New Features in Telegram: Star Giveaways, Instant View, and More

Telegram continues to enhance its platform with updates aimed at improving user experience and engagement. The latest update introduces Star Giveaways, better Instant View capabilities for the Telegram Browser, and numerous performance optimizations across its apps.

Host Giveaways with Telegram Stars

Community administrators in groups and channels can now host giveaways, offering Telegram Stars as prizes to engage members and boost their visibility. These stars, usable for paid media, subscriptions, or games on Telegram, join an array of other giveaway rewards, such as Telegram Premium memberships or physical prizes.

Key features of Star Giveaways include:

Transparent and customizable setup for giveaways.
Prepaid prize pools that allow organizers to reward participants.
The ability to launch giveaways via Channel Settings > Statistics > Boosts or Group Info > Statistics > Boosts.

Additionally, for larger-scale giveaways, admins can use the @PremiumBot to bypass app store transaction limits and minimize costs.

Improved Instant View in Telegram Browser

Telegram’s in-app browser now enables users to convert any article into an Instant View format, ensuring optimized layouts and faster load times. This builds on the Instant View standard introduced in 2016, which supports numerous popular websites.

To enable Instant View:

Open an article in Telegram’s browser.
Select Show Instant View from the browser menu.

This enhancement leverages open-source tools like Mozilla’s library to improve readability for users.

Performance Upgrades and Bug Fixes

Telegram’s development team has worked on addressing reported bugs and optimizing the app’s performance across mobile and desktop platforms. This includes updates for smoother mini apps, such as:

Enhanced responsiveness and a dual-button interface for better functionality.
A new shimmer effect for interactive buttons to guide users more effectively.

Developers can explore these improvements further in Telegram’s latest Bot API update.

A Milestone: 10 Million Premium Subscribers

Telegram has reached a significant milestone, surpassing 10 million Premium subscribers. This achievement reflects a doubling of subscriptions in just eight months, supporting Telegram’s mission to maintain user-centric monetization strategies without compromising privacy.

Contribute Your Ideas

Telegram actively incorporates user feedback to refine its features. Suggestions can be submitted through the Suggestions Platform, while bugs can be reported on the dedicated Bug Platform.

Published by: https://telegram.org