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First BotPrize Winners Get $200,000

Today we selected five bots for the first batch of $25,000-$50,000 grants as part of our BotPrize competition.
Nov 11, 2016

Gaming Platform 1.0

A major update to Telegram's Bot Platform! Bots can now offer rich HTML5 experiences, like games
Oct 3, 2016

Photo Editor 2.0, Masks and Homemade GIFs

Pushing Telegram's powerful photo editor to the next level with the fun stuff: you can now add drawings, masks, stickers and text right…
Sep 23, 2016

Trending Stickers, Storage and More

Trending Stickers, personal storage and more in the new Telegram update.
Aug 3, 2016

Keep Calm and Send Telegrams!

Some media reported on a "hacker attack" on Telegram in Iran. Here's what really happened.
Aug 3, 2016

Drafts, Picture-in-Picture, and More

Telegram v.3.10 introduces Drafts, Picture-in-Picture and other goodies
Jun 14, 2016

Edit Messages, New Mentions and More

Editing messages, new mentions, frequent contacts, bots in attachment menu, and more.
May 15, 2016

Instant Camera and More 3D Touch

Instant camera, more 3D Touch options and other features in the new Telegram for iOS.
Apr 28, 2016

$1,000,000 to Bot Developers. For free.

Win $25K or more for your Telegram bot – @durov is giving away 1 million dollars to devs in 2016.
Apr 18, 2016

Bot Platform 2.0

Meet Bots 2.0: New keyboards, new mechanics, new permissions and more power. See video demos:
Apr 12, 2016

Sharing and Previews

More than Bots 2.0 in version 3.8: check out the new sharing/previews and shiny new looks.
Apr 12, 2016

Supergroups 5000: Public Groups, Pinned Posts

Supergroups 2.0: up to 5,000 members, pinned messages, public groups and new moderation tools.
Mar 13, 2016

Channels 2.0 and More

Telegram Channels 2.0: Links to channel posts, silent messages, admin names, edit messages and more.
Feb 24, 2016

100,000,000 Monthly Active Users

Telegram reaches 100,000,000 monthly active users in 2.5 years, 350,000 new users join daily.
Feb 23, 2016

15 Billion Telegrams Delivered Daily

Telegram reaches 15 billion messages delivered daily, was launched 2.5 years ago
Feb 23, 2016

Voice Messages 2.0, Secret Chats 3.0 and...

Voice Messages 2.0, Secret Chats 3.0, new privacy settings and much more.
Feb 12, 2016

Introducing Inline Bots

Inline bots: A new way to interact with bots and send bot-generated content to any chat, group or channel.
Jan 4, 2016

GIF Revolution

GIF revolution: 20x faster downloading/sending, autoplay, dedicated GIF tab in the sticker panel.
Jan 4, 2016

Clearing Cache and Reordering Stickers

Telegram introduces cache management: New ways to ensure the app uses nearly zero space on your device
Dec 8, 2015

Admins, Supergroups and More

Group Admins, Supergroups for up to 1000 members, new In-App Notifications and Quick Share.
Nov 25, 2015