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<p>Happy new 2017! We hope everybody had a great celebration. We at Telegram certainly did. One of our engineers got so excited about the new year that he mistakenly shared these stickers with his Mom:</p>
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<p>Ooops!</p>
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<p>To fix this, he quickly added a way to unsend recently sent messages. This smart move saved his morning, and it can still save yours! If you use Telegram v.3.16, you can now unsend any weird messages you shared within the last 48 hours.</p>
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<p>Works in groups and PM</p>
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<p>Naturally, this isn‘t a one-time feature. After this update, you’ll be able to retract any messages within 48 hours of sending them. Take that, Friday nights!</p>
<p>The holiday season is in high swing in many parts of the world, so we figured some of you folks are busy traveling. If that's the case, you may want to check out the new Network Usage section that shows exactly how much data you consumed while in roaming or wi-fi or whatever.</p>
<p>Don't forget to hop on the hotel wifi before any serious Telegramming in foreign lands. And remember that you can toggle automatic media download in Telegram Settings.</p>
<p>This is the perfect season to meet new people. Want to give them some contact information, but a phone number seems like too much? That's exactly the reason we added <strong>usernames</strong> and Telegram.me links <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/usernames-and-secret-chats-v2">waaay back</a> in 2014.</p>
<p>Starting today, you can use <strong>t.me</strong> instead of telegram.me. Take a napkin, write <ahref="https://t.me/username"><strong>t.me/username</strong></a> in no time, and give it to someone before they can get away!</p>
<p>This also works with channels:<br><ahref="https://t.me/telegram"><strong>t.me/telegram</strong></a><br>Public groups:<br><ahref="https://t.me/snowballfight"><strong>t.me/snowballfight</strong></a><br>And stickers:<br><ahref="https://t.me/addstickers/NickSantini"><strong>t.me/addstickers/NickSantini</strong></a></p>
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<p>85% of Telegram users are on Android. Our CEO is worried that, if ignored, this Android population can start a rebellion and dethrone him. To please the mob, he made us introduce the following features to the Android app:</p>
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<li>Messages from one sender are now neatly grouped together, and scrolling up shows the date right away, making the chats easier to navigate.</li>
<li>The app now restores your previous scroll position when you switch back to a chat. Very useful when somebody sends you a saga in 1,000 messages, and you want to patiently read them in the right order.</li>
<li>Sharing files (a feature we had <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/shared-files">since forever</a>) has become easier because you see a list of recently downloaded files right on the sharing screen.</li>
<li>We now support GBoard, the Google keyboard that can apparently send cat GIFs.</li>
<li>And for those 2 users that already have Android 7.1 installed, we are happy to announce that we've added a fast action menu with frequent chats to your home screen. All hail the early adopters!</li>
<li>Back to the important stuff: the cowboy, the clown, and the sick face emoji (also known as the ‘exfoliating green tea mask face’ emoji) have found their way to Android. We support all of them now. </li>
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<p>New emoji</p>
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<p>What do these emoji mean? When are you supposed to use them? Is the singular form of ‘emoji’ in fact ‘emojus’? To answer all these questions with utmost accuracy, we've also added support for this one: </p>
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