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<p>This update brings easy-to-make <strong>video stickers</strong>, better reactions with <strong>compact animations</strong> and <strong>extra emoji</strong>, a button to review <strong>unseen reactions</strong>, improved <strong>navigation between chats</strong> and more.</p>
<p>Telegram's <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/animated-stickers">animated stickers</a> have unmatched quality and efficiency – needing less than <strong>30 KB</strong> of data per sticker. However, creating such stickers requires experience and specialized software such as Adobe Illustrator.</p>
<p>Today, we're adding support for stickers converted from <strong>regular videos</strong>, so that <strong>anyone</strong> can easily create detailed animated stickers using any video editing program.</p>
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<p>Like always, you can <strong>publish your packs</strong> with the <ahref="https://t.me/stickers">@Stickers</a> bot – or add <ahref="https://t.me/addstickers/Utya3D">some</a><ahref="https://t.me/addstickers/MATRESHKA">of the</a><ahref="https://t.me/addstickers/WackyLetters">new</a><ahref="https://t.me/addstickers/Potato">sets</a> made by others. Whatever you do, never stare back at the <ahref="https://t.me/addstickers/VitaminParty">tomato</a>.</p>
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<p>Check out the <ahref="https://core.telegram.org/stickers#video-stickers">Video Sticker Manual</a> for more details.</p>
<p>Developers can use the <ahref="https://core.telegram.org/import-stickers">Sticker Import API</a> to build <ahref="https://t.me/contest/280">powerful apps</a> for <strong>creating and importing stickers</strong> to Telegram.</p>
<p><ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/reactions-spoilers-translations">Reactions</a> now have more <strong>compact animations</strong>. To send a larger effect, <strong>press and hold</strong> on a reaction in the menu.</p>
<p>Like <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/chat-themes-interactive-emoji-read-receipts#interactive-emoji">interactive emoji</a>, reactions are now <strong>synchronized</strong>, so your recipients will see the animations <strong>in real time</strong>.</p>
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<p>Reactions are used not only to express emotion, but also to answer questions and show approval – which is why they now have <strong>read status</strong>. Like for replies or @-mentions, a <strong>new ♡ button</strong> appears when your messages have unseen reactions.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="new-reactions-and-interactive-emoji"href="#new-reactions-and-interactive-emoji"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>New Reactions and Interactive Emoji</h3>
<p>This update also adds <strong>5 new reactions</strong><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA5B0.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🥰"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA4AF.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🤯"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA494.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🤔"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA4AC.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🤬"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F918F.png"width="20"height="20"alt="👏"/> to help you discuss anything from Christopher Nolan's movies to global economic news.</p>
<p>These reactions can also be sent as <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/chat-themes-interactive-emoji-read-receipts#interactive-emoji"><strong>interactive emoji</strong></a>. Send a single <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA5B0.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🥰"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA4AF.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🤯"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA494.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🤔"/><imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA4AC.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🤬"/> or <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F918F.png"width="20"height="20"alt="👏"/> to any private chat, then tap on the animated emoji to unleash a synchronized fullscreen effect.</p>
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<p>When <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/live-streams-forwarding-next-channel#jump-to-next-channel">jumping through unread channels</a> or moving between chats, press and <strong>hold the 'Back' button</strong> to return to a <strong>specific chat</strong>. Opening chats from forwarded messages, links, usernames, profiles, etc. adds them to the list.</p>
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<h3><aclass="anchor"name="bug-busting-and-more"href="#bug-busting-and-more"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Bug Busting and More</h3>
<p>Our developers spent two weeks in January focusing completely on fixing known issues in Telegram apps. Among other things, they improved <strong>call quality</strong>, added support for <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/reactions-spoilers-translations#message-translation">translation</a> to <strong>Instant View</strong> pages (and <strong>bios</strong> on iOS), added the option to send <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/silent-messages-slow-mode">silent messages</a> from the <strong>sharing menu</strong>– and dozens of other improvements.</p>
<p>On iOS, you'll also notice <strong>new animations</strong> when tapping icons in the tab bar.</p>
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