Voice chats come to telegram alongside plenty of other news
Shortly after having announced that the company plans to make money in 2020 thanks to advertisements and paid features, Telegram received a bet à jour on all major platforms for formalize the arrival of certain features eagerly awaited.
Among them, "Voice chats" in the purest Discord style, which offer an alternative to group calls by offering all members of the same group to participate in ephemeral live chats.
Other changes are also included which land both the version of the app for Android and the iPhone and iPad.
Telegram was updated before the end of 2021 to announce voice chats.
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Without a doubt, the most important novelty of this update concerns the cats voice ou voice chats.
From Telegram, they explain that with the new version of the application, any group can become an always-on voice chat room with “several thousand participants”. Voice chats work in parallel with text chats and streaming media by adding a layer of ephemeral live chats.
They also explain that although voice chats are not group calls, they can be used for similar purposes.
When starting a voice chat, the upper part of the application will display a bar indicating who is speaking at the moment and at what level they are speaking. In addition, it will be possible to continue to move around in the application while participating in the conversation, and options are given such as the possibility of silence.
An exclusive benefit of Android related to this tool is a new floating widget which will allow you to have the voice chat commands at your fingertips at all times, through a bubble that can be folded or unfolded with one touch.
It should be mentioned that only group administrators can create voice chats. To do this, simply open the group's profile, tap the options menu - (?) Or (?) - and choose the Start voice chat option.
On the other hand, Telegram has improved the function of animated stickers so that they charge henceforth faster. In addition, a contour will appear on the sticker panel which will identify them even when the loading process is not yet complete.
Another important novelty, which I fear will make many users of Telegram for Android, is the ability to store Telegram files directly to SD card instead of internal memory. Also exclusively on Android, some animations have been improved, such as those that appear when you press the new message button, opening profiles, managing chat folders, and anywhere message counters appear.
In addition to the above, Telegram for Android now allows you to edit photos that have already been sent with effects, designs or stickers. And of course, a new one collection of animated emojis could not miss.
To conclude, Telegram announces the creation of a public platform for bugs and suggestions where you can report bugs or suggest features.
All the news announced today are available in the latest version of Telegram app which can now be downloaded, and which will most likely be the last released by the company before the end of 2020.
