<p>You can quickly turn <strong>any sticker</strong> or <strong>animated emoji</strong> into a profile picture for your <strong>accounts</strong>, <strong>groups</strong> or <strong>channels</strong>. Everyone can use <strong>animated and custom emoji</strong> for these pictures, even if they don't have Telegram Premium.</p>
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<p>You can <strong>set</strong> or <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/hidden-media-zero-storage-profile-pics#profile-pictures-for-your-contacts">suggest profile pictures</a><strong>for your contacts</strong>– try editing a contact's info on Telegram.</p>
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<p>Premium users can now translate <strong>entire chats, groups and channels</strong> in real time by tapping the <strong>Translate bar</strong> at the top. The options menu lets you hide the bar and control which languages are translated.</p>
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<p>All users can <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/reactions-spoilers-translations#message-translation">translate individual messages</a> by selecting them and tapping <em>'Translate'</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Stickers and emoji</strong> are now <strong>sorted by categories</strong> like <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F918D.png"width="20"height="20"alt="👍"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29DA4.png"width="20"height="20"alt="❤️"/> or <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F92A4.png"width="20"height="20"alt="💤"/> in the panel and when choosing <strong>reactions</strong> or <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/infinite-reactions-statuses#emoji-statuses">statuses</a>. Hold any emoji to <strong>zoom in</strong> and get a better look before sending.</p>
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<p>Telegram users can send <strong>more than a million</strong> different stickers and emoji, but choosing the right one doesn't have to be a full-time job.</p>
<p>You can see how much data has been used by Telegram with <strong>detailed pie charts</strong> for Wi-Fi and mobile data – and adjust your <strong>auto-download settings</strong> to suit your data plan.</p>
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<p><ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/hidden-media-zero-storage-profile-pics#zero-storage-usage">Storage Usage</a> received a similar upgrade last month. At this rate, we will soon run out of things that could be presented as neat pie charts and still aren't.</p>
<p>You can control when media is <strong>saved automatically</strong> to your gallery based on its <strong>size, type</strong> and <strong>which chat it was received from</strong>. This menu now also supports <strong>exceptions</strong>, so you can only save exactly what you want.</p>
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<p>With Telegram, there's no need to store everything on your device. Media and documents can be <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/hidden-media-zero-storage-profile-pics#zero-storage-usage">removed from your phone's storage</a> and re-downloaded from your Telegram cloud at any time.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="granular-media-permissions"href="#granular-media-permissions"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Granular Media Permissions</h3>
<p>Admins can choose whether group members are allowed to send <strong>9</strong> distinct <strong>media types</strong>– like photos, voice or video messages. They can also disable text messages to create <strong>media-only groups</strong>.</p>
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<p>At long last, <strong>voice notes only</strong> or <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/polls-2-0-vmq?setln=pl#quiz-mode">quiz-only</a> communication is possible without constant admin vigilance.</p>
<p>You can save up to <strong>40%</strong> on your <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001986/11e90/OcmtMKhW_l8.1793/8c1c37d18dc5a0cabe"alt="Premium"><strong>Telegram Premium</strong> subscription by <strong>pre-paying for a year</strong> of exclusive features.</p>
<p>Now that you have a full year of premium ahead, why not <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/custom-emoji#gifting-telegram-premium">gift</a> a few months to friends as well?</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="chat-selection-for-bots"href="#chat-selection-for-bots"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Chat Selection for Bots</h3>
<p>Bot developers can add special buttons which help users <strong>select groups, channels or people</strong> that meet predefined criteria.</p>
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<p>For example, this can be used to quickly add the bot to a group where the user is an <em>admin</em> and <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/topics-in-groups-collectible-usernames#topics-in-groups">topics</a> are <em>enabled</em>.</p>
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<p>Bot developers can find more detailed info in the <ahref="https://core.telegram.org/bots/features#chat-and-user-selection">manual</a> and on <ahref="https://t.me/botnews">@BotNews</a>.</p>
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<h3><aclass="anchor"name="re-login-with-apple-and-google-id"href="#re-login-with-apple-and-google-id"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Re-Login with Apple and Google ID</h3>
<p>Logged out users can quickly log back in using their <strong>Apple</strong> or <strong>Google</strong> ID without entering an SMS code. If you have a <strong>2-Step Verification password</strong> set, you'll still need to enter it.</p>
<p>No update is complete without <strong>10 new packs</strong> of <strong>custom emoji</strong> from Telegram artists. This time we've included <strong>several hundred icons</strong> specially designed for <ahref="#profile-photo-maker">group and profile pictures</a>.</p>
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<p>Our animators added new <strong>interactive versions</strong> of <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA684.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🦄"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F998A.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🙊"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F928A.png"width="20"height="20"alt="💊"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F9898.png"width="20"height="20"alt="😘"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F9298.png"width="20"height="20"alt="💘"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F9989.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🙉"/>. Send any of them in <strong>1-on-1 chats</strong>, then tap to unleash a full-screen effect for you and your partner. Everyone can also use these emoji as <strong>reactions</strong>.</p>
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