


The brush width also decreases if you zoom in on a picture you are editing.įor Telegram desktop users, the photo editor now lets you crop, rotate, or flip images, plus you can add drawings or stickers.

When you go to draw and want to change the width of the brush, you drag the dot on the color bar up from the selector. The media editor offers more precision in your edits when you want to draw on a picture. It previously had 1-day or 1-week, but now when you tap the 3-dot menu in a conversation, then “Clear history,” you’ll be able to choose 1-month to keep chats around just a bit longer. To share your screen during a video call, simply tap the camera button and select your screen as the source.Īuto-delete of messages has a new 1-month option.

Screen sharing with sound was added for 1-on-1 calls, so that means audio from your device can be played to the person on the other end. Additionally, if there is a spot within a video you’d like to timestamp for someone else, replying with that time adds a link that can be shared elsewhere with the timestamp. To change those while watching a video, tap on the 3-dot menu button and select the proper speed. Video playback speeds now include options of 0.5x, 1.5x and 2x. Telegram is also letting you pause/rewind/fast forward video messages, use audio on your device as you record them, and pinch-to-zoom when recording with the rear camera. Video Messages 2.0 have been added and they provide higher-res videos, as well as tap-to-expand to view more of them. But seriously, can we just get a video chat button and not have to create a group, then open an audio chat, and then get video feeds up? It’s weird, Telegram devs. Telegram says they plan to continue to expand that limit further and further. Group Video Calls 2.0, which are a really awkward implementation that involves audio chats for some reason, now allow up to 30 video feeds and 1,000 viewers. If you are a Telegram user, head into Google Play now and I bet you’ll see it as well.Īlright, so here’s everything that’s new! The new version is 7.9.0 of Telegram and it has already hit my Android device. They even tweaked the drawing tool and added more animated emoji. Telegram is rolling out a huge update today with features that touch everything from video calls to messages that auto-delete to audio in screen sharing and video playback speeds.
