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by rating by time Fixed iOS badge counter shows unread messages, even when all chats are read Badge counters inside the app and on the app's icon may sometimes show unread messages while there are no unread chats in the list. Workaround Tap 10 times on the Settings tab icon > Reindex Unread Counters.… Added About this platform All users are welcome to create new entries, view existing entries and vote on them. What is this for? This platform is a place where users can vote for feature suggestions for Telegram or report issues… Fixed Missing parts of message history Your help needed: The team needs help with app's logs. Messages are missing on mobile but visible on Telegram Web and Desktop. Notifications of new messages are received, but messages don't appear in… Fixed People nearby section doesn’t load anymore Update: This feature has been removed. You can find more details here: https://t.me/durov/343 When I click the "People Nearby" section, nobody shows up. Steps to reproduce 1. Open up the app 2. Go to… Added An option to disable the Stories feature An option in the app settings to completely disable the Stories feature to reduce visual clutter. Official Response: Stories take up no extra space in the Telegram UI – but if you'd prefer not to see… Added Shadowsocks proxy support Add Built-in VMess, Shadowsocks, SSR, Trojan-GFW proxies support The ( vmess / vmess1 / ss / ssr / trojan ) proxy link in the message can be clicked Added Improve the ability to search chat history for Asian regional languages, such as Chinese and Japanese Improve the ability to search chat history for Asian regional languages, such as Chinese and Japanese. Telegram's chat history search function is based on words, and is suitable for languages such as… Added Silent sign up A feature to join Telegram incognito, making the phone number privacy set to Nobody before creating a new account. Current users who have that number added to their contacts list will not get a new c… Added The sticker text is covered of the time of the message The time of the message is displayed on the sticker. It is not comfortable to read sticker. It often happens that time covers part of the text on the sticker. And if the sticker is sent from the channel… Added Group Video Calls Group Video Calls has been implemented in June 2021. Related suggestions: Group Video Calls with Contacts, Screen Sharing in private chats. Emergency passcode to hide chats Option to set an alternative passcode ("double bottom") that either opens a limited set of chats, opens a different account, or destroys one of the connected accounts completely when entered. Use cases… Added Cryptocurrency donations for bots, groups and channels Show a button for sending quick donations to maintainers of bots, groups or channels using cryptocurrency. This could use either an established cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, Etherium, EOS, etc. – or some… Added Chat permissions: Can Talk Please add chat permission: Can Talk. How it works If it's enabled, user can talk in a voice chat. Otherwise user is muted. For users In apps it would be useful for chat owners - they will be able to… Added Notify all group members An option to notify all group members or admins using a special mention (e.g. @all and @admins). Use cases Important news and major updates in big communities. Potential issues Some group admins already… Added Choose a different default folder instead of "All Chats" This feature is available as part of Telegram Premium. An option to pin one of your folders as the main folder instead of All Chats. When you open the app, it would show you the folder you chose. Pressing… Added Unlimited favorite stickers Increase the limit for favorite stickers. The current limit is five stickers. When you add another one, the first sticker is replaced. Use cases Choose a limited set of stickers which you will always… Removing the restriction of adding members to Telegram groups 1: We enter the group 2: In the add member section 3: Selection of contacts or members 4: Add to the group But no member is added to our group Steps to reproduce 1: We enter the group 2: In the add member… Added Partial reply Reply only on parts of a message. This would be very useful, if someone wrote a very long message and you only want to refer to one or two sentences - or even only one or a few words. If you click on… Added Disable "New Contact Joined" chats Users receive a notification when one of their contacts becomes available on Telegram. It is currently possible to disable the notification: the new chats will appear in the list without sending a notification.… Added Alternate profile pictures When setting a profile picture or video that's only visible to contacts (or certain users, groups etc.), allow choosing an alternate picture or video that will be shown to everyone else. Use cases -… Added Allow adding Bots (Web Apps) to the Attachment Menu to all bots Now only selected bots can be added to the Attachment Menu. But as a developer of inline bots, I see this as a barrier to make telegram a better messenger Let users decide, what they want to see in their… Added Armenian language official translation in telegram Dear Telegram administration. We ask you to make the translation of the Armenian language official in telegram. Not a few people speak Armenian, and a full-fledged Armenian segment has already formed… Added Allow site owners to make their own Instant View templates Instant View templates are currently created and maintained by Telegram, the list of supported websites is expanded gradually. Some site owners would like to get IV support for their websites sooner.… Added Add Instant View to Telegram Desktop Add Instant View to Telegram Desktop. The feature is there right now for MacOS Telegram App, but missing from regular Telegram Desktop. Preferably, it should open an article in the existing telegram window… Fixed Telegram's Message Limit: Old Messages Gone Forever When the message count reaches a million, old messages disappear. Steps to reproduce 1. Be an active Telegram user 2. Wait until the coveted number of incoming/outgoing messages is reached. 3. Eh, it's… Added Better global search Make global search a place to find all communities in channels and public chats. Added No one open the video in the groups conversations without the admins permission During the meeting conversations in telegram, some members want to speak so when we open the Microphone for them to speak, they open video with sexual content. This leads to annoy the members and they… Added Video Notes Inline Proper support for Video Notes (aka round videos) in inline mode for bots Added Add an option to disable auto-ordering of sticker packs on mobile Add an option to disable auto-ordering of sticker packs. If you have a lot of packs, it make sense to order them in a way that makes it easy for you to find the right sticker. This has been the behaviour… Added Add "Ban Users" permission for admins of channels In channels, admins can always ban users regardless of their permissions, it would be useful to remove the permission to ban users to some admins. Possible Solution - It could be added as sub-permission… Added Transfer ownership if creator account was deleted Option to transfer ownership in groups and channels if the creator was deleted so the first admin with all permissions will become a creator! Thumbs up if you want this to happen 👍 App: all Added Custom icons for folders Add the ability to choose icons for folders on mobile platforms – like in Telegram Desktop and Telegram macOS. Sync them on all devices. Use cases - Find folders you're looking for more easily. - Save… Added Call transfer between devices An option to seamlessly transfer ongoing voice and video calls between different devices with one account: e.g., from a mobile phone to a desktop PC and vice versa. Pedophilic Content on Telegram: A Growing Concern The dissemination of pedophilic content is one of the gravest online crimes that severely infringes on children’s rights. Such content not only promotes and reinforces sexual abuse of children but also… Added More Two-Factor Authentication methods An option to add an authenticator app with temporary, one-time passwords (e.g. Authy, Google Authenticator) as another second factor. Added Hide messages from blocked users in groups Sometimes you don't want to see messages from people you blocked, even in the groups you share with them. Such messages could be automatically collapsed and hidden under a spoiler (like 'You blocked Doge.… Added An option for a channel/group owner to better interact with subscribers without the risk of being reported as spammer by trolls. An option for the owner of a channel or a group to set a visible flag informing all new members that they might be privately contacted one single time by the owner/admins of the channel/group they are… Added Separate passcode lock for specific chats or Archive Option to lock certain chats with a separate passcode. On a chat-by-chat basis, or for an entire Chat Folder, e.g. the Archive. Use cases Family iPads and other shared devices. Can also be used in environments… Added Stories / Statuses An option to share moments (media, like photos or short videos, texts, etc.) with your mutual contacts (this can be adapted with granular privacy permissions) to view, interact, and forward. Such statuses… Added Allow opening media directly from the preview. When someone posts a link, Telegram generates a link preview with title, media and some of the text from the page linked. Ever since the October 2023 update, clicking or tapping anywhere inside the preview… Added Different background images for each chat A feature to set a individual wallpaper for specific chats. (f.e. One wallpaper for a specific group, another for a chat with a friend...) Use cases This would make navigation between chats easier, especially… Added Tmail - Telegram Email Service Telegram is a great messenger, but it can also be a great Email service. So without further introductions, let's start. It may seem like Email service is for the previous generation, but many people,… Added Syntax highlighting in code blocks An optional extension to the backtick syntax to specify a language to highlight. Similar examples are the likes of Gitlab and GitHub comments. Added Change file names in Telegram Option to change file name on Telegram without needing to re-upload the file. App: all Added Requests to join group or channel If enabled, the user attempting to join the group/channel will only be able to view the content and send things after being accepted by an administrator (optional: only admins who have the "accept/decline… Added [Privacy] [Private] New privacy option to not allow private messages from non-contacts. Like many have asked before (for different reasons) for years (even before we had this suggestions platform) and as you can see with other suggestions in this platform too: https://bugs.telegram.org/c/1748… Fixed Telegram downloads images instead of using bitmap data from clipboard When I paste an image copied from Firefox, Telegram downloads it again instead of using the bitmap data from the clipboard. This happens because the clipboard also stores the image URL. If I paste the… Added Please Add a Clear Response button/ Retract response button in the Poll (Quiz mode) too for admins of the channel and subscribers of the channel Hello Sir/Ma'am. I would like to draw the attention of the Telegram app to an important suggestion/request. I run telegram channels which consists of more than 50k+ Highly active students who solve quiz… Added Remove or modify Telegram ad features I really do wish that Telegram would reconsider putting up sponsored ads in channels. I've always kept it as my safe zone while the rest of the internet is saturated with ads. If the ads are going to… Added Secret Chats on Telegram Desktop An option to create Secret Chats using the multiplatform Telegram Desktop client.