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Темы в группах, коллекционные публичные имена, расшифровка видеосообщений и многое другое
(Topics in Groups, Collectible Usernames, Voice-to-Text for Video Messages and More)
В этом обновлении:
— Темы в группах
— Коллекционные публичные имена
— Расшифровка видеосообщений
— Новые наборы эмодзи
— Обновлённый ночной режим на iOS
— Настройка размера текста на Android
— Небольшие визуальные улучшения
— Новые интерактивные эмодзи и реакции
Читать подробнее в официальном блоге.
#Telegram #blog #Premium
Some content creators started using third-party payment bots to sell access to individual posts in their Telegram channels. This way, content creators could receive close to 100% of whatever their subscribers paid, which was great.
Unfortunately, we received word from Apple that they were not happy with content creators monetizing their efforts without paying a 30% tax to Apple. Since Apple has complete control over its ecosystem, we had no alternative but to disable such paid posts on iOS devices.
This is just another example of how a trillion-dollar monopoly abuses its market dominance at the expense of millions of users who are trying to monetize their own content. I hope that the regulators in the EU, India and elsewhere start taking action before Apple destroys more dreams and crushes more entrepreneurs with a tax that is higher than any government-levied VAT.
In the meantime, we at Telegram shall work to offer creators powerful and easy-to-use tools to monetize their content – outside of Apple's restrictive ecosystem.
Hackers could have full access (!) to everything on the phones of WhatsApp users.
This was possible through a security issue disclosed by WhatsApp itself last week. All a hacker had to do to control your phone was send you a malicious video or start a video call with you on WhatsApp.
You are probably thinking "Yeah, but if I updated WhatsApp to the latest version, I am safe, right"?
Not really.
A WhatsApp security issue exactly like this one was discovered in 2018, then another in 2019 and yet another one in 2020 (tap each year's link to see the corresponding vulnerability). And yes, in 2017 before that. Prior to 2016, WhatsApp didn't have encryption at all.
Every year, we learn about some issue in WhatsApp that puts everything on their users' devices at risk. Which means it's almost certain that a new security flaw already exists there. Such issues are hardly incidental – they are planted backdoors. If one backdoor is discovered and has to be removed, another one is added (read the post "Why WhatsApp will never be secure" to understand why).
It doesn't matter if you are the richest person on earth – if you have WhatsApp installed on your phone, all your data from every app on your device is accessible, as Jeff Bezos found out in 2020. That's why I deleted WhatsApp from my devices years ago. Having it installed creates a door to get into your phone.
I'm not pushing people to switch to Telegram here. With 700M+ active users and 2M+ daily signups, Telegram doesn't need additional promotion. You can use any messaging app you like, but do stay away from WhatsApp – it has now been a surveillance tool for 13 years.
Реакции без границ, эмодзи-статусы и многое другое
(Infinite Reactions, Emoji Statuses and Much More)
В этом обновлении:
— Реакции без границ
— Эмодзи-статусы
— Улучшения при входе в аккаунт
— Новые ссылки на профили пользователей
— Настройка очерёдности загрузки на Android
— Новые элементы оформления в приложении для Android
Читать подробнее в официальном блоге.
#Telegram #blog #Premium
I'm really impressed by the success of the auction TON recently conducted for their domain/wallet names. Wallet.ton was sold for 215,250 Toncoin (~$260000) while casino.ton was sold for ~$244000.
If TON has been able to achieve these results, imagine how successful Telegram with its 700 million users could be if we put reserved @ usernames, group and channel links for auction. In addition to millions of catchy t.me addresses like @storm or @royal, all four-letter usernames could be made available for sale (@bank, @club, @game, @gift etc).
This would create a new platform where username holders could transfer them to interested parties in protected deals – with ownership secured on the blockchain via NFT-like smart-contracts. Other elements of the Telegram ecosystem, including channels, stickers or emoji, could later also become part of this marketplace.
When it comes to scalability and speed, TON probably has the best technology to host such decentralized sales. Our team can write bullet-proof smart contracts for TON (since it was us who invented its smart-contract language), so we are inclined to try out TON as the underlying blockchain for our future marketplace.
Let's see if we can add a little bit of Web 3.0 to Telegram in the coming weeks.
Платформа эмодзи, авторские наборы эмодзи и возможность подарить Telegram Premium
(Telegram Emoji Platform, Custom Animated Emoji Packs, Gifting Telegram Premium, and More)
В этом обновлении:
— Авторские анимированные эмодзи
— Интерактивные анимированные эмодзи
— Новая панель стикеров в Telegram для iOS
— Блокировка голосовых сообщений
— Возможность подарить Telegram Premium
— Новые интерактивные эмодзи
Читать подробнее в официальном блоге.
#Telegram #blog #Premium
В некоторых каналах пишут, что Telegram якобы начал автоматически отправлять голосовые сообщения пользователей компании Google. В издании Код Дурова уже подробно разъяснили, почему это неверно.
Telegram не делится с Google личными данными пользователей вроде имен, телефонов, IP-адресов. Кроме того, Telegram никогда не отправляет какие-либо данные третьим лицам автоматически, без явного на то запроса от пользователей.
Получатели голосовых сообщений могут пересылать их кому угодно, – например, ботам для перевода их в текст. Для подписчиков Telegram Premium мы предложили кнопку, по нажатию на которую они могут отправить запрос на перевод отдельного голосового сообщения в текст. Для обработки таких запросов, как мы изначально публично разъяснили, мы арендуем оборудование Google.
Решение использовать платную технологию Google позволяет максимизировать качество транскрипции, но не отражается на сохранности данных, потому что, согласно соглашению между Telegram и Google, Google не может делать с этими обезличенными звуковыми данными ничего, кроме как генерировать на их основе текстовые версии и возвращать обратно (в частности, компания не может использовать их для каких-либо других своих сервисов или для рекламы).
Для нас было бы значительно дешевле развернуть собственное бесплатное решение на своем оборудовании, либо воспользоваться решением от более мелких или региональных игроков. Однако это бы негативно сказалось на качестве распознавания голосовых сообщений на большинстве языков.
В этом случае мы, по традиции, идем на дополнительные расходы ради большего комфорта наших пользователей. Доверять ли гарантиям компании Google и использовать ли функцию перевода голосовых сообщений в текст – выбор, который мы оставляем на усмотрение каждого из подписчиков Telegram Premium.
Telegram Web provides an extraordinary experience on desktops, but it also works great on mobile devices. It is prevented, however, from reaching native-app-level quality on iOS, because Apple limits web developers in terms of what they can do on iPhones and iPads.
In April, the developer of Telegram Web shared a 10-point list of issues in the iOS Safari browser that Apple has been unwilling to fix or improve for years (check it here for technical details). Other developers have even complained that Apple's Safari is killing the web.
We suspect that Apple may be intentionally crippling its web apps to force its users to download more native apps where Apple is able to charge its 30% commission (I wrote about why it is harmful here).
Fortunately, regulators have started to realise what is going on. This week, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a UK regulator, concluded:
"Apple bans alternatives to its own browser engine on its mobile devices; a restriction that is unique to Apple. The CMA is concerned this severely limits the potential for rival browsers to differentiate themselves from Safari (for example, on features such as speed and functionality) and limits Apple’s incentives to invest in its browser engine.I think it's an accurate summary and hope that regulatory action will follow soon. It's sad that, more than ten years after Steve Job's death, a company that once revolutionized mobile web turned into its most significant roadblock. Читать полностью…
This restriction also seriously inhibits the capability of web apps – apps that run on a browser rather than having to be individually downloaded – depriving consumers and businesses of the full benefits of this innovative technology."
The world is on the brink of a global food crisis. Hundreds of millions of people are facing starvation.
To help those in need, last month the UAE ran the successful 1 Billion Meals initiative – a fundraising campaign aimed at providing a billion meals for the most vulnerable people in 50 countries.
Hundreds of donors participated. The founder of the campaign, Sheikh Mohammed, donated 400 million meals, and I contributed a modest 12 million. Hopefully, many more people can join the initiative in the following years and we can collectively achieve the Zero Hunger goal set by the UN.
Telegram shipped another historic update this past weekend. In addition to features that redefine the boundaries of what a messaging app can do (never before have bots been so powerful or notification options so flexible), we introduced half a dozen other improvements. Among them is support for more languages in message translations (to turn on the Translate button, head to Settings > Languages).
We recognize that Telegram has become the main source of information from Ukraine, and we hope that the tools we provide can help inform more people and save more lives. To ease the work of journalists around the world, all public channel posts in Ukrainian now always offer the translate button by default.
Менеджер загрузок, новое меню вложений, трансляции с помощью других приложений и другие нововведения
(Download Manager, New Attachment Menu, Live Streaming With Other Apps and More)
В обновлении:
— Менеджер загрузок
— Новое меню вложений
— Полупрозрачный интерфейс на Android
— Новый интерфейс авторизации
— Ссылки по номеру телефона
— Трансляции с помощью других приложений
— Обновленные страницы t.me
Подробнее: https://telegram.org/blog/downloads-attachments-streaming/ru?ln=a
#Telegram #blog #Streaming #Links
Из-за сегодняшних событий европейский кластер Telegram столкнулся с беспрецедентной нагрузкой. В результате некоторые пользователи могут наблюдать периодические краткосрочные перебои в работе ряда сервисов Telegram.
Мы понимаем, что сегодня люди как никогда нуждаются в надежной связи с близкими, и делаем все возможное, чтобы сохранить высокую скорость отправки и получения сообщений.
Запрет криптовалют, предложенный Центробанком России, приведет к оттоку из страны IT специалистов и уничтожит ряд отраслей высокотехнологичной экономики.
Ни одна развитая страна не запрещает криптовалюты. Причина: такой запрет неизбежно затормозит развитие блокчейн-технологий в целом. Эти технологии повышают эффективность и безопасность многих видов человеческой деятельности – от финансов до искусства.
Решения на базе распределенных реестров, использующих в качестве единиц расчета криптовалюты, приходят на смену отживающим свой срок централизованным финансовым системам второй половины XX века.
Соседи России, от Украины до Узбекистана, вслед за развитыми странами принимают прогрессивные законы в сфере блокчейна. Эти государства не хотят остаться на обочине технологического и экономического прогресса.
Россия сегодня – один из лидеров по количеству высококлассных специалистов блокчейн-индустрии. Вдумчивое регулирование позволит стране сбалансировать распределение сил в международной финансовой системе и стать одним из крупных игроков новой экономики.
Стремление регулировать хождение криптовалют естественно со стороны любого финансового органа. Однако рекомендуя наложить тотальный запрет на криптовалюты, ЦБ РФ предлагает выплеснуть с водой и ребенка. Такой запрет едва ли остановит недобросовестных игроков, но поставит крест на легальных российских проектах в этой сфере.
Реакции, скрытый текст, перевод сообщений и QR-коды
(Reactions, Spoilers, Translation and QR Codes)
В обновлении:
— Реакции
— Скрытый текст
— Перевод сообщений
— QR-коды с настройками оформления
— Обновлённые меню в приложении для macOS
— Новые интерактивные эмодзи
Подробнее: https://telegram.org/blog/reactions-spoilers-translations/
#Telegram #blog #Reactions #Spoilers #Translation #QRкод
Защита контента в группах и каналах, удаление переписки за указанный период, управление устройствами и другие нововведения
(Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and More)
В обновлении:
— Защита контента в группах и каналах
— Удаление переписки за определенный период
— Управление подключенными устройствами
— Анонимные комментарии в публичных группах
— Новые способы авторизации через звонок
— Ответы на заявки в группы
— Глобальные цветовые темы
— Распознавание текста для iOS 13+
— Форматирование текста в подписях к медиа на iOS
— Обновленный дизайн профилей и другое
Подробнее: https://telegram.org/blog/protected-content-delete-by-date-and-more
#Telegram #blog
👨💻 We prepared some Halloween surprises for you, but it seems someone doesn’t want us to celebrate. Telegram's latest update has been stuck in Apple Review for more than a week, and we have not been informed about the current reason for the delay ⛔️
Apple claims they review apps within 24 hours, but, in our experience, it takes at least 7-10 days for any meaningful product update to reach the App Store. My friends who run smaller apps tell me it's even worse for them, as they have to wait more than a month just to ship bug fixes to their Apple users 😵💫
However, positive change is coming. Tomorrow, a new set of laws called the Digital Markets Act will come into force in the European Union. This regulation should put an end to the abuse of market power by gatekeepers like Apple and Google.
We, the developers, should start relying on the DMA to defend ourselves and our users. If you are an app developer who faces issues with the App Store or Google Play, let me know about it at pavel@telegram.org from your company e-mail address with the word "DMA" in the title. It will be up to Apple to decide if they want to spend their resources on improving their processes — or on fines.
Happy Halloween! 🥳
Time to fight some demons 😈
As promised, we've launched the ability to buy Telegram usernames on a dedicated platform – Fragment. Auctions for the most valuable usernames are already live, so make sure to check it out. In a few days, we will also introduce the ability for users to sell their existing usernames on Fragment.
For the first time in the history of social media, a fair, transparent market for usernames is established. Finally people will have ownership over their social media addresses, secured in the immutable ledger of a decentralized blockchain network.
This is just the beginning, and yet an important milestone – the power has started to shift into users' hands.
Вчера, по требованию Apple, мы заблокировали на iPhone/iPad несколько связанных с Белоруссией русскоязычных каналов суммарной численностью в 80 тысяч подписчиков. Администраторы еще нескольких подобных каналов общей численностью в 50 тысяч подписчиков получили предупреждения от нашей команды о том, что они нарушают правила Apple.
Администраторы каналов должны максимально серьезно воспринимать подобные предупреждения и стараться делать все возможное, чтобы допущенные нарушения не повторялись. Иначе их каналы будут неизбежно заблокированы в версиях Telegram, распространяемых через App Store и Google Play. Бегство в другие мобильные приложения не поможет им избежать ограничения доступа, так как любое другое мобильное приложение, точно так же, как и Telegram, будет обязано соблюдать правила магазинов приложений.
В лучшем случае, каналы-нарушители останутся доступны в веб-версиях и версиях Telegram, скачанных напрямую с telegram.org. Однако это не коснется тех каналов, которые нарушат правила самого Telegram, а не правила Apple или Google.
Например, вчера после повторного нарушения мы были вынуждены удалить русскоязычный канал, призывавший "резать" и "расстреливать" безоружных беззащитных людей. После того, как наши модераторы скрыли проблемный пост и отправили администраторам канала уведомление о недопустимости подобного контента, владельцы канала опубликовали то же сообщение заново, снабдив его скриншотом полученного ими предупреждения. Так поступать никогда не стоит – правила Telegram прямо запрещают публичные призывы к насилию. Повторное нарушение почти неизбежно приводит к удалению канала.
Until recently, 70% of all Telegram usernames had been reserved in inactive channels by cybersquatters from Iran. This created a graveyard of dead usernames that cluttered search results and prevented millions of Telegram users from selecting appropriate public addresses for their accounts, groups and channels.
Users who wanted to acquire these reserved usernames often received no response or ended up being scammed.
Fortunately, this situation has started to change. In mid-August, we withdrew all public Telegram addresses linked to channels that were empty or inactive for the last year. We will gradually reintroduce 99% of these addresses into public use, this time with algorithmic and geolocation limitations so that more users, and not just a select few, can benefit.
As for the highest-valued short usernames, the most efficient and fair way to distribute them seems to be by the auction I mentioned in my previous post. This way, those who acquire these catchy links will be motivated to put them to good use and bring value to our users with original content hosted at recognizable t.me addresses.
I don't doubt that those who hoarded Telegram usernames are disappointed, but this change will benefit the vast majority of our users. I look forward to seeing how millions of great Telegram addresses will be revived and finally start serving our community.
P.S. In anticipation of the things to come, today we are adding support for dedicated links like username.t.me for every username on Telegram (in addition to t.me/username). These web sites are already functional in any browser.
I love my work. What could be more exciting than improving the way hundreds of millions of people communicate? Members of our team, myself included, must be some of the luckiest people alive.
The only thing that we find discouraging is that we're often unable to distribute the new versions of Telegram due to the obscure "review process" imposed on all mobile apps by the tech monopolies.
For example, our upcoming update – which is about to revolutionize how people express themselves in messaging – has been stuck in Apple's "review" for two weeks, without explanation or any feedback provided by Apple.
If Telegram, one of the top 10 most popular apps globally, is receiving this treatment, one can only imagine the difficulties experienced by smaller app developers. It's not just demoralizing: it causes direct financial losses to hundred of thousands of mobile apps globally.
This harm goes on top of the 30% tax Apple and Google take from app developers – which, according to them, is supposed to pay for the resources needed to review apps. The regulators in the EU and elsewhere are slowly starting to look into these abusive practices. But the economic damage that has already been inflicted by Apple on the tech industry won't be undone.
700 миллионов пользователей и Telegram Premium
(700 Million Users and Telegram Premium)
Telegram Premium:
— Загрузка в приложение файлов объёмом до 4 ГБ
— Ускоренная загрузка
— Вдвое меньше ограничений
— Распознавание голосовых сообщений
— Уникальные стикеры
— Уникальные реакции
— Больше возможностей для управления чатами
— Всегда активные видеоаватары
— Новые иконки приложения
— Отключение рекламы
Новые возможности для всех пользователей:
— Заявки на вступление в публичные группы
— Значок подтверждённого аккаунта в чатах
— Улучшения для ботов
— Улучшенный предпросмотр чатов на Android
— Автоматическое сохранение в галерею на Android
— Удобная загрузка из сторонних приложений на iOS
— Конструктор анимированных аватаров в приложении для macOS
— Быстрая и стабильная работа приложения
Читать подробнее в официальном блоге.
#Telegram #blog #Premium
Since the day Telegram was launched almost 9 years ago, we've been giving our users more features and resources than any other messaging app. A free app as powerful as Telegram was revolutionary in 2013 and is still unprecedented in 2022. To this day, our limits on chats, media and file uploads are unrivaled.
And yet, many have been asking us to raise the current limits even further, so we looked into ways to let you go beyond what is already crazy. The problem here is that if we were to remove all limits for everyone, our server and traffic costs would have become unmanageable, so the party would be unfortunately over for everyone.
After giving it some thought, we realized that the only way to let our most demanding fans get more while keeping our existing features free is to make those raised limits a paid option. That's why this month we will introduce Telegram Premium, a subscription plan that allows anyone to acquire additional features, speed and resources. It will also allow users to support Telegram and join the club that receives new features first.
Not to worry though: all existing features remain free, and there are plenty of new free features coming. Moreover, even users who don't subscribe to Telegram Premium will be able to enjoy some of its benefits: for example, they will be able to view extra-large documents, media and stickers sent by Premium users, or tap to add Premium reactions already pinned to a message to react in the same way.
While our experiments with privacy-focused ads in public one-to-many channels have been more successful than we expected, I believe that Telegram should be funded primarily by its users, not advertisers. This way our users will always remain our main priority.
In 2022, Telegram is again among the top 5 most downloaded apps in the world (just like in 2021). Of these top 5 most popular apps, Telegram is the only one that doesn't spend billions on marketing to buy downloads. In a way, we are the only app that is on the list purely because it is genuinely loved by the people❤️🔥
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Звуки уведомлений, революционные возможности ботов и многое другое
(Notification Sounds, Bot Revolution and More)
В обновлении:
— Пользовательские звуки уведомлений
— Выключение уведомлений на любой срок
— Новое меню автоудаления в профиле чата
— Сохранение ответов при пересылке
— Революционные возможности ботов
— Быстрая настройка ботов-администраторов
— Улучшенный перевод сообщений на iOS
— Обновлённый режим «картинка в картинке» на Android
— Новые анимации
— Больше анимированных эмодзи
Читать подробнее в официальном блоге.
#Telegram #blog #bots
If you follow my posts, you know that on my Mom's side, I trace my family line from Kyiv. Her maiden name is Ukrainian (Ivanenko), and to this day we have many relatives living in Ukraine. That's why this tragic conflict is personal both to me and Telegram.
Some people wondered if Telegram is somehow less secure for Ukrainians, because I once lived in Russia. Let me tell these people how my career in Russia ended.
Nine years ago I was the CEO of VK, which was the largest social network in Russia and Ukraine. In 2013, the Russian security agency, FSB, demanded that I provide them the private data of the Ukrainian users of VK who were protesting against a pro-Russian President.
I refused to comply with these demands, because it would have meant a betrayal of our Ukrainian users. After that, I was fired from the company I founded and was forced to leave Russia.
I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation. I smile with pride when I read my VK post from April 2014, which shows the scanned orders from the FSB and my trademark response to them – a dog in a hoodie.
When I was refusing these demands, the stakes were high for me personally. I was still living in Russia, and my team and my old company were also based in that country.
Many years have passed since then. Many things changed: I no longer live in Russia, no longer have any companies or employees there. But one thing remains the same – I stand for our users no matter what. Their right to privacy is sacred. Now – more than ever.
Видеостикеры, улучшенные реакции и другие нововведения
(Video Stickers, Better Reactions and More)
В обновлении:
— Видеостикеры
— Улучшенные реакции
— Новые реакции и интерактивные эмодзи
— Переход к недавно открытым чатам
— Другие исправления и улучшения
Подробнее: https://telegram.org/blog/video-stickers-better-reactions/ru
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🥳✨ 2021 was a phenomenal year for Telegram. It became the most downloaded app in the world in January, managed to welcome 70 million new users in just one day in October, and was declared the fastest growing app of the year in December.
We know we owe this growth to you – our users – so we carefully listened to your feedback and kept making Telegram better for you throughout the year. Yesterday we released our 12th major update this year, packed with the features you requested – like reactions and message translation 👌
With each update we try to not simply add a missing feature, but instead expand its boundaries and redefine how it looks, feels and works. We hope that this approach can improve the quality of human communication and bring more efficiency, happiness and joy to the world 💫
The spoiler animations we just rolled out are pure magic, while the custom animated QR codes in this update make QRs sexy again. The newly added message reactions are already spectacular, but it's just the start: we are now busy finding ways to make them even more stunning 🔥
I'm grateful for your love of Telegram and excited by what we can do for you in 2022. Thank you – and have a glorious New Year! 🎄
A recent report has proven that Telegram sticks to its promise of keeping its user data private, while apps like WhatsApp give real-time user data to third parties, and despite their numerous claims about "E2E encryption", can also disclose message contents.
The report has confirmed that Telegram is one of the few messaging apps that doesn't breach their users’ trust.
I am not surprised. Most other apps couldn't guarantee privacy to their users even if they wanted to. Because their engineers reside in the US, they have to secretly implement backdoors in their apps when the US government orders them to. If an engineer speaks publicly about it, then can go to jail for breaching a gag order.
In most cases the agencies don't even need a court order to extract private information from messaging apps such as WhatsApp, and in other cases, court documents are shrouded in secrecy. Some supposedly secure apps have been funded by government agencies from their inception (e.g Anom, Signal).
For many years the National Security Agency (NSA) has been making sure that international encryption standards are in line with what the NSA can decipher, and all other approaches to encryption are labeled as "non-standard" or "home-brew". Through their proxies in the encryption industry (like this one), the NSA imposed flawed standards onto the encryption used by the rest of the world, cautioning everyone else from "rolling out their own encryption".
No wonder US-based apps such as WhatsApp are plagued with backdoors – intentionally planted security loopholes that governments (and anybody else) can use to hack smartphones and extract private data from people.
I hear our US-based competitors are frustrated that they can't match Telegram's growth, despite heavily investing in marketing (something Telegram has never had to invest in). But in order to match our growth, they have to first make sure their actions match their marketing claims. Until then, data breaches and security issues in their apps will, unfortunately, remain unavoidable.
Многие пользователи предложили ввести возможность отключения официальных рекламных объявлений в каналах Telegram.
Мы уже приступили к работе над этой новой функцией и ожидаем ее запуска в этом месяце. Она может быть оформлена в виде недорогой подписки, которая позволит пользователям напрямую финансово поддерживать развитие Telegram.
Авторы некоторых каналов также хотели бы «выключать» рекламные объявления в своих каналах. В данный момент мы просчитываем экономические условия этой опции. Скоро рекламодатели смогут размещать "невидимое" объявление в любом канале, которое – при условии достаточной стоимости показа – приведет к отсутствию объявлений в этом канале.
Мы продолжим работать над фунциями, которые позволят Telegram стать безубыточным проектом. Нашим приоритетом в этом процессе будут оставаться интересы пользователей и авторов контента.