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<p>Telegram was launched just over <strong>8 years ago</strong> and today we are continuing our tradition of monthly updates with version <strong>8.0</strong>. This update brings <strong>live streams</strong> with unlimited viewers to <strong>groups and channels</strong>, options to remove captions from media and hide sender names when <strong>forwarding</strong>, an easy way to <strong>jump to the next unread channel</strong> without going back to your chat list, an <strong>improved sticker panel</strong>, new animated emoji and more.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="unlimited-live-streams"href="#unlimited-live-streams"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Unlimited Live Streams</h3>
<p>Our <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/video-1000">previous update</a> made <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/group-video-calls">Group Video Calls</a> a powerful tool for live broadcasts — and now their audience is <strong>unlimited</strong> (except by the popularity of your channel, or the population of Earth, whichever is more relevant in your case).</p>
<p>Start a <strong>Live Stream</strong> in a channel or a <strong>Video Chat</strong> in a group – both now support <strong>unlimited viewers</strong>. The power to run your own TV station is here, right in your pocket.</p>
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<p>To begin, tap 'Video Chat' (in Groups) or 'Live Stream' (in Channels) on the profile page of a community where you are an admin.</p>
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<p>The viewers of your Live Stream can also <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/voice-chats-on-steroids#raise-hand">raise their hand</a> and join your broadcast if you allow them to speak.</p>
<p>Forwarding has become a much more relaxing experience. Tap the <em>'Forward Message'</em> label above the message bar to open a <strong>preview window</strong>, showing how the messages will look when they are sent – along with several <strong>customization options</strong>.</p>
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<p>You can choose to hide the <strong>sender's name</strong> or hide <strong>captions</strong> on media messages. You can also <strong>deselect messages</strong> you don't want to send or <strong>change the recipient</strong> if you tapped the wrong chat.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="jump-to-next-channel"href="#jump-to-next-channel"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Jump to Next Channel</h3>
<p>There are millions of <ahref="https://telegram.org/tour/channels">one-to-many channels</a> on Telegram that users follow for news, events, and content.</p>
<p>To keep up with the news easily, you can now scroll through the channels you follow without going back to your chat list. When you reach the bottom of a channel, pull up to go to the <strong>next unread channel</strong>.</p>
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<p>If you have organized your chat list with <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/folders">Folders</a> or <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/folders#archived-chats">Archived Chats</a>, the app will follow the structure you have set up: channels in the current folder, then within each folder, then those left in All Chats and the Archive. Simply open a channel from your Studies folder to read them all without getting distracted by Memes — and vice versa.</p>
<p>Thanks to an <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/stickers-revolution">open platform</a> and thousands of free, high-quality stickers in the <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/400-million#20-000-stickers">sticker directory</a>, there's a perfect sticker for every situation. This update makes it easier to find the one.</p>
<p><strong>Trending Stickers</strong> are now shown above ‘Recently Used’ in your sticker panel. Tap 'Add' to save a pack for the future — the trending sticker section is one of the few things in this world that gets updated more often than the Telegram apps.</p>
<p>When you scroll through your packs at the top of the panel, the thumbnails <strong>expand</strong> and show the <strong>names</strong> of your sticker packs.</p>
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<p>Telegram for Android also got <strong>larger previews</strong> for sticker suggestions. To get suggestions, enter <strong>one emoji</strong> in the input field. To see more suggested stickers, pull upward on the suggestions panel.</p>
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<p>If you have a particular thing in mind and don't have it among your sets, type a word in the search field to find matches from the sticker directory. Try 'yellow', 'animal', 'dog', etc.</p>
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<h3><aclass="anchor"name="choosing-a-sticker"href="#choosing-a-sticker"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Choosing a Sticker</h3>
<p>Similar to <em>'typing…'</em> or <em>'recording a voice message'</em>, the apps now show a <strong>'choosing a sticker'</strong> status at the top of the chat — so you know that your chat partner is still there, just looking for the perfect animated response.</p>
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<p>Many channels have comments enabled for their posts so that subscribers can interact and share their thoughts. We've recently had a great chance to test this with thousands of <ahref="https://t.me/durov/164">birthday wishes</a> — thank you all for your support.</p>
<p>Just like with chats, when you open a <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/filters-anonymous-admins-comments">comment thread</a> that has new messages, a <strong>counter</strong> will now appear showing the number of <strong>unread comments</strong>.</p>
<p>This month we asked ourselves: “Should we stop animating more and more emoji with each update?” After a heated discussion we arrived at this answer: “Probably not.” Send a message with a single emoji to get one of these new masterpieces in a chat:</p>
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**P.S.** This update is already available for all **iOS** users and for everyone who downloaded Telegram for **Android** directly from [telegram.org/android](https://telegram.org/android). The Google Play version is being reviewed by the store and will become available later.--></div>
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