Version history
9.5.3 2023-03-27
- Power Saving Mode
- New switch to disable all resource-intensive processes with one click.
- Individual autoplay settings for videos, GIFs, stickers, animated emoji and more.
- Power saving mode turns on automatically based on battery charge.
- Bug fixes, performance improvements and all that jazz.
9.4 2023-02-05
- This Telegram update adds a few major improvements:
- EMOJI CATEGORIES: Filter stickers and emoji by categories like "love", "celebration" 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.
- NETWORK USAGE: Check how much of your data was spent on Telegram in the updated Network Usage section in Settings.
- MEDIA PERMISSIONS IN GROUPS: Control whether members of your groups can send 9 distinct media types – like Photos, Voice or Video Messages.
- TRENDING EMOJI: As a Premium user, check out trending emoji packs in the emoji panel and long press an emoji to zoom in.
- SELECT CHATS FOR BOTS: Bot developers can now let users quickly select groups, channels or contacts that meet predefined criteria (more in @BotNews).
- This release also contains crash fix for macOS 10.12.6 and other improvements.
9.3.1 2023-01-16
- HIDDEN MEDIA, ZERO STORAGE USAGE, NEW DRAWING TOOLS, PROFILE PICTURES FOR YOUR CONTACTS, AND PUPPIES
- We found someone's letter to Santa and implemented everything on the list:
- Hidden Media
- Media with spoiler effects. You can wrap photos and videos you send in a fuzzy cover by selecting media in the attachment menu and tapping (⋯) > Hide With Spoiler.
- Zero Storage Usage
- Auto-remove cached media. You can choose how long cached media is kept in Private Chats, Groups, and Channels – and add exceptions for specific chats.
- Removing media by type. Separate tabs with Media, Files, and Music from all chats let you quickly clear the largest files.
- Pie charts. The new design helps you see what's taking up space.
- Dwarves with calculators. Cache size is now calculated a lot faster.
- Reminder: All cached media you remove remains accessible in the cloud and can be re-downloaded if needed.
- Profile Pictures for Your Contacts
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- Setting pictures for your contacts. You can choose your own picture for a contact – only you will see it on their profile.
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- Suggested profile pictures. When editing your contacts, you can suggest a photo for their profile. It will take them just two taps to add the picture you suggested.
- Public profile pictures. If you only allow certain users to see your profile photos, you can set a public picture for everyone else.
- Ultimate profile picture privacy. You can set 'Who can see my profile photos' to 'Nobody' and add some users or groups as exceptions.
- Hiding Members in Large Groups
- Member list privacy. Owners of large groups can hide the list of members.
- The letter also mentioned taking over the world and a puppy, but we hope the real Santa will be able to handle that – now that we've done the rest.
9.2.1 2022-12-09
- GLOBAL AUTO-DELETE, TOPICS 2.0 AND MUCH MORE
- Global Auto-Delete
- You can set a Global Auto-Delete Timer for all new chats and groups you create.
- New messages will be deleted after 1 day, week, month – or a custom duration you choose.
- The new menu in Settings > Privacy and Security > Auto-Delete Messages also lets you set up Auto-Delete for any of your existing chats faster.
- Topics 2.0
- Admins of groups with 100+ members can organize discussions into separate topics.
- Topics 2.0: Navigation
- Topics now have a two-column layout that keeps recent chats easily accessible as you browse topics.
- Previews of topic messages in the chat list work like a button – tap to jump to the message or hold to preview the topic.
- When in a topic, you can hold the 'Back' button to go back to All Chats.
- Topics 2.0: Organization
- Up to 5 topics can be pinned to the top of the list.
- Each topic now supports multiple pinned messages.
- The 'View as Messages' mode now shows which topic each message belongs to.
- Badge counters for topics you never opened will have a lighter, less distracting color.
- Topics 2.0: General Topic
- A new 'General' topic is now included by default, containing service messages and the earlier message history from the group.
- Admins can rename the General topic or hide it in the topic list.
- Aggressive Anti-Spam for Groups
- Large groups can enable 'Aggressive Filtering' in Group Info > Administrators to remove more spam with automated algorithms.
- Admins help improve filtering by reporting any false positives in 'Recent Actions'.