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<p>No chat can be dull if you have a really cool <strong>chat background</strong>. Today's update will ensure you get one. You can now search the web for wallpapers, add effects and then share your backgrounds with friends via links.</p>
<p>Telegram backgrounds now support <strong>motion</strong> and <strong>blur</strong> effects. You can also set <strong>any color</strong> as your background, apply a <strong>pattern</strong> and tweak its <strong>intensity</strong>.</p>
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<p>Just like before, you can set <strong>any photo</strong> from your gallery as your chat background. On Android, you can add some extra effects in the built-in <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/masks">photo editor</a>.</p>
<p>Having used this new arsenal to create the perfect chat background, you can easily set it to Telegram on all your other devices. What's more, you can infect the rest of the world with your genius by <strong>sharing your background via a link</strong>, just like this one:<br><ahref="https://t.me/bg/l7jg-vpxmEYBAAAA1e0rNKySlkk"><ahref="https://t.me/bg/l7jg-vpxmEYBAAAA1e0rNKySlkk">https://t.me/bg/l7jg-vpxmEYBAAAA1e0rNKySlkk</a></a></p>
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<p>If you don‘t feel very creative and would like to simply set something nice real quick, we’ve <strong>added new backgrounds</strong> to the official selection.</p>
<p>We've also included a <strong>background search</strong> option. Find your dream wallpaper based on keywords or color and then set it in just a few taps.</p>
<p>We're also announcing the <strong>Instant View 2.0 Template Competition</strong>: two months, <strong>$300,000+</strong> in prizes, <strong>$100</strong> per template. See <ahref="https://instantview.telegram.org/contest">Instant View Contest 2.0</a> for details.</p>
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