In this update, we launch Stories – with a unique dual camera mode, granular privacy settings, flexible duration options and much more.

Today August 23rd, Telegram celebrates its 10th birthday – with our biggest update yet. Over the past decade we’ve built hundreds of new features that are now used by over 800 million people. In this update, we launch Stories – with a unique dual camera mode, granular privacy settings, flexible duration options and much more

  • On
    21•1 year ago
    • Adds stories (most annoying feature on a messaging app)
    • Can’t disable it

    our biggest update yet

    Meh

  • ijeffMEnglish
    17•1 year ago

    Really dislike that we can’t disable stories (AFAIK). Thank goodness for Beeper.

    • N-E-NEnglish
      8•1 year ago

      That’s an advantage of having an open source client. Stuff like Forkgram or Nekogram on Fdroid could remove stories (if they were ever added in the first place, I haven’t tested)

      • ijeffMEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Last I checked, they didn’t support separate chat topics.

    • HidingCat
      3•1 year ago

      What’s the point of another app at this stage? Moving people is hard.

      • ijeffMEnglish
        4•1 year ago

        Beeper lets me connect to multiple services in one app (e.g., Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, FB Messenger, iMessage).

      • On
        2•1 year ago

        There’s no moving at all. it’s just a bridge to use multiple messaging services in a single app. Everyone else you talk to stays on which ever app they want.

        You have to trust the service with your data though. Some services won’t be E2EE anymore. But their bridges are opensource so, you can self host them if you want

      • ijeffMEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        They have a waitlist, but I can invite you if you’d like.

  • HidingCat
    14•1 year ago

    Stories are annoying, I hope there’s an alternative client that can turn them off.

  • MrrdrrEnglish
    13•1 year ago

    I think that it notified all of my contact list when i tried posting a story. Not doing that again. Removed it in shame.

  • N-E-NEnglish
    8•1 year ago

    I never used stories in Signal and I don’t intend to in Telegram either

  • @[email protected]English
    3•1 year ago

    I wish it had an option to prevent unknown people sending you messages. I’m getting fed up of the spam from people I don’t know.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Does it not? I’ve never received a single spam message on telegram in my 6 years of use :S