Stories. Every user can quickly share moments and see what friends are up to – right at the top of the chat list.

When viewing a story, you can tap to share, reply or react. For a quick ❤️, just tap – or hold down for hundreds of emoji options.

You can create stories with photos or videos – either from your gallery, or recorded with the in-app camera.

When posting, you can select from 4 privacy settings: Everyone, My Contacts, Close Friends and Selected Users – all of which can be completely customized with exceptions and updated at any time.

Stories can last for 6 to 48 hours – or they can be posted to your profile, arranged in a scrollable grid, where users can see your highlights for as long as you want.

For even more details, check out this in-depth guide to Telegram Stories.

Dual Camera Mode. Stories can take photos or videos with the front and rear camera of your device simultaneously.

You can choose which camera goes where – even while recording – and after recording, can drag the smaller circle to any position.

When creating a story, tap to take a photo or hold down for video. While recording, swipe left to lock, swipe up to zoom in, or swipe right to switch cameras – all with one hand.

Stories in Profiles. Stories can be posted as temporary updates, or saved to your profile for as long as you want.

Every story on your profile has its own privacy settings – so you can decide who is able see each one.

When selecting the story duration, enable 'Post to Profile' or open your Story Archive in Settings > My Stories to add a past story to your profile.

Stories in your archive or on your profile can still be edited at any time – or removed from your profile via Settings > My Stories.

Stories for Channels. Users can grant their favorite channels the ability to post stories by giving them boosts.

Channels collect boosts by sharing their unique boost link – each Premium user has 4 boosts that they can assign to any channel.

As more people boost a channel, it levels up – allowing the channel to post more stories per day.

To get the boost link for your channel, go to Channel Info > More > Statistics > Boosts. More info on boosts and channel stories is available in our FAQ.

Reaction Stickers in Stories. Both users and channels can add reaction stickers to their stories – letting viewers respond with more emoji in one tap.

To add one, simply tap the 💭 icon in the sticker panel and choose any emoji – Premium subscribers can use their custom emoji as well.

Channel stories display reaction counters, showing how many people chose each emotion.

Your Music in Stories. Audio files on your device can be added to stories – giving your content custom soundtracks and narration.

From the sticker panel, tap 'Audio' and select a file, then adjust the track to select a section.

In video stories, you can move your added audio track to any point in the story, and can choose to keep the original sound as well.

New Login Alerts. Whenever a device logs in to your account, a notification is sent to all your devices, and the new login is added to your Devices page.

Additionally, a login alert will appear at the top of your chat list – if you don't recognize the device, instantly tap to secure your account.

For even more security, consider adding a Two-Step Verification password to your account.

Quote Replies. You can quote specific parts of any message – and reply to just one sentence or a few words.

To quote someone, highlight text from their message or swipe to reply, tap the reply bar and select Quote.

You can also add quote formatting to any text from the formatting menu, in order to put multiple quotes in one message.

Tap the reply bar above your text to reply in another chat – in case you want to reply privately, or in a different group or channel.

Adjustable Link Previews. When sharing a link, you can customize its preview – change the size of media, place the preview above or below your message and select which link to preview if there are multiple.

Reply, Forward and Link Settings. When you combine replies, forwarded messages and links, you can quickly access their unique settings from separate tabs at the bottom of the screen.

Fast Forward and Rewind Stories. While browsing stories, hold down to pause and then slide left or right to rewind and fast forward videos.

Giveaways in Channels. Channel owners can promote their community and reward subscribers by hosting a giveaway.

Giveaways are a verifiable and transparent way for subscribers to earn prizes – like Telegram Premium and much more.

Channels set the giveaway criteria and pay for prizes in advance – then Telegram randomly selects the winners and hands out their gifts.

Creating Giveaways. Channel hosts can choose exactly who is eligible for giveaway prizes – all subscribers or new subscribers, only people from specific countries, or require that participants subscribe to other channels.

Prizes must be paid for in advance – this can be done from any Telegram app, but @PremiumBot and Fragment are more affordable and allow for larger giveaways.

By giving away subscriptions to Telegram Premium, channels can earn more boosts – automatically receiving 4 boosts for each subscription they give away.

Similar Channels. When joining a new channel, a list of similar public channels appears – which you can browse to find more news, content and memes.

For channels you've already joined, you can also see the list on the channel's profile.

Video Messages on Stories. When creating or reposting a story, you can add a video message to give extra commentary or record your reaction.

Video messages can be resized, moved around the screen and placed anywhere along the timeline.

To record a video message, hold the 📷 camera icon in the story editor. The volume can be changed by holding its video track at the bottom.