Picture
on Windows and Linux.
- Added integration with System Media Transport Controls
on Windows 10.
- Added "Archive Sticker" into the "..." menu of the Sticker Set Box.
- Fixed memory not being freed on Linux.
- Several crash fixes.
- Add "Voice chats" filter in "Recent actions" for channels.
- Write local drafts to disk on a background thread.
- Support autoupdate for Telegram in write-protected folders on Linux.
- Fix crash in native notifications on Linux.
- Fix crash in file dialog on Linux.
