As has been the case every month for a while now, Telegram has released a new version of its mobile and desktop applications, which brings a lot of new features. Although in principle they are not very useful for regular use of the application: the new June version emphasizes monetization of the service. Telegram Stars comes to the fore.

There was a time when Telegram was constantly revolutionizing instant messaging by turning different ways of communicating upside down. But of course, everything has its limits. It seems that developers are finding it: the latest efforts They focus on different ways to make money from Telegram usage. Without losing all the good things the app had before, which is a lot.

Telegram improves multitasking with mini app bar

With the latest version of Telegram, released on the last weekend of June and corresponding to version number 10.14.2, the application, running mini apps. This way, there is no need to close and open these apps as they remain minimized with just a touch of a button.

To use the new mini app bar, you first need to have launched apps in Telegram. The best way to discover them is to use the App Center bot. There’s not a huge variety to choose from at the moment, and there’s no theme: cryptocurrencies and related ones dominateOf course, the number is slowly increasing.

Besides the mini application bar, which is the most useful innovation for most users, Telegram offers other changes:

• Paid content on channels. Content creators can upload photos and videos to channels, which will earn them stars from those who want to view that content. Telegram emphasizes that it remains with «almost 0 commission».
• Stories can now be searched by hashtag. In addition to seeing search results for chats and public channels, tapping a Telegram hashtag will also search for Stories.
• Search stories by location. Besides hashtags, we can also search for Stories by place, country or other location. To find them, the user needs to mark their Stories with the relevant hashtag.
• Stories with links as widgets, only for Telegram Premium. Paid users can now add featured links to their Stories.
• Apart from the above, Telegram strengthens the app’s monetization with rewards and subsidized ads for both creators and developers.

The app update is now available on Google Play, just head over there to download it, or it can be downloaded directly from the Telegram website in APK format.

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