Latest news, updates, and announcements from the Telegram team.
We are proud to announce that Telegram has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users worldwide. This milestone reflects the growing trust in our platform for secure, fast, and reliable communication across the globe.
Stories are now available to all Telegram users worldwide. Share moments with your contacts through our new Stories feature with full privacy controls, including custom audience selection and anonymous viewing options.
Developers can now build more powerful bots with the new Bot API 8.0. This release includes enhanced inline keyboards, improved payment processing, new media types, and significantly better performance for high-traffic bots.
We have introduced new privacy settings that give users even more control over their online presence. New features include anonymous message forwarding, enhanced last-seen visibility controls, and improved blocked user management.
Custom emoji are now available to all Telegram users. Express yourself with thousands of animated and static emoji created by artists from around the world. Build your own collections and share them with friends.
Telegram Premium 3.0 brings exciting new features including increased upload limits, faster download speeds, exclusive stickers and emoji, advanced chat management tools, and an ad-free experience in public channels.
The Telegram Desktop app receives its biggest update ever with a completely redesigned interface, native support for animated emoji, improved video calls, and new keyboard shortcuts for power users across all platforms.
The Telegram Mini Apps platform now supports Web Apps with full access to device features including camera, geolocation, biometric authentication, and haptic feedback. Build rich experiences that run directly inside Telegram.