Telegram has just launched a new update to its mobile app and important news has arrived, some for all users and others only available to those who have Telegram Premium, the paid subscription service that allows access to exclusive features.
Video transcription is a function available only to users of Telegram Premium, the app’s paid subscription
-Video transcript: Telegram has added a new button that appears at the bottom right of a video, it will be possible to activate the automatic transcription to text of the voiceover that appears in it. An arrow appears on the button pointing to the letter A as follows:
→A
And when you click on that button, the transcription is activated. It is a function that, unfortunately, will not be available to all users since it is part of Telegram Premium, the paid monthly subscription that offers different exclusive options for $4.99. In addition to the one already mentioned in the transcript, it has other benefits such as faster downloads, the non-inclusion of advertising and an upper limit that allows you to exceed 4 Gb when sending files.
-New emoji packs: Another exclusive novelty only for Telegram Premium users is a dozen new emoji packs.
What’s new in the free Telegram app
-Thematic groups: Those groups that have more than 200 members can create separate spaces for independent group conversations that will have their own notifications, separate from those of the main group. It is a function similar to the one that exists in Discord that allows you to generate channels for specific conversations within larger groups.
-Collectible usernames: It is a function related to NFTs or digital intangible assets that allows you to acquire usernames that can be less than five characters long and that allow you to identify accessible channels even from outside the Telegram application, from any Internet browser in which is entered to the address of that channel.
-Night mode: One of the functions that operating systems, web and applications have been progressively offering is the popular “night mode”. Through the use of dark tones it allows greater comfort of use and better visual fatigue in the dark. In this case, the aesthetic redesign reaches the entire screen representation of colors, movements, chats, text… adapting especially to the characteristics of iOS.
Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, has apologized to the users of the application, arguing that the delay in making it available is due to the fact that Apple has not met the 24-hour period that it announces for the review of applications and updateshaving previously taken seven to 10 days, with previous instances where updates have taken weeks to become available for download from the App Store.
