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<p>The previous update brought <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/animated-stickers">more movement</a> to Telegram – this one brings more peace of mind. You can now message friends freely when you know they are sleeping, studying or attending a meeting.</p>
<p>Simply <strong>hold</strong> the Send button to have any message or media delivered <strong>without sound</strong>.</p>
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<p>Your recipient will get a <strong>notification</strong> as usual, but their phone won't make a sound – even if they forgot to enable the <em>Do Not Disturb</em> mode.</p>
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<p>This also works in <strong>groups</strong>, should you get an urgent idea at five in the morning – but not urgent enough to wake up everyone in your work chat.</p>
<p>In case a group you manage is getting hard to follow, the <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/permissions-groups-undo">Group Permissions</a> section now features a <strong>Slow Mode</strong> switch.</p>
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<p>When an admin enables Slow Mode in a group, you will only be able to send <strong>one message</strong> per the interval they choose. A timer will show how long you have to wait before sending your next message.</p>
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<p>Slow Mode can make conversations in the group more orderly, while raising the value of each individual message. Keep it on permanently, or toggle as necessary to throttle rush hour traffic.</p>
<p>If new time-lord powers aren't enough, group owners can now set <strong>custom titles</strong> for admins like ‘Meme Queen’, ‘Spam Hammer’ or ‘El Duderino’.</p>
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<p>As with the default admin labels, custom titles are shown with every message in the group so members know that they‘re talking to the designated ’Myth Buster'.</p>
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<p>To add a custom title, edit the admin's <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/admin-revolution#admin-rights">rights</a> in Group Settings.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="timestamps-and-improved-scrubbing"href="#timestamps-and-improved-scrubbing"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Timestamps and Improved Scrubbing</h3>
<p>Videos now display <strong>thumbnail previews</strong> as you scrub through, to help you find the moment you were looking for.</p>
<p>If you add a timestamp like <ahref="https://youtu.be/oHg5SJYRHA0?t=45"><strong>0:45</strong></a> to a <strong>video caption</strong>, it will be automatically highlighted as a link. Tapping on a timestamp will play the video from the right spot. This also works if you mention a timestamp when <strong>replying</strong> to a video.</p>
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<p>Timestamps are also supported for <strong>YouTube</strong> videos, in case you want to mark your favorite moments when sharing a Kurzgesagt episode.</p>
<p>When you have <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/animated-stickers">animated stickers</a>, why not go one step further and get <strong>animated emoji</strong>? To check them out, send a single <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/E29DA4.png"width="20"height="20"alt="❤️"/>, <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F918D.png"width="20"height="20"alt="👍"/>, <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F9892.png"width="20"height="20"alt="😒"/>, <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F98B3.png"width="20"height="20"alt="😳"/> or <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09FA5B3.png"width="20"height="20"alt="🥳"/> to any chat.</p>
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<p>If your life feels a little too animated recently, Sticker Settings now offer a toggle for <strong>looped playback</strong>. When disabled, animated stickers will play just once then stay still.</p>
<h3><aclass="anchor"name="android-39s-new-attachment-menu"href="#android-39s-new-attachment-menu"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Android's New Attachment Menu</h3>
<p>Android’s attachment menu got a makeover, giving media more real estate. <strong>Larger thumbnails</strong> make it easier to pick photos and videos at a glance, and swiping up will reveal your full <strong>Gallery</strong> for better browsing.</p>
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<p>You can scroll left and right through the other attachment options like locations, polls and music. When selecting media, tap ‘…’ to send items as uncompressed documents.</p>
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<h3><aclass="anchor"name="accent-colors-for-night-mode-on-ios"href="#accent-colors-for-night-mode-on-ios"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Accent Colors for Night Mode on iOS</h3>
<p>iOS users can now choose <strong>accent colors</strong> for <strong>night themes</strong>. The night doesn't always have to be black and blue, after all.</p>
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<p><ahref="https://comments.app/">Comments.App</a>, our <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/privacy-discussions-web-bots#meet-seamless-web-bots">tool</a> for commenting on <strong>channel posts</strong>, now lets you add a <strong>comments widget</strong> to your <strong>website</strong>.</p>
<p>With the widget in place, Telegram users will be able to log in with just two taps and <strong>leave comments</strong> with text and <strong>photos</strong>, as well as <strong>like</strong>, <strong>dislike</strong> and <strong>reply</strong> to comments from others.</p>
<p>They can also <strong>subscribe</strong> to comments and get notifications from <ahref="https://t.me/discussbot">@DiscussBot</a>.</p>
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<p>Open <ahref="/blog/silent-messages-slow-mode">this page</a> in your browser to try the new widget – it doesn't support <ahref="https://instantview.telegram.org">Instant View</a> pages… yet. <imgclass="emoji"src="//telegram.org/img/emoji/40/F09F9888.png"width="20"height="20"alt="😈"/></p>
<p>That’s all for now, and don’t worry — the next Telegram update won’t be sent silently.</p>
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