All-New Useful Features Have Arrived in Telegram: Collectible Usernames, Video Transcription, and More

Telegram, which gained great momentum especially after the WhatsApp privacy updates, and currently appeals to a large audience, has received new updates. The giant messaging platform announced that it brought these features yesterday.

The company explained this big update in detail on their website, and we thought we’d give it to you briefly, because you might have overlooked it.

‘topics’ feature where you can find what you’re looking for more easily in a chat group

Telegram groups can contain thousands of people, so conversations can overlap. With the new update, you will now be able to set a topic in Telegram and the messages about that topic in the group will be gathered under a single category.

‘Collection usernames’ feature that acts as a label

The collectible username feature is a feature that makes it easy to find someone whose messages you want to find but whose username you’ve forgotten. You can think of it like a label.

‘audio-to-text’ feature that converts video to text

The voice-to-text feature, which can translate what is said in video messages sent in Telegram, into text for people with hearing impairment has also been added to Telegram.

New animated emoji packs

Revamped night mode for iOS

Revised night mode for iOS now has better blur effects.

Change text size on Android

In Telegram’s Android app, you will be able to change the text size as you wish.

Added interactive emoticons and reactions reminiscent of MSN

When you press Telegram Just like MSN emoticons that interact with the whole screen and reactions added. What do you think about the added innovations? Please do not forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments.