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🏆 Design Competition, Round 2: Results
We are pleased to recognize the progress many designers achieved in the Second Round.
This round required designers to take on a different platform, and they delivered – bringing modern and fresh concepts to transform @unigram for Windows 11.
In total, 22 out of 23 participants have earned a prize. Unfortunately, we could not award Groovy Mink's entry due to it having an insufficient number of screens. Thanks to everyone for participating in the contest – and congratulations to the winners!
1st PLACE – $3,500
🥇Sunny Swan
🥇Mighty Unicorn
🥇Happy Squid
2nd PLACE – $2,000
🥈Groovy Ladybird
🥈Cute Lemur
🥈Busy Phoenix
🥈Clever Cow
🥈Groovy Fox
🥈Hardy Bull
🥈Mad Spider
3rd PLACE – $1,500
🥉Swift Shark
🥉Crazy Peacock
🥉Keen Pony
🥉Grim Shark
🥉Dreamy Leopard
🥉Sexy Leopard
🥉Tactful Turkey
🥉Night Gnat
4th PLACE – $1,000
🎖Holy Eagle
🎖Fit Wolf
🎖Stone Swallow
🎖Tanned Cat
🔥 New version for Unigram 8.4
What's new:
Spoilers and Translation
Spoilers
• Select text when typing and choose 'Spoiler' formatting to hide some or all of the contents of a message.
• Tap the spoiler animation in chat to reveal its hidden text.
• Spoiler formatting hides text in chat, as well as in the chat list and notifications.
Translation
• Turn on the Translation option in Settings > Languages.
• Press and hold a message to translate it into another language.
This update (version 6832+) also contains a highly requested feature: the tray icon! The system tray icon has been introduced to make notifications more reliable even when the main window is closed, but it can be disabled any time by toggling "Show Tray Icon" option located in Settings > Advanced.
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🔥 New version for Unigram 8.3
What's new:
Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and More
Protected Content in Groups and Channels
• Content creators can restrict the ability to forward messages from their groups and channels.
• When forwarding is restricted, users will also be unable to directly save media from the chat or take screenshots.
• Toggle this option on or off via Chat Info > Group / Channel Type.
Delete Messages by Date
• Clear messages in one-on-one chats from a specific date or period of time.
• Tap the date header in a chat to open the calendar and select a single day or range to delete.
Manage Connected Devices
• Choose how long a device may stay inactive before it's logged out automatically.
• Select a device to control whether it is allowed to accept Calls or new Secret Chats.
Anonymous Posting in Public Groups
• Comment as one of your channels in public groups and channel comments.
• Tap the profile picture next to the message bar to choose which channel you will appear as when you send the message.
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🔥 New version for Unigram 8.1
What's new:
Chat Themes, Interactive Emoji, Read Receipts in Groups and Live Stream Recording
Chat Themes
• Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
• Tap the chat header > More (⋯) > '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.
• More chat themes coming soon.
Interactive Emoji
• Some animated emoji now have fullscreen effects.
• Send 🎆 🎉 🎈 👍 💩 or ❤️ to any private chat, then tap on the animated emoji to launch the effect.
• If your chat partner also has the chat open, you will both see the effects and feel the vibrations simultaneously.
• See the "Watching" status when your chat partner is enjoying emoji effects with you.
• More interactive emoji coming soon.
Read Receipts in Small Groups
• Select 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 Live Streams and Video Chats
• Record video and audio from live broadcasts in your group or channel.
• Admins can start recording from the Settings menu (⋯).
• Choose between recording in portrait or landscape orientation.
• Finished recordings are sent to the admin's Saved Messages and can be easily shared.
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🔥 New version for Unigram 7.8
What's new:
GROUP VIDEO CALLS AND ANIMATED BACKGROUNDS
Group Video Calls
• 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.
Animated Backgrounds
• Meet animated backgrounds for chats – first time in a messaging app! These multi-color gradient backgrounds are generated algorithmically and move beautifully every time you send a message.
• Create your own backgrounds in Appearance Settings by selecting unique combinations of colors and applying any of the dozens of patterns.
• Share your animated backgrounds with friends and family to upgrade them to a new level of messaging experience.
• Choose between dozens of new gorgeous animated backgrounds in Appearance Settings > Background.
• Backgrounds are now partially visible through the header and the footer in chats.
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Just wanted to showcase the super fancy send animation that we have in Unigram for a while now (but that I forgot to post here 😅)
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Unigram direct installation is now easier than ever!
You can simply download the new setup and hit Install. No more certificates to deal with, nor complex step by step procedures to follow.
N.B.: if you're using direct installation already, the new package will be installed as a new app. You can simply uninstall the old one, just make sure to backup your themes and secret chats.
🔥 New version for Unigram 7.6
What's new:
VOICE CHATS 2.0: CHANNELS, MILLIONS OF LISTENERS, RECORDED CHATS, ADMIN TOOLS
Millions of Concurrent Listeners
• Start limitless Voice Chats in Groups and Channels.
• Host discussions that can be listened to by millions of people simultaneously.
Voice Chat Recordings
• Record voice chats to share or publish in Channels later.
• See that a chat is being recorded from the red dot next to its title.
Improved List of Participants
• See user bio texts right from the list of participants.
• Raise your hand to show admins you want to speak.
Management Tools
• Create separate Voice Chat Invite Links for listeners or speakers.
• Change the title of your Voice Chat to give people an idea of the current topic.
• Join Voice Chats as one of your Channels to hide your personal account.
Microsoft Store | Direct download
🔥 New version for Unigram 7.3
What's new:
Introducing Voice Chats and More
Voice Chats in Groups
• Turn any of your group chats into a hop-on, hop-off conference call.
• Choose 'Start Voice Chat' under ⋯ in the group profile to create a voice chat.
• Get up to several thousand participants in each voice chat.
• Control the number of speakers with flexible admin tools.
Sticker Outlines
• Download stickers faster and watch shimmering outlines as they load.
More Animated Emoji
• Send a single 🤗🥺🤠🥴🤫🤥🤑🤩🤭☠️
🔍🔎💤✨⚡️⭐️🦾 or 💪 to see the latest animated emoji.
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A new Unigram 7.2 update has been published.
This one includes voice messages improvements: recording quality has been significantly increased and overall experience has been improved.
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Today I've released a new update for Unigram 7.2.
While this is a minor update, it actually includes few goodies that are worth mentioning:
Groups and channel stats are now fully functional
• If you're admining a channel with more than 50 subscribers or a group with more than 500 members, reach the chat profile and find "Statistics" option in ... menu.
• If you're admining a channel, you can now access messages statistics as well, by right clicking single messages and clicking on "Statistics" option.
• This also makes Unigram the only Telegram app on Windows supporting statistics.
Accessibility improvements
• Profiles are now fully accessible, including user bio, group members and shared media.
• Most settings screens are now correctly announced, including proxies list.
• Chat history has been improved as well, and available actions are now announced for media messages.
Last but not least
• Messages animations are now enabled by default.
• You can finally drag pinned chats to reorder them.
• Most of the issues found in the last update have been fixed.
As usual, if you want to suggest a feature or report a bug, I invite you to join our group @unigraminsiders.
Microsoft Store | Direct download
🔥 New version for Unigram 7.2
What's new:
PINNED MESSAGES 2.0, PLAYLISTS AND MORE
Multiple Pinned Messages
• Pin several messages in any chat, including one-on-one chats.
• Jump between pinned messages or open them all on a separate page via the top bar.
Playlists and More
• Send several music tracks as a playlist.
• Send a 🎰 emoji to any chat to try your luck.
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Unigram Beta 7.1
Anonymous Group Admins
• Turn on "Remain Anonymous" in an admin's Permissions to let them post on behalf of the group and become invisible in the list of members.
Channel Comments
• Comment on posts in channels that have a discussion group.
• Get notified about replies to your comments via the new Replies chat (if you are not a member of the discussion group).
🔥 New version for Unigram 8.5
What's new:
Video Stickers, Better Reactions and More
Video Stickers
• Use a new type of detailed stickers with smooth animations.
• Create new sets by sending .webm videos to @stickers.
• Bring your custom animated stickers from other apps.
Reactions
• Right click a message for more reactions.
• Group and Channel admins can enable reactions in their chat via Chat Info > Edit > Reactions.
• See real-time animations in chat when a user reacts to your message.
• React with additional emoji: 🥰🤯🤔🤬👏.
Read Status for Reactions
• Tap the new button in chats to jump to your messages that have unseen reactions.
• Watch the animations for unseen reactions play when you hit the button.
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We invite all 30 winners of the design contest to take part in the second stage of the competition – to design the main screens of a native Telegram app for Windows 11.
Prize fund: 40,000 USD
Deadline: January 22, 2022 @ 23:00 Dubai Time
Who can take part: All 30 winners of the first stage
Announcement of results: January 30, 2022
Goal: Design main screens for the Windows 11 native Telegram app in accordance with the newest guidelines of Windows 11 and using the latest approaches of that platform (e.g. blurred backgrounds). The mockups and functionality shown should also be consistent with the Telegram apps on other platforms.
The screens that are necessary to design:
- Chat list with all types of chats shown (channels, groups, secret chats, bots)
- Chats with all types of messages shown (voice and video messages, videos, photos, polls, documents)
- The UI to send files/media and add captions to them.
- The UI to record voice and video messages.
- Voice/Video chats and 1-to-1 calls
- Main settings and Chat settings
To check out what a native Windows Telegram app looks like, you can try Unigram @unigramappx. It is possible that the best design solutions will be implemented into Unigram. To check the functionality of Telegram desktop apps, please refer to https://desktop.telegram.org
The latest update caused a lot of troubles to many users, but don't worry, a fix is on the way! Microsoft is currently certifying a new version of the app that will fix crash on launch and the frequent crashes when switching between chats.
If you're using Unigram direct, you can update immediately by clicking here, if you are a Microsoft Store user you have to hold on a few more hours!
Here's a sneak peek of what you'll find in this update.
Unigram has been nominated as the best Windows social app of 2021 by Windows Central! 🥳
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The last version of Unigram 8.0 available in our direct channel supports all the beta features that you were waiting to try, including the ability to see who viewed your messages in small groups and setting custom themes in private and secret chats.
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Good news, everyone!
Video chats with screen sharing are coming soon to Unigram!
Find more about them here.
🔥 New version for Unigram 7.7
What's new:
Payments 2.0, Scheduled Voice Chats
Payments 2.0
• Offer real goods and services for sale in any group, channel or bot – Telegram doesn't charge a commission.
• Pay for goods securely using one of the 8 integrated payment providers – Telegram doesn't collect your payment info.
• See how this works in @TestStore.
Scheduled Voice Chats
• Schedule voice chats to let participants know about them in advance.
• View a countdown to the voice chat and get notified when it starts.
Microsoft Store | Direct download
In the last couple of weeks Unigram active users have doubled!
This is a great success and I wanted to share my happiness with you all.
Thank you for helping me in making this app better and better every day!
Just wanted to thank everyone as Unigram active users grown by 16% in the last few months and I'm pretty happy about this, definitely a great Christmas gift 🥳
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Another minor update for Unigram 7.2 has been released, key features are:
• You can now change default download folder from Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Path.
• Improved calls stability and reliability.
Microsoft Store | Direct download
In addition to all the goodies mentioned in the previous post I've been working hard to add animations to message bubbles.
You can try them out by yourself already today by following the instructions here.
🔥 New version for Unigram 7.1
What's new:
SEARCH FILTERS, ANONYMOUS GROUP ADMINS, CHANNEL COMMENTS AND MORE
Search Filters
• Search messages by type, date or source using the new filters in Global Search.
• Use tabs to browse all media, links or documents you've ever sent or received.
• Filter search results by date (like "July 2015" or "Apr 4") or source (people, groups, channels, bots).
Anonymous Group Admins
• Turn on "Remain Anonymous" in an admin's Permissions to let them post on behalf of the group and become invisible in the list of members.
Channel Comments
• Comment on posts in channels that have a discussion group.
• Get notified about replies to your comments via the new Replies chat (if you are not a member in the discussion group).
Microsoft Store
🔥 New version for Unigram 7.0
What's new:
VIDEO CALLS (alpha)
• Still work in progress, sorry.
Increased limits for sending files
• Share and store unlimited files of any type, now up to 2 GB each.
Profile Videos
• Set a Profile Video instead of a static picture.
• Apply effects and choose a key frame as the cover for your Profile Video.
• Quickly change back to a previous profile photo or video by tapping ‘Set as Main’.
Mini-thumbnails, Group Stats and More
• See what media is in a message thanks to new mini-thumbnails in the chat list, message search and notifications.
• View detailed statistics for the large groups you own.
• If you're getting too much attention, flip a switch in Privacy & Security settings to automatically archive and mute all new chats from non-contacts.
• Send a single football emoji to see if you score a goal.
Microsoft Store
For those who didn’t know, I’ve been in vacation from working on Unigram during the past two months. This was mostly caused by COVID-19 emergency and bad planning from my side.
Starting from today I can work on Unigram again, so you can expect an update bringing all the recently released Telegram features in the near future.