Tag: Mini apps 2.0

Gifts from Apps (mini apps 2.0 features) Apps can now use their stars to send you gifts as rewards to celebrate achievements. We've also added a new privacy setting that lets you control who can send you gifts that will appear on your profile.

Emoji Statuses from Apps (mini apps 2.0 features) With this update, Telegram Premium users can set emoji statuses from inside mini apps, showing others that they're in a game 🎮 or a taxi 🚕. Mini apps can integrate APIs from other services — instantly updating a user's emoji status when they start playing music 🎶, […]

Media Sharing (mini apps 2.0 features) You can now share media directly from mini apps — sending referral codes, custom memes and more to any chat. Mini apps can also create media for you to post to your stories.

Creating Documents (mini apps 2.0 features) Mini apps can also generate documents and files which you can download — such as AI-generated profile pictures or audio files.

Loading Screen Customization (mini apps 2.0 features) Developers can further customize the loading screen of their mini app in @BotFather — adding their own icon and specific colors that will be displayed before the app starts loading.

Device Motion Tracking (mini apps 2.0 features) Mini apps are able to receive information about the motion of your device to add unique controls to games or build immersive VR experiences. Developers can lock the screen orientation to ensure there is no unnecessary rotation if their app uses device motion for controls.

Full screen mode (mini apps 2.0 features) Mini apps are now able to use the entire screen in portrait or landscape orientation — allowing apps to host more game genres with expanded gestures and interfaces.

Home Screen Shortcuts (mini apps 2.0 features) You can now place direct shortcuts to specific mini apps on the home screen of your device — accessing your favorite games and services in one tap.

Subscription Plans (mini apps 2.0 features) Developers are able to offer subscriptions to their mini app using Telegram Stars — monetizing their efforts with multiple tiers of content and features. Telegram Stars earned from digital products and subscriptions can be used to increase message limits for the app or claim rewards. Developers are also eligible […]

Geolocation Access (mini apps 2.0 features) You can now share your location with mini apps — which gives developers the ability to make location-based games with points of interest or interactive maps for events. Access to location data is disabled by default — you must specifically give location permissions to each individual mini app with […]