Telegram Unveils Exciting Updates for 2024: Thanos Effect, Bot Reactions, and More

Telegram, the popular messaging platform, has kicked off the new year with a slew of major updates, introducing innovative features and enhancements to elevate user experience. Here's a comprehensive look at the top announcements made by Telegram on its blog in late 2023:

1. New Animations for Telegram Calls: Telegram has revamped its call interface, introducing dynamic animations and backgrounds that change based on the call's status—whether it's ringing, active, or concluded.

2. Thanos Snap Effect: The Thanos vaporize animation effect is now available for both iOS and Android users. This mesmerizing effect activates whenever a user deletes a message, adding a touch of flair to the messaging experience.

3. Customized Channel Appearance: Channels now have the flexibility to customize their appearance, allowing for personalized colors, logos for the profile cover, and even the option to set an emoji status and wallpaper visible to all channel visitors.

4. Emoji Status Customization: Users can choose from a vast array of emojis to add personality to their channel, from a cryptic hotdog to a snowman. To customize a channel, users can navigate to its profile and select "channel settings" > "appearance."

5. Repost Messages to Stories: Telegram users can now repost messages from channels to their Stories, creating a copy of the message that can be moved, resized, and decorated. Reposts support various media types, including photos, files, voice, and video messages, with plans for interactive polls in the future.

6. Premium Gifts: A new feature allows users to gift Telegram Premium to multiple recipients simultaneously. The "Gift Premium" section in the Settings menu facilitates the selection of at least 10 users for a collective premium gift.

7. Custom Prizes for Giveaways: Telegram introduces an extended duration and additional prize options for channels hosting giveaways. Giveaway hosts can also choose to toggle 'Show Winners' to announce successful contest participants.

8. View Reposts and Story Statistics: Users can now track who watched their Stories and their reactions. Channel administrators gain insights into story performance, viewing reactions and identifying users who reposted their content.

9. Photo Cutouts: Enhancing visual creativity, users can now place photos from their smartphone galleries on top of Stories. Additionally, background removal from pet images is now supported.

10. Bot Reactions: Telegram has empowered bots to react to messages, manage reactions, quotes, and links. Bots can now send replies to other chats or topics, providing a more interactive and dynamic conversational experience.

Stay tuned for more updates and explore the full range of exciting features Telegram has in store for its users in 2024!