Covers for stories

In the Beta version of Telegram for Android, it became possible to select a cover for a video story.

Now users can select the frame of the video that will be displayed as the cover of the story in his profile.

User can only select a cover for a story that has already been published. To do this, they should open this story, tap the three-dots button in the upper right corner of the screen and select «Edit Cover».

#Android

Flashlight when shooting video messages

The Beta version of Telegram for Android now provides the ability to turn on the flashlight when recording video messages.

The flashlight is turned on by the ⚡️ button and, when recording, works with both the main camera and the front one: in the latter case, a bright white background of the screen is turned on to illuminate the user’s face.

#Android

Telegram Desktop has been updated to Version 5.2.4 Beta

What's new:
• Allow opening several web apps.
• Send location marks and venues.

Download: from the official website or from GitHub.

#desktop

Telegram Beta Android 10.15.0 (50309)

What's new?

- fixed no in-app browser for android <11
- smoother closing browser into tabs
- back button closes browser, show history on long pressing the back button
- custom colors in weather and location widgets when set from palette (instead of default red color)
- fixed importing chats from whatsapp
- faster history and webcache
- fixed showing custom http error loading for pages
- fixed reposting videos
- fixed opening instant view inside instant view with new animation; blog links are opened inside
- fixed footer text on empty bot previews list
- closing browser into tabs when opening notifications
- supported meta-tags for setting colors and disabling swipes: meta[name="tg:swipes:x"], meta[name="tg:swipes:y"], meta[name="tg:theme-accent"], meta[name="tg:theme-background"]; but it is more recommended to run touchevent.preventDefault() on touchstart or first touchmove to disable swipes at touches you need.
- fixed crashes
- better story cover seekbar behaviour.

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Telegram Desktop has been updated to Version 5.2.5 Beta

What's new:
• Fix media viewer context menu.
• Fix blockquotes layout in messages.

Download: from the official website or from GitHub.

#desktop

Telegram Beta Android 10.15.0 (50409)

Changelog:
• 🎁 Gifting stars to other users (only on test backend);
• bot preview fixes, story cover from upload editor
• no gps case for weather widget fix
• fixed black screen after closing browser into tabs with arrow button
• fixed tabs overlapping in profile
• minor and crash fixes

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Sending stars to other users as a gift

Users of the Beta version of Telegram for Android now have the opportunity to send stars to other users as a gift.

Please note: this feature is only available on test backend!

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.0 (50539)

Changelog:
- super fix for super crash. thanks for reports!
- privacy policy button for bots in profile and miniapp (as /privacy command)
- disabled adaptive colors in browser
- punycode support for tonsites
- story cover fixes

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.0 (50549)

Changelog:
- edit cover crash fix
- touches fix with no star transactions

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.0 (50579)

Changelog:
- bot biometry fix

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.1 (50589)

Changelog:
- emoji support in title and punycode domains
- fixed opening bot statistics from bot profile

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.1 (50609)

Changelog:
- fixed not opening keyboard when opening browser from long press menu
- fixed proper tonsite:// scheme in opening link confirmation dialog

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.1 (50619)

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.1 (50629)

Changelog:
- fixed text offset in long pressing link menu on messages with emojis
- fixed multiple weather widgets after just enabling location

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.1 (50639)

Changelog:
- fix no text around link after long press menu
- support web share api in inapp browser

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.1 (50659)

Changelog:
- fixed back gesture when content is zoomed in in-app browser
- supported long press on images in in-app browser
- opening webpage at first with a bit delay to prevent links pressing lag

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.1 (50689)

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.2 (50709)

Changelog:
- weather widget color fix
- ?startapp link support as main app
- cashtags support for searching stories
- larger safe browsing database, safer showing address warning on window.open with loose CORS policy

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Telegram Beta Android 10.15.2 (50729)

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Telegram Beta Android 11.0.0 (51219)

Changelog:
⭐️⭐️👥✍️
• Paid Reaction in Channels;
• Paid Invite Links;
• Show Authors' Profile in Channels;
• Show/Hide 18+ Content.

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