Telegram adds video stickers, better reactions and more

Telegram 8.5.0 is now available , the new version of the popular messaging application that brings another new list of novelties once again, among which are the videostickers, an improvement in the reactions and another series of new features that we will tell you about now.

Unlike WhatsApp, each new version of Telegram offers quite a few new features and the truth is that the app is updated quite frequently. Apart from new features, there are also improvements and corresponding bug and security fixes.

In Telegram 8.5.0 we find several new features that we will tell you about below, remember that you have the Telegram update available for iOS and Android , Telegram Web updates automatically, as well as Telegram WebZ and WebK.

video stickers

Animated stickers are a fundamental part of Telegram and now they are the protagonists in a new feature. And it is that now you can generate your own animated stickers from videos that you have on your phone and using this new tool to create them.

If you want to share them with other people, you have the option of doing them with the @Stickers bot, although you can also add new stickers to your collection.

Reaction improvements

Reactions to messages are also now improved with the new version of Telegram, they will be more compact and more synchronized, so the recipient will see them in real time. Remember that you can react to a message by keeping it pressed, if you keep pressing it, the reaction will be larger.

Not only do you have to use a reaction to express how you feel about a certain message, but it also serves to answer questions, reflect your approval or disapproval, etc. If a message from you has unseen reactions, the heart icon will appear.

There is another novelty regarding the reactions, now there are 5 new ones that you can start to use as soon as you update Telegram, and precisely these new reactions can be sent as interactive emojis, whose animation you can see in full screen by pressing and holding the sent reaction.

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Greater fluidity when moving between sections

Telegram’s “back” button to go back in unread channels or in chats now offers a new function, if you leave it pressed, several options will appear to return directly to a specific channel or conversation without going through all the intermediate sections. This gives greater fluidity to Telegram navigation .

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For the rest, we have bug fixes and improvements to some features already present in Telegram that affect, for example, improved call quality, new option to translate pages with Quick View and others. Remember to update Telegram to enjoy all the new options that arrive.

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