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<p>Today's update adds <strong>topics</strong> to organize discussions in <strong>large groups</strong>, a new form of <strong>collectible usernames</strong> secured on a blockchain, an option to <strong>convert video messages to text</strong>, and much more.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="topics-in-groups"href="#topics-in-groups"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Topics in Groups</h3>
<p>Telegram groups can support huge communities with hundreds of thousands of users. To keep these chats easy to read any groups, regardless of their size, can now <strong>enable topics</strong> and create separate spaces for any subject.</p>
<p>Topics function as <strong>individual chats</strong> within the group – supporting their own <strong>shared media</strong> and <strong>notification settings</strong>. Members are free to chat in any topic from <em>Anime</em> to <em>Zoology</em>, using all their favorite features like <ahref="https://t.me/TelegramTips/207">polls</a>, <ahref="https://t.me/TelegramTips/302">pinned messages</a> and <ahref="https://t.me/telegram/195">bots</a>.</p>
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<p>This feature is intended specifically for <strong>large groups</strong>, adding new ways to customize their chats and promote discussion. Later this year, we expect to introduce a different set of tools, tailored to <strong>small groups</strong>. If you want to give topics a test drive, try them out in this <ahref="https://t.me/TheForum">public group</a>.</p>
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<p>Group admins can enable topics in their <em>Group Settings</em>, and can control who is allowed to <strong>create and manage topics</strong> in <em>Permissions</em>.</p>
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<p>As with anything on Telegram, further updates will bring more powerful tools for both admins and users of this feature.</p>
<p>Telegram users can make it easy for others to contact them or find their public groups and channels via <ahref="/faq#usernames-and-t-me">usernames</a>. You can now assign <strong>collectible usernames</strong> to each of your accounts and public chats.</p>
<p>The ownership of collectible usernames is secured by TON, a fast and scalable blockchain network. They can be bought and sold through a <ahref="https://fragment.com">new platform</a>, giving a <strong>simple</strong> and <strong>secure</strong> way to acquire and exchange valuable Telegram domains.</p>
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<p>Collectible usernames work just like basic <ahref="https://t.me/username">@usernames</a>, they appear in Global Search results and have their own links that can be used outside of Telegram: <ahref="https://username.t.me">username.t.me</a> and <ahref="https://t.me/username">t.me/username</a>.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="voice-to-text-for-video-messages"href="#voice-to-text-for-video-messages"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a><imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001305/110b0/-bpC5P3HJp4.6317/a2b79589744c739331"alt="Premium"> Voice-to-Text for Video Messages</h3>
<p>Since the launch of Telegram Premium, subscribers have been able to convert any voice message to text – for times when it's more convenient to read than listen along. This update adds the same functionality to <strong>video messages</strong>, allowing Premium users to get an <strong>instant text transcript</strong>.</p>
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<p>While thousands of users experiment with uploading <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/custom-emoji#custom-animated-emoji">custom emoji sets</a>, Telegram artists have completed <strong>12 new emoji packs</strong>. Premium users can use these emoji in any messages and captions – or set them as <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/infinite-reactions-statuses#emoji-statuses">statuses</a> for Halloween:</p>
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<h3><aclass="anchor"name="redesigned-night-mode-for-ios"href="#redesigned-night-mode-for-ios"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Redesigned Night Mode for iOS</h3>
<p>Dark themes have been updated for users on iOS, making colors <strong>more balanced</strong> with <strong>better blurring effects</strong> as you scroll in chats and the chat list.</p>
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<p>Changing your text size in Chat Settings on Android now increases the size of all chat text – including link previews, reply headers and more.</p>
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<p>A new animation has been added when you <strong>swipe left to reply</strong>. Tapping a user's phone number in their profile page will open a new menu with several <strong>call options</strong>. And for those brief moments when Telegram is loading messages in a group or channel, you'll see new <strong>pulsing placeholders</strong>. </p>
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<h3><aclass="anchor"name="new-interactive-emoji-and-reactions"href="#new-interactive-emoji-and-reactions"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>New Interactive Emoji and Reactions</h3>
<p>For those times when you’re studying, sleeping or being suspicious, this update brings 4 new <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/chat-themes-interactive-emoji-read-receipts#interactive-emoji">interactive emoji</a><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F98B4.png"width="20"height="20"alt="😴"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F91A8E2808DF09F92BB.png"width="20"height="20"alt="👨💻"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA493.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🤓"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F9180.png"width="20"height="20"alt="👀"/> that play <strong>full-screen effects</strong> in 1-on-1 chats and can also be used as <strong>reactions</strong>. Additionally, all users can celebrate the spooky season with 3 more reactions <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F91BB.png"width="20"height="20"alt="👻"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F8E83.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🎃"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F98AD.png"width="20"height="20"alt="😭"/> in any chat.</p>
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<p>That’s all for today’s changes. We apologize that we weren’t able to celebrate Halloween on time this year, as Apple took two weeks to review the update. </p>
<p>You can read <ahref="https://t.me/durov/200">this post</a> from our founder for the full story – and how we can fight back.</p>
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