Message Bubble Corners. Change how round your message bubbles are from Settings > Chat Settings on Android or Settings > Appearance on iOS.

Multiple accounts: preview chat list. You can press and hold on another connected account in Settings for a sneak peek of its chats list.

Group Stats. Owners of large groups with over 500 members can view beautiful, detailed graphs about its activity and growth. Stats are also available for channels.

Channel Stats. Owners of channels with more than 50 subscribers have access to detailed statistics and informative graphics about subscriber growth and post performance. Stats are also available for large groups.

Creating Polls. Create a poll in your group or channel – simply choose the “Poll” option in the attachment menu. There are multiple setting options such as visible votes and allowing more than one answer from each user.

Quizzes and Educational Tests. Using @QuizBot, users can quickly build feature-rich study materials for any subject. Set a timer for questions to help prepare for exams and add explanations to give context and inform users of what they missed. To build free online educational tools, we launched quiz.directory, a platform with high-quality quizzes made by […]

Customizable Themes. Change the look of your app to your exact preferences – whether that be an animated background with your favorite colors, or a clean and simple dark theme. Go to Settings > Chat Settings on Android or Appearance on iOS to change and tune your theme, with color options for your background and message […]

Video messages. Tap once on the voice message button to switch to video mode. Swipe up to lock recording (also works for voice messages). Video messages play in Picture-in-Picture mode so you can keep moving around the app while watching them.

Edit and Send Back Media. Instantly add drawings, text and stickers to sent media without saving it to your gallery.

Live Location Alerts. Tap the notification button on the Live Location map to get notified when one of your friends is close.

Automatic Media Download Settings. Decide when Telegram downloads media – based on connection, media format, chat type and file size. This setting helps you save data – to help save disk space, try adjusting your Storage Usage settings.

Admin Tools. Set individual rights and custom titles for admins in group chats to give everyone their own role and responsibilities. You can also allow your admins to post anonymously, using the name and profile picture of the group.