What you need to know
- Telegram’s latest update introduces new privacy features and emoji packs.
- The messaging app also adds a new way to set your profile picture to be visible only to your contacts, while setting a different public profile picture.
- You can also auto-delete media and documents from your phone’s storage and re-download them when needed.
- Additionally, Telegram introduces new drawing and text tools along with other minor features.
Telegram caps off 2022 with a bang with a ton of new features (opens in new tab) Enhance your privacy and overall experience in the app with minor updates including fun new emojis and improved drawing and texting tools.
One of the most notable new additions to Telegram’s ever-expanding feature pack is hidden media. This is something not found in many of the best messaging apps like WhatsApp. With this new feature, you can hide photos and videos behind the Spoiler him filter when your family members want to open a photo of a wrapped present to add excitement. With just one tap, your recipients can discover your mystery photo.
Telegram first introduced this spoiler format late last year, just in time to celebrate the New Year 2022 as a way to hide text in messages. The latest feature is useful if you want to obscure sensitive media with a blur filter.
There’s also a new way to virtually clear Telegram’s cache files from your phone’s storage. With the latest update, you can auto-delete cached media from private his chats, groups and channels. However, you can make exceptions for certain conversations that are important to you.
A new pie chart also lets you visualize what’s taking up space.Plus, you can clear the items that take up the most space with new tabs dedicated to Media, Files, and Music.
Of course, you can redownload the file from the Telegram cloud if necessary. The messaging service lets you set a maximum cache size and remove unused items after a period of time, but new features give you more control over your phone’s storage.
Other privacy options
On the privacy side, Telegram has added a new way to make your profile picture visible only to your contacts and a different one for public view. You can also hide the image from everyone except a select few users.
Speaking of profile pictures, you can also set a contact picture without your knowledge. But if you want to suggest the same photo to them, if they like it, you can.
A new feature has been added to Telegram groups for group admins managing 100+ members. This allows you to easily hide your buddy list and protect yourself from unwanted personal chats. However, everyone, including spammers, still finds ways to send unwanted messages to her members of groups that post messages within the community.
minor update
In addition to the aforementioned changes, Telegram has made some minor tweaks to the app. There are new drawing and text tools, including a blur effect to hide sensitive data and a new eyedropper tool for more precise color selection.
Also, when adding text to an image or video, you can now adjust the text size, font, and background. Even if you’re not a premium user, you can add custom animated emojis to the text of your images.
Additionally, Telegram has added new animations when jumping to distant replies or other pages within the app in a busy chat. There are also 10 new packs of custom animated emojis for premium users.
You can also easily organize your conversations with ‘Topics’, which are now available in all groups. This functionality was previously limited to large group sizes only.
The latest huge update is Telegram’s way to end 2022 in style, and it’s worth a look.
