Telegram has announce an update that brings video stickers, improve message reactions, new interactive emojis, new navigation options, with some bug fixes and improvements. The instant messaging service will now allow users to create animated stickers from videos.
Telegram has also improve how message reactions are display.
Users will also be shown when their messages have received reactions.
Telegram has added five more emojis to its interactive emojis roster.
Telegram instant messaging service rivals the likes of WhatsApp and Signal.
By a blog post, Telegram reveale a bunch of new features as well as improvements for the instant messaging service.
One of the first features announce is video stickers.
This will allow users to create their own stickers from regular videos, easing the sticker creation process.
You can create stickers using any video editing platform and publish sticker packs using the sticker bot.
Another improvement to Telegram with the January update is better reactions.
Message reactions were introduce in the previous update, and now users can show a bigger reaction by long pressing on a desired reaction.
The reactions are synchronise and the recipient will see the animations in real time.
Reactions also have a read status and a heart icon appears in the chat list menu when a user has unseen reactions.
Telegram has added five more reactions and can also be sent across as interactive emojis.
You can now send face with hearts, exploding head, thinking face, rage face, and clapping emojis.
Sending a single aforemention emoji will show an animation when the user taps on it.
Telegram has also improve its in-app navigation.
You can now hold the Back button to return to a specific chat.
These chats include chats opened from forwarded messages, links, usernames, profiles, and many more.
Telegram has introduce many bug fixes and improvements with this update.
Telegram has improve call quality, added support for translation to Instant View pages, added an option to send silent messages from the sharing menu, and many more such improvements.
On iOS, users will now see a new animation when tapping on the icons on the tab bar.
