Picture-in-Picture Playback. Continue watching videos while you browse other chats or even other apps.

Tap or click the PiP icon in the media viewer on any app to switch to picture-in-picture mode, and pinch or drag to move and resize the player window. To close the window, drag it off screen or tap the :cross.

On iOS, drag the player to the side of your screen to hide the video and keep listening to its audio.

Telegram now has over 700 million users and is one of the world’s top 5 most-downloaded apps.

To read more about this milestone and the future of Telegram, check out our blog post.

Preview Chats. Press and hold the profile picture of any chat to view its messages – without marking them as read.

You can scroll in the preview window to see more of the chat history, or use the menu buttons to quickly pin, mute or mark as read.

External Sharing. Users can directly share large media items to Telegram from other apps – saving time and storage space.

On iOS, you can follow the status of your upload with an animated progress bar.

Animated Profile Pictures on macOS. Create a custom, looping profile video on macOS from your favorite animated stickers and emoji – complete with gradient backgrounds and patterns.

You can add one to your own account, or create them for groups and channels – quickly giving any chat a personalized icon.

Auto-Save Incoming Media. Media from any chat can be automatically saved to your gallery – filtered by size, format and chat type.

Individual exceptions can be added for any chats to change their parameters and ensure that nothing unnecessary is saved.

To enable this setting, go to Settings > Data and Storage and look for Save to Gallery on Android or Save to Photos on iOS.

GIFs. Telegram has thousands of high-quality GIFs – featuring scenes from your favorite movies and shows.

Open the GIF section of your Sticker Panel to see what’s trending, search for something specific, or browse the themed tabs to find one that matches an emotion.

Simply tap to send, or press and hold to preview the full image – and add it to your saved GIFs or schedule it for a later time.