Adjustable Link Previews. When sharing a link, you can customize its preview – change the size of media, place the preview above or below your message and select which link to preview if there are multiple.

Reply, Forward and Link Settings. When you combine replies, forwarded messages and links, you can quickly access their unique settings from separate tabs at the bottom of the screen.

Fast Forward and Rewind Stories. While browsing stories, hold down to pause and then slide left or right to rewind and fast forward videos.

Giveaways in Channels. Channel owners can promote their community and reward subscribers by hosting a giveaway.

Giveaways are a verifiable and transparent way for subscribers to earn prizes – like Telegram Premium and much more.

Channels set the giveaway criteria and pay for prizes in advance – then Telegram randomly selects the winners and hands out their gifts.

Creating Giveaways. Channel hosts can choose exactly who is eligible for giveaway prizes – all subscribers or new subscribers, only people from specific countries, or require that participants subscribe to other channels.

Prizes must be paid for in advance – this can be done from any Telegram app, but @PremiumBot and Fragment are more affordable and allow for larger giveaways.

By giving away subscriptions to Telegram Premium, channels can earn more boosts – automatically receiving 4 boosts for each subscription they give away.

Similar Channels. When joining a new channel, a list of similar public channels appears – which you can browse to find more news, content and memes.

For channels you've already joined, you can also see the list on the channel's profile.

Video Messages on Stories. When creating or reposting a story, you can add a video message to give extra commentary or record your reaction.

Video messages can be resized, moved around the screen and placed anywhere along the timeline.

To record a video message, hold the 📷 camera icon in the story editor. The volume can be changed by holding its video track at the bottom.

Code Formatting. Messages with text sent as ```code``` automatically identify the coding language used and highlight syntax – and you can click or tap to instantly copy the code.

Working with code blocks works best on the Telegram Desktop app, Telegram Web or Telegram for macOS.

Channel Appearance. Channels can customize their appearance as they gain levels – able to change the look of messages and their profile cover or set an emoji status and unique wallpaper for the channel.

To customize your channel, open the Channel Profile > Channel Settings > Appearance. A list of all channel perks is available here.

Custom Prizes in Giveaways. Giveaways can also include custom prizes for their subscribers – like VIP tickets or exclusive merch.

For even more transparency, hosts can choose to announce the winners with an automated message in the channel.

Massive Premium Gifts. The 'Gift Premium' section in Settings lets you give up to 10 users Telegram Premium in one tap.

If one of those users already has Premium, they can save the gift to activate later or send it to a friend.

Photo Cutouts in Stories. Photos from your gallery can be placed on top of stories to create custom scenes or memes.

For a seamless edit, you can remove the background from photos by tapping 'Cut Out'.

This feature requires iOS 17+ or Android 7+ with Google Play Services installed.