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For comparison, Instagram users shared <strong>70</strong> million photos daily in December. Yet up until now, messaging app users couldn’t enjoy a photo editing experience on the level that is offered by photo-sharing apps. We’re changing this today.</p> <div class="smartphone_video_player_wrap"> <div class="smartphone_video_player_iphone"> <video class="smartphone_video_player" onclick="videoTogglePlay(this)" poster="" autoplay loop controls muted> <!--source src="//core.telegram.org/file/811140256/1/slq5JuOMsyA/694bdcfa07166d14fd" type="video/mp4"--> <source src="/resources/video/PhotoEditor.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> </div> </div> <p>With the new photo editor, you can crop, rotate and auto-enhance photos before sending them. On top of that, you can use Photoshop-class granular controls for brightness, contrast, warmth, saturation, highlights, sharpening, blurring and more.</p> <p>The <strong>auto-enhance</strong> tool is our favorite though — it can improve photos in an instant. </p> <div><center> <a href="/file/811140916/1/DB3wJoFby6U/21e116d5616c11ec5a" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140916/1/DB3wJoFby6U/21e116d5616c11ec5a" title="Original" style="padding: 10px 5px; width: 195px" /></a> <a href="/file/811140838/2/h9Eq9wiLxJY/80b38b9a64d8847ec7" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140838/2/h9Eq9wiLxJY/80b38b9a64d8847ec7" title="Enhanced photo" style="padding: 10px 5px; width: 195px"/></a> </center> </div> <h4><a class="anchor" name="passcode-lock" href="#passcode-lock"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Passcode Lock</h4> <p>Telegram is one of the few messaging apps that can be used on multiple devices at once. While this is definitely convenient, it also raises the bar when it comes to privacy. What if one of your Telegram devices, e.g. an iPad or another tablet, is sometimes used by your colleagues or family members?</p> <p>In order to give you more control in such cases, we are introducing passcodes. Starting today, you can lock your iOS or Android device with a passcode – a simple 4-digit PIN or a longer password. The iOS app, and soon the Android app as well, can use passwords to encrypt the local database against such extreme cases as phone theft.</p> <div><center> <a href="/file/811140136/1/71kEuE4r3xU/a62831ebe9bcc00b69" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140136/1/71kEuE4r3xU/a62831ebe9bcc00b69" title="Locked app" style="padding: 10px 5px; width: 195px" /></a> <a href="/file/811140752/1/nk_8hTtDU3w/4d8385dc9de252e581" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140752/1/nk_8hTtDU3w/4d8385dc9de252e581" title="Timed lock settings" style="padding: 10px 5px; width: 195px" /></a> <a href="/file/811140272/1/FJZYGGziOIM/38e10dbe07f8c00bab" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140272/1/FJZYGGziOIM/38e10dbe07f8c00bab" title="Passcode settings" style="padding: 10px 5px; width: 195px" /></a> <br><br> </center> Without entering this passcode, no one will be able to access your Telegram messages. When Telegram is locked, notifications about new messages will not include texts or sender names, so private data stays hidden from prying eyes. <div> <center><br> <a href="/file/811140241/1/59f1BpcXOGk/fd7aca1975c120c31b" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140241/1/59f1BpcXOGk/fd7aca1975c120c31b" title="Tap to lock" style="width: 200px" /></a> </center><br><br> </div> <p>Since unlocking Telegram each time can get annoying, we implemented both manual and auto-lock. You can lock the app manually from the chats screen or enable auto-lock after a specified period of inactivity. iOS users can use Touch ID to unlock the app.</p> <div><br> </div> <p><em>February 25, 2015<br>The Telegram Team</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="tl_main_share clearfix"> <a href="https://t.me/share/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftelegram.org%2Fblog%2Fphoto-editor-and-passcodes&text=%23Telegram%27s%20latest%20update%20introduces%20photo%20editor%20and%20passcode%20lock%20to%20its%20iOS%20and%20Android%20apps." class="tl_telegram_share_btn" id="tl_telegram_share_btn" data-text="#Telegram's latest update introduces photo editor and passcode lock to its iOS and Android apps." data-url="https://telegram.org/blog/photo-editor-and-passcodes"><i class="tl_telegram_share_icon"></i><span class="tl_telegram_share_label" target="_blank">Forward</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="tl_twitter_share_btn" id="tl_twitter_share_btn" data-text="#Telegram's latest update introduces photo editor and passcode lock to its iOS and Android apps." data-url="https://telegram.org/blog/photo-editor-and-passcodes" data-via="Telegram">Tweet <span class="tl_twitter_share_cnt"></span></a> </div> </div> <div class="tl_main_recent_news_wrap tlb_other_news_wrap tl_blog_list_page_wrap"> <h3 class="tl_main_recent_news_header"> <a href="/blog">Other News</a> </h3> <div class="tl_main_recent_news_cards clearfix"> <a class="dev_blog_card_link_wrap" href="/blog/giveaways"><div class="dev_blog_card_wrap"> <img class="dev_blog_card_image" src="https://telegram.org/file/400780400867/1/urmYJbbNk5E.288288/8288e7d1770857dcf1" /> <div class="dev_blog_card_alltext_wrap"> <h4 class="dev_blog_card_title">Giveaways in Channels and Free Premium</h4> <div class="dev_blog_card_lead">Channel owners can now launch Giveaways to randomly distribute prizes among their followers. 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