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<p>Today's update lets you <strong>set different themes for individual chats</strong>, share your feelings with loved ones using <strong>interactive emoji</strong> with fullscreen effects, see <strong>detailed read receipts</strong> in groups and <strong>record video</strong> and audio from live broadcasts.</p>
<p>Telegram has dozens of features to organize your chats and customize their appearance, from <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/folders">Chat Folders</a> to <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/animated-backgrounds">Animated Backgrounds</a>. In this update, coordination and decoration come together with <strong>new themes for individual chats</strong>.</p>
<p>Our designers created <strong>8 new themes</strong> that you can apply to <strong>specific</strong> private chats. Each of the new themes features colorful <strong>gradient message bubbles</strong>, beautifully <strong>animated backgrounds</strong> and <strong>unique background patterns</strong>.</p>
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<p>Both you and your chat partner can choose the theme for <strong>both sides</strong> and make any conversation easy to recognize, even when you can't find your glasses. This way you can set <strong>different themes</strong> for chats with co-workers and family members, so you won't accidentally send <ahref="https://t.me/MemesTelegram/45">that video</a> to your boss again. </p>
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<p>To set a theme for your chat on <strong>Android</strong>, tap <em>⋮ > Change Colors</em>. On <strong>iOS</strong>, tap the <em>Chat Header > ⋯ > Change Colors</em>. Your chat partner will see the theme if they are using the <strong>latest</strong> version of Telegram.</p>
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<p>Each theme comes with a <strong>day</strong> and <strong>night</strong> version and will follow your app's <strong>night mode settings</strong>– whether you keep it dark all day, or have your chats follow the sun.</p>
<p>These first 8 themes are just the beginning – our designers are already working on adding more.</p>
<p>We love animating emoji, but there are times when even a big red beating heart – that makes your phone vibrate with each beat! – is simply <em>not enough</em> to express your feelings.</p>
<p>With a little code, a little drawing and a lot of dark magic, we've created a new way of <strong>sharing emotion in real time</strong>. Send a single <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F8E86.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🎆"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F8E89.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🎉"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F8E88.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🎈"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F918D.png"width="20"height="20"alt="👍"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F92A9.png"width="20"height="20"alt="💩"/> or <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29DA4.png"width="20"height="20"alt="❤️"/> to any private chat, then <strong>tap on the animated emoji</strong> to unleash a <strong>fullscreen effect</strong>.</p>
<p>If both you and your chat partner have the chat open, the <strong>animations</strong> and <strong>vibrations</strong> play <strong>simultaneously</strong> on your devices, so you feel close even when you're far apart.</p>
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<p>Your chat partner will only see the effects if they are using the <strong>latest</strong> version of Telegram.</p>
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<p>Our artists are already back in the dungeons, working on new fullscreen effects for more animated emoji.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="read-receipts-in-small-groups"href="#read-receipts-in-small-groups"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Read Receipts in Small Groups</h3>
<p>Both chat themes and interactive emoji currently only work in <strong>private chats</strong>. But this update also includes a big change for <strong>groups</strong>.</p>
<p>Group messages are marked as read <strong>(✓✓)</strong> as soon as one other member sees them. In small groups, you can now also <strong>select a message you sent</strong> to see <strong>which group members</strong> have read it.</p>
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<p>To protect users' privacy, read receipts in groups are only stored for <strong>7 days</strong> after the message was sent. It is not Telegram's business to keep a record of everything you've ever seen.</p>
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<h3><aclass="anchor"name="record-live-streams-and-video-chats"href="#record-live-streams-and-video-chats"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Record Live Streams and Video Chats</h3>
<p>Telegram hosts <strong>millions of communities</strong> that can create live events for <strong>unlimited viewers</strong>. Whether it's a once-in-a-lifetime concert or an everyday algebra class, admins can now <strong>record Live Streams</strong> and <strong>Video Chats</strong> to publish them for those who missed the live version.</p>
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<p>Admins can start a recording right from the Live Stream or Video Chat menu – with options to record <strong>Video and Audio</strong> or <strong>Only Audio</strong>. To record video, choose an orientation for the final video file, <strong>Portrait</strong> or <strong>Landscape</strong>. After you finish recording or end the broadcast, the file is <strong>instantly uploaded</strong> to your <strong>Saved Messages</strong>.</p>
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<p>Tap ⋮ or ⋯ to open the broadcast menu and start recording. While recording, a red dot appears next to the title of the broadcast.</p>
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<p>And that should give you enough things to do until we're back with the next update. As always, it shouldn't take us long.</p>
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