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Telegram's EU Audience Reaches 38.5 Million People, or 8.5% of Population
Over the past six months, the audience of Telegram in the European Union has averaged 38.5 million people, which represents 8.5% of the population. These figures were published on the Telegram FAQ page (which is only accessible from a European IP address).
As a result, Telegram will not be subject to the Digital Services Act (DSA) for the time being, as it is used by fewer than 45 million users in the European Union.
Starting in February 2024, all digital platforms with an audience of over 45 million users in the EU will be required to disclose to regulators information about their algorithms, advertisers' access to data, content moderation decisions, and may be subject to external audits.
#statistics
Telegram Beats Facebook Messenger in Popularity
According to Pavel Durov's recent message on his Telegram channel, the messaging platform has overtaken Facebook Messenger to become the world's most popular cloud-based messenger. Although Telegram currently trails behind WhatsApp on a global scale, it is steadily closing the gap and is now in second place.
"No wonder our competitors are concerned!" - said Durov.
#statistics
Telegram to No Longer Support SMS Requests from Third-Party Apps
According to a recent message that was broadcasted to third-party app developers, Telegram plans to no longer support SMS requests from third-party apps, meaning that users will be able to request SMS verifications only from official Telegram apps.
The change is set to go live on 18th February, at 13:00 UTC. After that date, authorization codes for third-party apps can only be received through official Telegram apps. The message also asked third-party app developers to take necessary actions before that date.
Bot API has been updated to version 6.5
Chat and User Selection
• Bots can now show a friendly interface that can be used to select any channel, group or user.
• Added the KeyboardButtonRequestUser and KeyboardButtonRequestChat keyboard buttons for private chats.
• Added support for "user_shared" and "chat_shared" service messages, which hold the identifiers of users and chats shared via the buttons.
Improved Permissions
• Added support for granular media permissions by replacing can_send_media_messages in ChatMemberRestricted and ChatPermissions with several separate fields for the respective media type.
• Added the parameter use_independent_chat_permissions to the methods restrictChatMember and setChatPermissions.
• Added the field user_chat_id to the class ChatJoinRequest.
• And more, see the full changelog for details.
#update #BotAPI
Network Usage
• This section now contains circular diagrams with detailed statistics of Telegram's Wi-Fi and mobile data usage.
• You can see how much data has been used by Telegram with detailed pie charts for Wi-Fi and mobile data – and adjust your auto-download settings to suit your data plan.
• The total traffic is displayed next to the "Data Usage" item in the "Data and Storage" settings section.
Full list of changes is available here.
Profile Picture Maker
• Any stickers or animated emojis can now be easily turned into a profile picture for a personal account, group or channel.
• For the background of the profile picture, one to four shades can be specified.
• Animated emojis in the profile picture maker are free for everyone, including those who do not have a Telegram Premium subscription.
Full list of changes is available here.
🌟 Real-Time Chat Translation
• Now, Premium users can automatically translate whole chats, groups, and channels from foreign languages by tapping the new "Translate" button at the top of the screen.
• In the dropdown menu next to the button users can choose other languages for translation or hide the button for the viewed chat.
• Non-premium users can still translate individual messages by selecting the desired message and tapping the "Translate" button.
• To enable translation of all messages in Telegram you have to go to "Language" section and turn on the "Translate entire chats" option.
• Full list of changes is available here.
What awaits us in the upcoming Telegram 9.4 update
Beta version of Telegram for Android, iOS and macOS pleased us with cool innovations:
• 🌟 Real-time message translation allows to translate all messages at once in any chat and enable automatic translation new. The option is available only to Telegram Premium users.
• Updated 'Traffic Usage' now displays a visual graph of traffic usage and detailed information about the number of sent and received media type data.
• Flexible media autosave allows the user to choose for each chat category whether the media type is photo or video — will be automatically saved to the gallery.
• Updated permissions section in groups allows to fine-tune the permissions for sending media, as well as disable sending text messages in group chats.
• Avatar Maker — now also in mobile clients! New allows to customize user, group or channel avatar with gradient backgrounds, animated custom emojis and stickers.
• In addition, the new version of will have auto-switching proxy. Configure the timeout before connecting to one of the active proxies if the current one stops working.
• Emoji Categories - several new groups have appeared in the search bar of emoji panels, stickers and GIF animations appeared in the search bar that respond to for different feelings and emotions: love, approval, disapproval, support, laughter and others. Navigating through the categories will make it much easier to navigate through the panels.
Other updates include setting status by holding emoji, pausing music while recording audio, and discount popup for Telegram Premium annual subscription (on iOS).
To be among the first to know about Telegram innovations, subscribe to @betainfoen.
Improved Avatar Quality
In upcoming Telegram update, users will have access to higher quality animated avatars. Telegram will use a new system for setting them up using an avatar builder.
How it was before:
Telegram for macOS generated videos from stickers and uploaded them as video avatars.
How it will be after the update:
The client will upload data with background and sticker which will be used for avatar.
Therefore, users receive a vector image of a better quality.
On the left side you can see an animated avatar generated by the app, on the right — a vector avatar.
Brazilian court fines Telegram for failing to comply with order
The Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes fined Telegram for 1.2 million reais (~$236,527) as a response of failing to comply with a court order to block the accounts of the supporters of the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro.
The fine was issued as part of an investigation into acts of vandalism in public spaces in the country's capital earlier this month, said Telegram was required to block five accounts that posted hateful content.
“The malicious non-compliance by the providers involved indicates, objectively, consent with the continued perpetration of the crimes under investigation,” the ruling reasoned.
The court offered Telegram a deadline of five days to pay the fine. According to CNN, the Brazilian Supreme Court increases the fine by 100,000 reais ($20,000) each day.
Recall that in March 2022, a Brazilian Supreme Court judge suggested to block Telegram in the country, but after a personal apology from Pavel Durov and promises to make changes to the messenger, they withdrew the decision.
Read more news about Telegram and Brazil at @tginfobr.
Telegram overtakes WhatsApp in Brazil
Telegram has taken first place in the Brazilian iOS App Store in the 'Social Networks' category, according to data from Sensor Tower for January 9th.
This growth is caused by protests against the results of the fall presidential elections. Among the protesters were supporters of the former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, who has almost 3 million subscribers in Telegram channel.
Read Telegram Info in Portuguese in our channel @tginfobr
#Brazil #Statistics
Changing the name of an emoji and sticker set
The official bot for creating emoji and sticker sets now has the ability to change the name of already created sets.
To do this, go to the conversation with @Stickers and send the /renamepack command.
Remember that in May 2017, usernames became clickable in the names of sets.
Telegram Info 7 years!
VPN and channels in 30 languages
7 years ago our community was born. During this time we have created and developed many different projects.
• 3 years ago, the TON Info (RU) news channel appeared, as well as the Beta Info (RU) channel, where we tell the most loyal fans about new features before they become available in the public stable versions of the Telegram apps. In addition, we continue to work on many other projects.
• In Russia, a significant portion of the internet is blocked. In the spring, we launched the Telegram Info VPN service, which helps users access any websites that are not available in Russia and other countries.
• Thanks to the efforts of people in many countries, our foreign channels are available in Indonesian, Persian, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Arabic, Russian, and other languages. There are now more than 30 of them. You can see a list of our communities on TGStat.
We won’t stop at what has been achieved and plan to do even more for our readers in 2023. If you want to join the @tginfoen team, help develop existing or create new services, write or translate news in your language and develop a local community, write to us at @infowritebot.
Sincerely, the @tginfoen team.
#anniversary
High-resolution images in Telegram
The Telegram Desktop source code includes an option to change the value of the kPhotoSideLimit parameter from 1280 to 2560.
This means that Telegram servers already allow for the sending of images at a higher resolution, while clients continue to use the previous compression value.
The @tginfo editorial team hopes that in the future this change will appear on all clients and will also affect not only images but also video. This refers to the possibility of sending 4K video from all clients without compression to 1080p.
#desktop
Topics for all chats
Telegram has removed the limit on the number of users in a group for enabling topics.
Now it is no longer necessary to wait for 100 participants in a group to create topics.
For groups linked to channels, topics are still unavailable.
New Telegram Call UI contest for Android and iOS developers
Telegram announced the start of a competition among Android and iOS developers to improve the calling interface.
Task:
The Task is to implement the redesigned flow for audio and video calls into Telegram for Android or Telegram for iOS based on the provided mockups (Android / iOS). Regardless of the platform you chose, the submission must precisely represent the provided design – this includes all elements, their proportions and position on the screen, as well as their animations and transitions.
Details:
For a complete description of the required features and logic together with contest guidelines, see these documents:
• Android
• iOS
Evaluation criteria:
The key factors that will be used to determine the best apps are:
• The general aesthetics of the app.
• Adherence to the provided mockups and design elements.
• Attention to the tiniest details in the user experience.
In addition, the smoothness of animations and the overall stability of the app will play a major role. Last but not least is the absence of significant flaws (including crashes, performance issues, battery drains, visual glitches, noticeable element blinking, layout imperfections and more).
Winners on each platform may be offered a chance to join the Telegram team in Dubai.
Prize fund: $100,000 ($50,000 for each platform)
Deadline: 23:59 on March 4th (Dubai time)
Results: March 18th, 2023
#contest
What determines the price of Telegram Premium
Yesterday, on Valentine's Day, Telegram announced a promotion that allowed you to gift a Premium subscription to another user with a discount of up to 40%.
Many users noticed that discount size was less than they expected, and some even saw that on February 13 the subscription price was increased.
Here is what @tginfoen has learned about Premium pricing:
1. First of all prices (both for subscription for me and for subscription as a gift) are calculated in dollars, and then converted into user's local currency. Here is how the conversion works: Telegram Premium FAQ - Can I pay in my local currency.
2. Prices for a subscription for me and a subscription as a gift are calculated differently: the price "for me" depends on user's location based on user's phone number, and the price of a gift depends neither on the location of the giver nor on the location of the recipient.
3. The price of gifts is recalculated every hour. Whether the original price in dollars changes, or only changes in the exchange rate are taken into account, is unknown.
We will continue to find out the details of how the price of Telegram Premium is determined in different situations.
#FAQ #Premium
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.6.1 and then to 4.6.2
What's new in 4.6.1:
— Fix fonts fallback on Windows.
— Fix crash in userpic editor.
— Fix some crashes on 32 bit Window build.
— Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
What's new in 4.6.2:
— One more attempt to fix fonts on Windows.
— Fix polls forwarding to private chats.
— Improve translations bar appearance.
— Improve userpic editor presets.
Download: with official website or GitHub.
#update #desktop
Emoji Categories
• Stickers and emoji are now sorted by categories, like 👍, ❤️ or 💤 in the menu.
• A long press on the emoji before sending shows you a full-screen animation.
• When holding an animated or custom emoji for longer time, app will offer setting it as your status.
• The ability to search for emojis, stickers, and GIF animations related to a specific category significantly simplifies navigation.
Full list of changes is available here.
Auto-Save Incoming Media
• You can control when media is saved automatically to your gallery based on its size, type and which chat it was received from.
• This menu now also supports exceptions, so you can only save exactly what you want.
• The option is available in the "Data and Storage" section under "Save to Gallery".
Full list of changes is available here.
Granular Media Permissions
• Group administrators can now separately permit or restrict members from sending 9 different types of media, including photos, voice messages, and video messages.
• There is a new option to completely disable the sending of text messages in a group, without imposing restrictions on the sending of individual types of media.
• Therefore, it is now possible to create groups where, for example, exchanging voice messages is only allowed.
Full list of changes is available here.
Profile Photo Maker, Translating Entire Chats, Emoji Categories and More
Telegram for Android and iOS has been updated to version 9.4.
⚠️ Other Telegram clients will receive the new version soon.
🌟 Real-time message translation
• Premium users can now translate entire chats, groups and channels in real time by tapping the Translate bar at the top.
• The bar can be hidden or the languages for translation can be selected from the drop-down menu.
Profile Picture Maker
• Any stickers or animated emojis can now be easily converted into a profile picture for accounts, groups, or channels.
• Animated and custom emoji are available to everyone even without a Telegram Premium subscription.
Emoji Categories
• A search by categories has appeared in the sticker and emoji panel and in the reaction and status menu, e.g. 👍, ❤️ and 💤.
• Holding the emoji before sending allows you to see it in full size.
• Holding an animated or custom emoji also calls setting it as your status.
Network usage
• The updated "Data usage” section displays circular diagrams and detailed statistics.
• The “Data usage control” feature allows you to handle the amount of data used by Telegram.
Flexible media auto-saving settings
• You can select the types of chats where media will be automatically saved to the device gallery, and also set the maximum size of video to be downloaded automatically.
• You can add exceptions for individual chats so that only necessary photos and videos are saved.
Updated group permission section
• Group administrators can separately allow or disallow members to send 9 different types of media, including photos, voice messages and video messages.
• Now it is also possible to completely disable text messages in a group.
Annual Premium Subscription
• Now you can pay for your personal Telegram Premium subscription not just for one month, but for an entire year ahead.
• The annual rate plan is sold with a discount of up to 40%.
Chats selecting in the bots' interface
• Developers can now incorporate buttons for quick selection of groups, channels or accounts based on predetermined criteria into their bots.
• For example, this allows you to quickly add a bot to a group where the topics are enabled and current user is an administrator.
• All details for bot developers are available in the documentation and in @BotNews channel.
Sign-in with Apple and Google ID
• Users who have logged out of their accounts can easily log back in using their Apple or Google ID, without a code from an SMS.
• The password for two-step authentication is still required if it has been set.
Other Innovations
• Auto proxy switching: you can now set the waiting time before connecting to one of the active proxies if the current one stops working.
• Pausing music during audio or video message recording.
• A lightweight mode has been added to the stable version of the Android app.
• Redesigned tabs for the emoji, stickers, and GIF animations panel.
• 10 new sets of emoji have been prepared, including several hundred images specially created for profile, group or channel photos.
• Interactive versions of the emoji, also available as reactions, were introduced: 🦄, 🙊, 💊, 😘, 💘, 🙉.
Article: https://telegram.org/blog/profile-pics-emoji-translations
Android: Google Play, APK from official website or verified channel.
iOS: App Store.
Desktop: from official website or GitHub.
macOS: From App Store or Verified Channel.
Unigram for Windows 10+: Microsoft Store | Direct download | Installation instructions
#update #Android #iOS #Desktop #macOS #Unigram
Telegram WebZ updated to version 1.59.0
👏 What's new:
— Chats can be opened in multiple browser tabs or windows.
— A spoiler effect is available for photos and videos.
— You can replace profile photos of contacts or suggest new ones.
— Your account can have a public profile photo, in addition to the main one.
— Media can be sent from your clipboard without compression.
— Topics are able to be created or edited in groups.
— Syntax highlighting is now supported for Type (.tl) language.
🚀 Optimized:
— Multiple media items can be sent as separate messages from the attachment menu.
— The audio player now supports multiple playback speeds.
— The topic panel can be quickly closed with a swipe.
— Animations in the topic panel are faster and lighter.
💪 Fixed:
— Fixed some chats being hidden in the chat list.
— Fixed the app reloading when resizing the window.
— Fixed missing video in group video calls.
— Fixed problems with deleting chat history.
— Fixed missing text formats when composing a message.
— Fixed jumping cursor when editing chat description.
— Fixed app URL not updating after closing a chat.
— Fixed yellow border when switching profile photos.
— Fixed call indicator not hiding after a call ends.
— Various layout improvements.
web.telegram.org/z
#webz
SafetyNet attestation in Telegram for Android
Beta version of Telegram for Android has begun performing a SafetyNet check before sending out the SMS authorization code. This was discovered by developers of the unofficial Nekogram modification.
Telegram Info found out custom ROM users don't need to worry.
SafetyNet API, developed by Google, is a tool that app developers can use to detect unofficial modifications within the app and on the system, such as mods, root access, and custom ROMs. This technology is used to protect against piracy and improve security by blocking the app or certain features on devices deemed unreliable by the developer.
Some users have expressed concern that Telegram's implementation of SafetyNet may indicate that the app will no longer allow SMS codes to be received from devices with unofficial ROMs or that the app will cease to function on these devices altogether.
However, a deeper analysis of the app's code reveals that Telegram is using SafetyNet to test a new method of delivering SMS authorization codes via Google's Firebase service, which requires the device attestation. The old method of sending codes will still be used in other cases, leading to the conclusion that Telegram does not intend to impose any sanctions on users of unofficial apps or mods.
The use of Firebase may be related to the high cost of sending SMS messages and calls for authentication. The delivery of codes accounts for a quarter of the messenger's expenses.
#Android
The best and worst innovation in Telegram 2022
In the past year, Telegram has introduced many new features, including the paid subscription Telegram Premium. The main efforts of the development team in the outgoing year were focused on the development of the paid subscription and the promotion of the options included in it. Therefore, on the last day of the past year, we launched 4 polls:
• Best public feature.
• Worst public feature.
• Best Premium feature.
• Worst Premium feature.
We will summarize the results and tell you what was most liked and what was rejected in 2022: tginfo.me/2022-features-en
Changes in limits
A change in the code of secret chats in the Telegram Android source code has been noticed.
Now, a 64-bit number is used to store document sizes instead of a 32-bit number as previously. The range of integer values that can be stored in 32 bits is from 0 to 4,294,967,295.
Thus, using a 32-bit storage type format for file size, Telegram was not able to provide the ability to send files and media over 4 GB in size, which corresponds to the limit with Telegram Premium.
The Telegram Info editorial team assumes that in the future, the maximum possible size of transmitted files in secret chats will be increased.
#limit
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.5.2
What's new:
— Fix unread reactions button in private chats.
— Fix tile background saving after an app update.
— Allow Ctrl+6,7,8 to activate extra pinned chats.
— Fix multiline checkbox geometry counting.
Download: with official website or GitHub.
#update #desktop
Telegram Desktop has been updated to version 4.5.1
What's new:
— Fix crash in profile photo privacy edition.
— Allow sending photos larger than 1280px (in Experimental Settings).
It is important to note that the experimental settings section is only displayed when autoupdates are enabled.
Download: with official website or GitHub.
#update #desktop
The best and worst features introduced in Telegram in 2022
The year 2022 is coming to an end. During this period, many new features have appeared on the Telegram platform, including the paid subscription Telegram Premium. The main efforts of the development team in the outgoing year were focused on the development of the paid subscription and promotion of the features included in it. However, many free features have also appeared, as well as features that were added in yesterday's update.
Today we are holding a vote for the best and worst Telegram features of 2022, both among paid and free options.
Please note: in each poll, you can choose several answers. Please vote thoughtfully and choose no more than three options in each poll. Thank you!
List of polls:
• Best public feature.
• Worst public feature.
• Best Premium feature.
• Worst Premium feature.
Hiding Groups Members
• Admins of groups with 100+ members can now choose to hide the member list.
• If people don't send messages to the group, only its admins will know they were there.
The full list of changes is here.