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Telegram was unstable for around 40 minutes, and at some point it was impossible to send and receive messages. However, the issue seems to be fixed now.
#outages
Bot API was updated to version 6.8
What's new:
• Added the field story to the class Message for messages with forwarded stories. Currently, it holds no information.
• Added the field voter_chat to the class PollAnswer, to contain channel chat voters in Polls. For backward compatibility, the field user in such objects will contain the user 136817688 (@Channel_Bot).
• Added the field emoji_status_expiration_date to the class Chat.
• Added the method unpinAllGeneralForumTopicMessages.
• Increased to 512 characters the maximum length of the startapp parameter in direct Web App links.
See the full changelog for details on the official website.
#update #BotAPI
Detailed View Statistics
• You can see a list of those who have viewed your stories.
• You can open the list of viewers directly in the story or from the archive at Settings > My Stories.
• Filters allow you to see which contacts of yours viewed the story, and let you prioritize recent views or reactions.
• To see if a specific user has viewed your story, simply enter their name in the search bar.
• This list becomes inaccessible 24 hours after the story expires. Premium users have permanent access to it.
• Note that the reaction and view counts always remain accessible.
• Premium users can enable Stealth Mode to anonymously see stories of other users. This will remove them from the viewer list of stories posted 5 minutes before and 25 minutes after enabling Stealth Mode.
More on this update can be found here.
⭐ Story Expiration Time
• You can choose how long your stories will appear for: 6, 12, 24, or 48 hours.
• Regular users can only choose the 24-hours option.
Posting Stories to Your Profile
• Stories can be posted to your profile permanently, ensuring that everyone can see your special moments.
• Stories posted will remain there until you decide to move them somewhere else or delete them at any time.
• Each story you post to your profile has a privacy setting of its own, giving you control over who can see specific stories.
• To add an expired story to your profile, open Stories Archive from Settings > My Stories section.
More on this update can be found here.
Creating Stories
• Create stories using photos or videos either from your gallery or through the in-app camera.
• You can use combine multiple images from your gallery in one story: open the sticker panel in the editor and tap the photo icon in the bottom corner. There, you can also find and choose images from the internet.
Dual Camera Mode
• Photos and videos can be taken simultaneously from both front and back cameras, and switch between them even while recording.
• The recording from one camera fills the entire screen, while the other camera appears as a small circle that can be moved around even while recording.
• This feature is not available on all devices.
Media Editor
• Using the built-in media editor, you can attach stickers, GIFs, text, and location tags, and make adjustments to brightness, contrast, and saturation.
• When adding geotags, you can specify any point on the map or choose a suitable one from the list. The location you choose doesn't necessarily have to be the place you live or the place where the photo or video was taken.
Story Captions
• Stories have a separate text field where you can add a more detailed description.
• Text captions support @mentions and links, allowing you to tag your friends and share websites.
• The maximum length of the caption is 200 character for regular users, and 2048 characters for premium users.
More on this update can be found here.
Managing Notifications for New Stories
• By default, you will get notified when one of five contacts that you communicate with most frequently posts a story.
• You can manually enable or disable notifications for stories from any user by opening one of their stories, opening the menu, and toggling the “Notify about Stories” setting.
• You can also enable or disable notifications from the header: tap and hold the user’s profile picture and toggle the “Notify about Stories” setting.
• Story notifications can be fully customized by adding exceptions for individual users or entire groups.
More on this update can be found here.
Viewing Stories
• By default, all stories from your contacts that you are allowed to view are displayed above the chat list.
• You can scroll down to expand the stories section.
• To view a someone’s story, simply tap their profile photo.
• You can also view stories from other Telegram users that allow you to do so: their profile picture will have a colored ring if they have an active story. This can be anywhere from your chat list or the list of participants in a group.
• Tap on the right and left sides of the screen while viewing a story to move to the next or previous story, or swipe right and left to see stories from the next user.
More on this update can be found here.
Stories and Telegram’s 10th Anniversary
Telegram for Android has been updated to version 10.0.
⚠️ Other clients will are expected to receive the new versions shortly.
Today is Telegram’s 10th birthday. To celebrate, one of the largest updates in the history of the platform is being rolled out.
In this update, Telegram introduces Stories, with a unique dual-camera shooting mode, flexible privacy settings for each story, and many other features.
Stories allow you to quickly share special moments and find out what’s new with your conversations and contacts. Since we can’t cover all updates in a single post, we will be talking about them in a series of posts.
Article: telegram.org/blog/stories
Android: Google Play, APK from the official website, or a verified channel
iOS: App Store
Desktop: from the official website or GitHub
macOS: App Store, from the official website, or the verified channel
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
🥳 Today Telegram turns 10 years old.
Pavel Durov about birthday:
In just a decade, Telegram gained over 800 million active users purely thanks to word of mouth. Through numerous updates and improvements over the years, Telegram has redefined what a modern messaging experience should be like.
The next step for Telegram is to go beyond messaging and spearhead innovation in social media in general. We should use our popularity to change the lives of billions for better, to inspire and uplift people on our planet.
Today’s gradual roll-out of stories for all users marks the beginning of this new stage in the history of Telegram. While this past decade was exciting, the next 10 years will be the time when Telegram reaches its true potential. 🥳
Publishing Stories in Telegram for All Users
An update to Telegram version 10.0 is approaching, marking the messenger's tenth anniversary. Yesterday, the Beta version for Android was released, bringing several new features and improvements related to Telegram Stories.
The ability to create and publish stories has become available to all users, including those without a Telegram Premium subscription, but currently only in the Beta version of the messenger.
The preliminary daily limit is set at 3 stories per day for users without a subscription and 100 stories per day for Premium subscribers.
⭐ Some story features will be available exclusively to Premium subscribers. These include priority placement, incognito mode, saving the view list, flexible auto-deletion settings, and much more.
For more information about the upcoming Telegram updates, visit our channel @betainfoen.
MIUI identifies Telegram as a dangerous app
Xiaomi's new MIUI security feature has identified Telegram as a dangerous app.
The new feature, which was launched in China in February 2022, scans sideloaded apps "for security vulnerabilities and illegal content".
If an app is found to contain malware or other harmful content, MIUI will force users to uninstall it. There are claims that the incident also gets reported to Chinese police, but there's no clear evidence on that.
The scanner claims Telegram contains fraudulent content, and thus must not be used.
Listing Telegram as a dangerous app is probably another sign of the Chinese government's crackdown on free speech and privacy. In recent years, the Chinese government has blocked or limited access to an increasing number of websites and apps, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google.
#xiaomi #censorship
Telegram X Android updated to stable version 0.25.6.1647
What's new:
— Added built-in translation tool: Settings — Language — Translation.
— Advanced text formatting and draft translation.
— View and Set Emoji Status if you have Telegram Premium subscription.
Fixed:
— Peer-to-peer voice calls now rely on the new library, which fixes issues when calling people with an iOS-based device and improves quality
— In-app YouTube player now works through web frame, as Google has dropped native player support
— Telegram X now relies on fully public & reproducible TDLib version & OpenSSL 1.1.1u
— Bugfixes and improvements.
Read more about this update in the article: telegra.ph/Telegram-X-08-02
Download from Google Play, or now from official channel @tgx_log.
#android #telegramX #update
Telegram Stories and Foursquare
In the server configuration of Telegram, a new parameter named stories_venue_search_username appeared, which mentions the username of the official bot @foursquare. This may be a hint for geolocalization widgets support in stories.
Foursquare is a service that provides information about places and attractions. In the messenger apps, this service's bot is used in the Interface Attachment Menu > Location.
The Telegram Info team suggests that this parameter could be related to the future ability to add geotags to stories.
Whether it will be possible to create your own bots to work with stories in Telegram is unknown.
#stories
The Advertisement Platform Testing Phase Is Supposedly Over
Recently, a paragraph in the explanation of Sponsored Messages was removed which was indicating that the feature is currently under testing:
Sponsored Messages are currently in test mode. Once they are fully launched and allow Telegram to cover its basic costs, we will start sharing ad revenue with the owners of public channels in which Sponsored Messages are displayed.
To view this explanation yourself, find any sponsored message, click the “Sponsored” label, and choose “What are sponsored messages?”.
We are currently unaware of any plans for sharing ad revenue with public channel owners.
#aboutAds
Stories — already in Telegram!
This month, uploading stories is only available to users with a Telegram Premium subscription.
It is known that no more than 100 stories can be uploaded per day, and reactions to the published "stories" comes to private chat with their author.
The new version can already be downloaded from the links below:
Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: from official website or GitHub.
Telegram Data Center Is Unstable
DC2 users are currently experiencing issues in using Telegram. The status hangs on "Updating...".
#outages
⭐ Premium Features for Stories
Any user can view, create, and interact with stories, but premium users have exclusive capabilities:
• Priority Order: Stories of premium users will appear first in the header for other users.
• Stealth Mode: Premium users can anonymously view stories of other users.
• Permanent Views History: Premium users can permanently see the list of those who viewed their stories from the archive.
• Expiration Durations: Premium users can choose from multiple expiration durations instead of the standard 24 hours.
• Save Stories to Gallery: Premium users can save unprotected stories to their gallery.
• Longer Captions: Premium users can have captions up to 2048 characters long in their stories.
• Links and Formatting: Premium users can add links and formatted text to their story captions.
• More Stories: Premium users can publish up to 100 stories daily.
More on this update can be found here.
Editing Stories
• You can edit the privacy settings and pretty much any details of your story at any time: captions, text overlays, stickers, and other elements—all without the need of deleting your story and creating a new one.
• To edit a story, open the menu button, and choose “Edit Story.”
• While a story is up, you can change who can view it: open the privacy settings in the top right corner, and choose between the options: Everyone, My Contacts, Close Friends, or Selected Contacts.
• You can view your stories from Settings > My Stories. There you can tap on any story to see who viewed it, change its visibility, or remove it from your profile.
More on this update can be found here.
Privacy Settings for Stories
• When posting a story, you can choose from four privacy settings: Everyone, My Contacts, Close Friends, and Selected Contacts.
• Each setting can be customized, allowing you to include or exclude individual users, or all members of specific groups.
• Additionally, you can create a list of users who will never see your story, regardless of the selected privacy settings.
• You can also disable screenshots so that the viewers won’t be able to screenshot your story on their devices or share it with others.
More on this update can be found here.
Reacting and Replying to Telegram Stories
• While viewing someon’s story, you can react to it by clicking the heart icon, or by simply opening reply dialog and choosing a reaction.
• You can also tap and hold the heart icon to choose a different reaction without having to open the reply dialog.
• Notice that in however way you react, you will be added to a list of those who have viewed the story, even if you are in Stealth Mode.
More on this update can be found here.
Hiding Stories from the Header
• If you want to hide stories of a specific user from the header without blocking them or removing them from your contacts, tap and hold their profile picture, and choose “Hide Stories.” This will move their stories to the archive.
• To unhide, open the archive, tap and hold their profile picture, and choose “Don‘t Hide Stories.“
• It‘s not possible to completely disable stories.
• Note that your chat with the user won’t be moved to the archive, and they won’t know that you have archived their stories.
More on this update can be found here.
Stories Is Still Not Available for Everyone
Some of our subscribers who aren’t subscribed to Telegram Premium have noticed that they are still not able to post stories after updating the app to the latest version, 10.0.
It is expected that the future will gradually be available to all users on the latest versions of the apps.
#stories
Pavel Durov Answered a Few Questions Regarding Stories, Its Design and Limitations
Yesterday morning, Durov answered a few questions in one of the major chats of Telegram:
❓ Does it make sense to compare the functionality of stories in Telegram and statuses in WhatsApp, as well as their limits?
❓ Was the decision to offer saving stories to the gallery as a premium feature a worthwhile choice?
❓ Why are the abilities to include formatting and links in stories limited to Premium users?
❓ The header on iOS is appealing, can we expect something similar for the Android app?
#stories
Iraq to Lift the Telegram Ban
In a recent announcement (alt), the Iraqi Ministry of Communications stated that the Telegram ban will be lifted by tomorrow, August 13.
The decision is response to Telegram establishing a communication channel and expressing their readiness to expose those who leaked citizens’ data. — The Iraqi Ministry of Communications
Some users have noticed that Telegram has already started to work again without using proxies. This comes after several suspected channels and bots were banned.
About a week ago, Telegram was banned in Iraq (excluding the autonomous Kurdistan Region), and blamed for being a distribution channel for citizens’ leaked data and ignoring cooperation requests from the Iraqi government.
#Iraq #bans
Telegram Stories for Non-Premium Users
Telegram’s server configuration has been updated and now features different story posting limits for regular and Premium users.
This might mean that in the next update Telegram will allow everyone to post stories, no Telegram Premium subscription required.
It is important to note that the values on the screenshot are from Telegram’s test server and they may differ on release.
Telegram Info assumes this is not the only restriction stories will have for regular users.
UPD: For the main server (following the test one), preliminary values for limits on the number of published stories appeared.
#stories #limits
Telegram Banned in Iraq
The Iraqi Ministry of Communications announced that they are banning access to Telegram for reasons related to “national security”.
In the statement the ministry points out that the government tried to contact Telegram multiple times to establish cooperation around blocking Iraqi citizen sensitive info leaks, but the messenger never responded.
The Ministry of Communications affirms its respect for citizens' rights to freedom of expression and communication, without compromising the security of the state and its institutions, and expresses its confidence in citizens' understanding of this measure [banning Telegram]. — The Iraqi Ministry of Communications
In the regions of Iraq where Telegram is banned, Telegram has been gaining popularity over Facebook products (WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram Direct). Iraqi state representatives are still publishing news to Telegram regardless of the ban. Some have already announced their migration to alternative platforms.
Users from Iraq have been reporting connectivity issues since yesterday, they are still able to circumvent the ban with proxies and VPNs. There is also an increasing number of reports on DownDetector regarding this.
The DownDetector reports not only come from Iraq, but also from countries which are near it: Georgia and Turkey. Twitter users from Iraq, Georgia, and Turkey are reporting Telegram connectivity issues, too. The cause of the issues in Georgia and Turkey are still unclear. It may be that the ban in one country has affected others because of the cross-dependent Internet infrastructure in countries located close to each other — cases like these have happened before.
One of the main reasons for the ban is the numerous data leaks of Iraqi citizens from government databases that were distributed on Telegram and other platforms since then. The government might be trying to seize access to the leaked data, prevent criticism, or pressure Telegram into cooperation.
#Iraq #bans
Telegram Data Center Is Unstable
Some of our subscribers have reported that DC2 has been unstable for more than two hours starting 15:00 UTC. They have noticed that comments take a longer time to load, the “Connecting...” indicator being displayed too often, and a number of other issues.
Pinging DC2 results in a clearly increased response time, and even lost packets.
#outages
Reactions on behalf of channels
Now, on behalf of your public channels, you can not only send messages to public groups but also leave reactions under them, as well as participate in polls.
To act on behalf of a channel, select a channel you own to the left of the message input line. When a channel is selected, all reactions and votes will be sent on behalf of that channel.
You cannot mix reactions on your behalf and your channels. For example, if you first put a reaction on your behalf, and then the second on behalf of the channel, then the first reaction will change its author to the channel.
Reactions on behalf of chats are also available, but only for the chat creator. To do this, the chat owner must give himself the right to anonymity, then he will be able not only to leave anonymous messages but also to put anonymous reactions.
#reactions #premium
Removing Stories From the Chat List
While it is currently not possible to completely hide the stories section, you can hide stories of specific users.
Option 1
In the stories section, tap and hold someone’s profile picture, then choose “Hide Stories”. This moves their stories to the Archive so you no longer see them.
To unhide the stories, just go to the archived chats, tap and hold the user’s profile picture again, and choose “Unhide Stories”.
Option 2
Open the user’s profile, and remove them as a contact.
Note that their stories might reappear if you have contact synchronization turned on and they are in your phone’s contacts. To make sure they won’t reappear, either remove the user from your phone’s contacts, or completely disable contact synchronization in Settings > Privacy.
#FAQ #stories
More information about the upcoming update in Telegram
The code update in the official repository of Telegram Desktop on GitHub has provided more details regarding the upcoming update in addition to the list we previously published:
• Changelogs in stories
In future Telegram updates, the platform is likely to start sharing its changelogs in the form of stories.
• Different limits for Telegram Premium owners and regular users
Story caption: 200 characters for regular users and 2048 characters for Telegram Premium owners.
Story self-destruct timer: We are still not certain, but it seems that it will be possible to set a lifespan for stories up to 30 days (or hours, as there is no exact information yet) for regular users and up to 100 days for Premium users. There are no screenshots on the translation platform that include such values.
• Ability to report stories
Stories will be displayed on user profiles. In the stories themselves, it will be possible to mention (@username) other users, who will receive corresponding notifications. In order to prevent abuse of this feature, the messenger's team will add violation reporting functionality for stories.
• New format for in-app advertising
A new advertising format will be introduced in channels (not in stories): image + text + link. The link can also lead to an external resource, for which Telegram will add click tracking for advertising links.
It is important to note that all information is based on assumptions from the API schema, so the story mechanism may undergo some changes before the release.
#stories #aboutAds
