<p>In addition to <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/captions-places">numerous great features</a> in today's update, we’re happy to introduce a new way to move your existing group chats to Telegram — <strong>invite links</strong> for admins. </p>
<p>Each passing month brings more reasons to switch to Telegram from older services. Persistent history, <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog#instant-full-text-search">instant full-text search</a>, <ahref="https://core.telegram.org/api">open platform</a>, <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/files-on-steroids">unlimited file sharing</a>, <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/link-preview">rich link previews</a>, <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/desktop-compact">native desktop apps</a>, <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/replies-mentions-hashtags">replies, mentions, hashtags</a> and much more.</p>
<p>And yet, if you‘ve ever tried moving your existing group chats from other apps to Telegram, you know it was not easy. There was simply too much work to do and too much friction — you had to collect everyone’s usernames or phone numbers and add them to your group one by one. We're glad to announce that these days are over. </p>
<p>With invite links for groups, all you have to do is send a link to your existing group chat in any messaging service that your friends might still be using. As soon as they get Telegram, they can instantly join your Telegram group just by following that link.</p>
<p>Where do you get the link? Once you've created a group on Telegram, head to the "Add participant…” section and tap “Invite to Group via Link”. Easy!</p>
<center><div>
<ahref="/file/811140914/2/MfsEG6BRRyI/8e51dbe1da5404b005"target="_blank"><imgsrc="/file/811140914/2/MfsEG6BRRyI/8e51dbe1da5404b005"title="Here's where you find the option"style="width: 195px; padding: 10px 5px"/></a>
<ahref="/file/811140467/2/EZ7haFQCcEU/92f5babc93d0616535"target="_blank"><imgsrc="/file/811140467/2/EZ7haFQCcEU/92f5babc93d0616535"title="Use this link to move your existing groups to Telegram"style="width: 195px; padding: 10px 5px"/></a>
<ahref="https://t.me/share/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftelegram.org%2Fblog%2Finvite-links&text=Switching%20your%20existing%20group%20chats%20to%20Telegram%20with%20a%20link."class="tl_telegram_share_btn"id="tl_telegram_share_btn"data-text="Switching your existing group chats to Telegram with a link."data-url="https://telegram.org/blog/invite-links"><iclass="tl_telegram_share_icon"></i><spanclass="tl_telegram_share_label"target="_blank">Forward</span></a>
<ahref="https://twitter.com/share"class="tl_twitter_share_btn"id="tl_twitter_share_btn"data-text="Switching your existing group chats to Telegram with a link."data-url="https://telegram.org/blog/invite-links"data-via="Telegram">Tweet <spanclass="tl_twitter_share_cnt"></span></a>
<h4class="dev_blog_card_title">Improved Videos and Much More</h4>
<divclass="dev_blog_card_lead">Today's update adds faster loading, better quality and new speed controls to videos, last edit timestamps, attaching media to sent messages, increased limits for mini apps, new monetization…</div>
<h4class="dev_blog_card_title">Gifts, Verification Platform and More</h4>
<divclass="dev_blog_card_lead">Users can now send Gifts to their friends: the recipients of gifts can display them on their profile pages or turn them into Stars. Additionally, Telegram launched a platform for businesses…</div>
<h4class="dev_blog_card_title">Star Giveaways and More</h4>
<divclass="dev_blog_card_lead">With today's update, groups and channels can use Telegram Stars as prizes in Giveaways. Also, any article you open in the Telegram Browser can now be converted to Instant View, making…</div>
<h4class="dev_blog_card_title">Super Channels, Star Reactions and Subscriptions</h4>
<divclass="dev_blog_card_lead">Today is Telegram's 11th anniversary. Meet Star Reactions and Star Subscriptions that let users support content creators, paid media for…</div>
