Telegram is rolling out a bunch of upgrades as a part of its January characteristic drop together with “view-once” video and audio messages, the power to pause recording whereas sending a video or an audio message, and new read-time controls.
The app launched “view-once” images and movies in one-on-one chat in September 2023. Now, the corporate is extending this characteristic to voice and video messages. Customers can hit the mic icon to begin recording after which pull as much as faucet on the “view-once” icon to permit the recipient to listen to the voice message or have a look at the video message simply as soon as.
Moreover, Telegram is rolling out the power to pause and resume recording for voice and video messages by the identical menu.
Telegram can also be including a manner for folks to see when the recipient reads your message in one-on-one personal chats. You’ll be able to flip this characteristic off within the settings.
The corporate can also be introducing some new options for paid customers. Now, premium customers can conceal their learn time however nonetheless can have a look at another person’s learn time in the event that they share it publicly.
Plus, paid customers can decide who can ship them messages first. They will choose both “Everyone” or “My Contacts and Premium User.”
Final month, Telegram launched new options for better channel discovery and customization. Later within the month, it launched improved calls with end-to-end encryption protection that hog much less of your telephone’s battery. The corporate additionally up to date its bot platform to let bots react to messages, handle reactions, quotes and hyperlinks, and ship replies to different chats or subjects.