Telegram brings 10 new feature updates

Telegram Messenger, brings 10 more feature updates like; Profile Videos, enhanced Photo and Video editor, improved People Nearby, Mini-Thumbnails, Group Stats, New Animated Emoji, Multiple Accounts on Telegram Desktop, 2 GB File Sharing capabilities and more.

Users can upload a video to their profile – and choose any frame they like for their static profile picture in chats. Any photo or video taken by the users with the front-facing camera now has a soften skin option in the media editor.

For Android users, cropping and rotating of the videos in the editor is also available now. Profile videos can make meeting new people more interesting and Telegram beefed up the People Nearby section for the occasion. Available in the privacy and security settings, when a user is contacts someone via this feature, the exact location will not be visible. With the mini-thumbnail feature in the chat list, users can get an idea of what media is in a message right away.

If users wish to declutter their inbox from getting too many messages from non-contacts, they can try the new switch in Privacy & Security settings to automatically archive and mute new chats from people not in their contacts. They can access these chats anytime from the Archive folder and bring them back to the main chat list in a tap.

Owners of large groups with over 500 members can now view beautiful, detailed graphs about their activity and growth. Telegram lets users stay signed in on 3 accounts from different phone numbers without logging out. The mobile users have been enjoying this feature since 2017, and now it's available on the multi-platform Telegram Desktop without requirement of an active connection to the user's phone.

Since 2014, Telegram users have been sharing files up to 1.5 GB each. With the new update, users can send unlimited numbers of media and files of any kind – up to 2 GB each

On Android, the music player has been redesigned with sleek new icons and an expandable track list. Users can tap the button on the left to control looping, shuffling and to reverse the track order. The message input bar will grow smoothly as they type a long message. The video editor now allows cropping and rotating videos as well. Keeping in line with the growing popularity and usage, Telegram has added new sets of animated emoji in e recent update.

Telegram messenger is the 8th most downloaded app in Q2 2020 (April – June) improving its rank from 11th position in the previous quarter. Moreover, it has now become the 10th most used app in Q2 2020 improving its ranking from 12th position in Q1 2020 (January – March).