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When posting or reposting a story, you can now add a video message to include extra commentary or comedic effects.

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For 8 more features from this update, like code highlighting in messages, custom reactions for channels, unique colors and logos for your profile, voice-to-text for everyone and more – check out the latest blog:
https://telegram.org/blog/similar-channels

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Stylize Your Channel. As channels level up from subscriber boosts and giveaways, they can customize their profile, set an emoji status, add unique wallpapers and more. 🏡❄️🚗

December Features ❄️
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Share Posts in Stories. Messages from channels can now be reposted to stories – with extra text, tags and decorations.

December Features 🌲
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Custom Prizes in Giveaways. Giveaways can now include custom prizes for their subscribers – and can announce the winners with a confetti-filled message. ☃️🛷🔔

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Massive Premium Gifts. To congratulate your friends or send a holiday surprise, the 'Gift Premium' section in Settings lets you give up to 10 users Telegram Premium in one tap. 🎁🧦🍪

December Features 🎁
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Upgraded Calls. Calls have been totally redesigned with new animations and dynamic backgrounds – all while increasing performance and improving battery life.

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Thanos Snap Effect. Deleted messages on Android and iOS now turn to dust with a new animation.

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Epic Update for Bots. The largest bot update in Telegram's history is here – letting bots react to messages, manage quotes and links, send replies to other chats and much more.

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One-Time Voice and Video Messages. The view-once setting is now available for voice and video messages – after being played, the message is automatically deleted.

January Features
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Pause and Resume Recording.
While recording any voice or video message you can pause and then resume recording later – without having to start over.

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Read Time in Private Chats. In 1-on-1 chats, you can now see the exact time when your message was opened.

All users can configure who can see their Read Times with granular privacy settings.

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⭐️ One-Way Last Seen and Read Times. Users who hide their read time aren't able to see read times from other users.

With Telegram Premium, you can hide your read time and still see the read times of users who share theirs with you.

If a user hides their read time, it is always hidden from all users, including Premium users.

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⭐️ Private Message Permissions. Premium users can select who is able to send them messages – either Everyone or My Contacts and Premium Users.

When enabled, users who aren't contacts or don't have Premium can't start chats with you – but can reply if you message them first.

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View Saved Messages by Chat. The new View as Chats mode lets you see a list of chats from which you've forwarded messages.

Each chat contains all the messages you forwarded to Saved Messages from chats with users, groups, and channels.

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⭐️ Tags for Saved Messages. For even more organization, you can add multiple tags to Saved Messages to use as search filters.

Tags are based on emoji, which you apply by reacting to the message. For more description, you can give tags a name as well.

January Features
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Saved in Shared Media. Every chat has a shared media section on its profile page.

This update adds a 'Saved' tab to shared media, containing any messages that you've forwarded to your Saved Messages.

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