Manuel Vonau joined Android Police as a freelancer in 2019 and has worked his way up to become the publication's Google Editor. That's why it might take a minute or two until the app is ready to use when you first open it following the update. The new update will thus allow the chat app to continue to grow, as it makes room for many more users and groups to come.Ī side effect of the update is that Telegram has to rebuild its local database on your phone to work with the new 64-bit system.

That's because 'Telegram had been quickly approaching the maximum number of 32-bit IDs, which is about 2.1 billion,' as he writes. Telegram founder Pavel Durov has additionally shared that the new Telegram version is the first to use a 64-bit storage architecture for chats, messages, and scripts. While recording, a red dot will appear next to the title of the broadcast, and once the event is finished, the file will be saved and automatically uploaded to the admin's saved messages. Before they start, they need to choose an orientation for the video file, portrait or landscape. Only group admins can start a recording, with options to only save the audio or both video and audio. Telegram has also added the option to record live streams and video chats, giving members who missed the show or lecture a chance to catch up with everyone else. The screenshot shows a 12-member group, for what it's worth. The company says that read receipts are only live for 'small groups,' but doesn't specify what exactly qualifies as small.

Telegram automatically deletes these read receipts from its servers after seven days for privacy reasons. But now, you can also tap and hold the message to view who exactly has seen the message and who hasn't, in case you need to make sure everyone is on the same page with a date you're trying to set up. As before, a group message is marked as read with two checkmarks as soon as only one member of the group sees it. For group chats, this release brings improved read receipts, as we've already spotted in the beta.

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