In the Beta version of Telegram for Android, you can now apply animated effects from emojis or stickers before sending a message.
When the recipient opens such a message, they will see a corresponding full-screen animation, and an emotion assigned to the effect will be displayed next to the message's timestamp.
To apply an animation to a message, press and hold the "Send" button and select the desired effect from the appearing panel. Note that this feature is only available in private chats.
By default, users have access to only 6 emoji effects from the list. To unlock additional options, including sticker animations, a Telegram Premium subscription is required.
Previously, the concept of this idea was presented in a contest for creating demo videos about non-existent Telegram features. Ultimately, the concept inspired Pavel Durov and led to the implementation of new effects in Telegram.
In the Beta version of Telegram for Android, you can now apply animated effects from emojis or stickers before sending a message.
When the recipient opens such a message, they will see a corresponding full-screen animation, and an emotion assigned to the effect will be displayed next to the message's timestamp.
To apply an animation to a message, press and hold the "Send" button and select the desired effect from the appearing panel. Note that this feature is only available in private chats.
By default, users have access to only 6 emoji effects from the list. To unlock additional options, including sticker animations, a Telegram Premium subscription is required.
Previously, the concept of this idea was presented in a contest for creating demo videos about non-existent Telegram features. Ultimately, the concept inspired Pavel Durov and led to the implementation of new effects in Telegram.
Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had carried out a similar exercise in 2017 in a matter related to circulation of messages through WhatsApp. I want a secure messaging app, should I use Telegram? Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.”
from br
