Telegram Premium for iOS beta brings exclusive stickers and reactions

Telegram is among the most feature-rich instant messaging apps available at the moment. Telegram awhile back received a major update, which included several new features such as custom notification sounds, custom mute durations, and much more. Continue reading “Telegram Premium for iOS beta brings exclusive stickers and reactions”

Telegram Messenger is now the world’s 5th most downloaded app: Sensor Tower Report

Worldwide app downloads reached 37 billion last quarter, according to Sensor Tower’s Q1 2022 Data Digest. Sensor Tower looks at the top apps, games, and publishers from the first three months of the year 2022. During the first quarter of 2022, applications in the games as well as finance categories on the App Store and Google Play began to show signs of improvement.  Continue reading “Telegram Messenger is now the world’s 5th most downloaded app: Sensor Tower Report”

Telegram update brings custom Notification Sounds, Bot Revolution and more

Telegram has released a new update that includes the flexibility to create notification tones, set custom timings for muting conversations or auto-deleting messages, better forwarding, and other improvements. This post will go through each feature in detail below. Continue reading “Telegram update brings custom Notification Sounds, Bot Revolution and more”

Telegram update brings protected content, delete by date, new ways to login and more

Telegram has rolled a new update to their messaging apps with a handful of features like preventing others from saving content in groups and channels, the ability to delete messages from specific dates, managing your connected devices, and an option to post anonymously in public groups. Continue reading “Telegram update brings protected content, delete by date, new ways to login and more”

Telegram adds 25 million new users in 72 hours, surpasses 500 million active users

Telegram CEO and Founder Pavel Durov in a blogpost announced that Telegram has added 25 million new users globally in the last 72 hours alone. It surpassed 500 million monthly active users in the first week of January. The new rise is due to the new update to WhatsApp’s privacy policy which the company clarified later after backlash from people. Several users moved to Telegram and Signal. Continue reading “Telegram adds 25 million new users in 72 hours, surpasses 500 million active users”

Telegram v6.3.0 update brings up to 2GB file sharing, profile videos, mini chat list thumbnails and more

Telegram has released a new update for their app, bringing the version to 6.3.0. The update brings a bunch of new features like the ability to add profile videos, improved People Nearby, increased size limit to 2GB when sharing files, mini chat thumbnails, group stats and more.

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How to transfer channel or group ownership in Telegram

Telegram

 As we all know by now, Telegram is a messaging app works similarly to WhatsApp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger. Founded by brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov, people behind Russian social network VK, this messaging platform comes equipped with an array of innovative and useful features. 

Last year, Telegram released a slew of updates for its Android and iOS users bringing the ability to transfer group ownership, among others. 

Through this feature, admin can choose to transfer the powers of a group or channel to another administrator id they wish to. Also, there is an option called ‘Transfer Ownership’, which allows users to change the owner easily. Continue reading “How to transfer channel or group ownership in Telegram”

Media File Jacking security flaw affects WhatsApp and Telegram media files on Android devices

According to new research by Symantec, a new security flaw called ‘Media File Jacking’ could expose WhatsApp and Telegram media files on Android devices and it could be manipulated by malicious actors too. The media files and sensitive information could be misused if the security flaw is exploited.

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Telegram update provide users with complete control over their private conversation

In a recent development, Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service has introduced new features in an attempt to provide users with complete control over their private conversation. Continue reading “Telegram update provide users with complete control over their private conversation”

Facebook said to be in talks with crypto exchanges for listing its crypto coin for WhatsApp

Facebook Smart Speaker

Facebook, Instagram, Signal are said to be planning to roll out new cryptocurrencies over the next year which are aimed at allowing users to send money to contacts on their messaging systems like Venmo or PayPal that can move across international borders. Facebook is silently working on a coin that user of WhatsApp could send to friends and family instantly, according to a latest report from The New York Times. Continue reading “Facebook said to be in talks with crypto exchanges for listing its crypto coin for WhatsApp”

Telegram 5.4 brings autoplaying videos, automatic download settings, multiple accounts for iOS and more

Telegram is gaining a new update which brings a host of new features including auto-playing smaller videos; smaller videos will start playing without sound. To unmute them, simply press the volume buttons on your device. Furthermore, it also gets new auto-download settings to control your data usage. Continue reading “Telegram 5.4 brings autoplaying videos, automatic download settings, multiple accounts for iOS and more”

Telegram V5.3 update brings motion and blur effects to backgrounds

Telegram is gaining a new update bringing with it chat background where you can now search the web for wallpapers, add effects and then share your backgrounds with friends via links. Telegram backgrounds now support motion and blur effects. You can also set any color as your background, apply a pattern and more.  Continue reading “Telegram V5.3 update brings motion and blur effects to backgrounds”

Telegram v5.2 update expands group limit to 200,000 members, ability to recover deleted chats and more

Telegram Chat undo

Telegram is bringing new group permissions which would allow admins to restrict all members from posting specific kinds of content. Or even restrict members from sending messages altogether. Telegram is bumping up the group limit to 200,000 members. Continue reading “Telegram v5.2 update expands group limit to 200,000 members, ability to recover deleted chats and more”

Telegram Messenger for Android and iOS updated with support for custom languages, Instant View 2.0 and more

Telegram’s Translations Platform allows you to suggest a better wording for Telegram interfaces in any language. The company has pushed out an update which brings equal treatment to the smaller linguistic communities around the world. Anyone can now use the translation platform to create their own custom language packs – and translate Telegram into any minority language or local dialect. Continue reading “Telegram Messenger for Android and iOS updated with support for custom languages, Instant View 2.0 and more”

Instagram said to be testing on feature that would share your location history with Facebook

Instagram Location Settings

Instagram is said to be prototyping a new privacy setting that would allow it to share your location history with Facebook. Meaning, your exact GPS coordinates can be collected by Instagram, even when you’re not using the app, which would helo Facebook to push targetted ads and recommend you relevant content. Continue reading “Instagram said to be testing on feature that would share your location history with Facebook”