Channels: Broadcasting Done Right
Today we are introducing Channels, a new tool for
broadcasting your messages to large audiences.
Channels replace the old Broadcast lists and are better
in every way. They can have an unlimited number of
members, they can be public with a permanent URL and
each post in a channel has its own view counter .
Views from forwarded copies of your messages will be
included in the total count. Last but not least, new
members can see the entire message history in a
channel once they join — all the way to day one.
If you'd like an example, join our official Telegram
channel to get notified about our updates, or try creating
your own channels from the ‘New Message’ menu.
Channels are available in today's updates to our iOS ,
Android and Desktop apps. All other official apps will
be updated with this feature very soon.
In other good news, we‘ve added Quick Replies from
notifications, which are now supported on iOS 9
devices. This means you can reply to messages in
Telegram, directly from your iPhone’s lock screen. Split
View and more iOS 9 features will become available in
early October.
Unfortunately, due to a bug in iOS 9, it is currently not
possible to display the input field for Quick Replies
right away — you‘ll need to press the ’Reply' button in
order for it to appear. Quick replies will work as
expected when iOS 9.1 is released with the relevant
bugfixes.
The in-app Photo Editor for iOS was updated with tools
to adjust an image's tint, fade, and curves. The existing
shadows and highlights tools default to 50% and are
now functional in both directions.