What’s new on Telegram

• The first thing the developers mention is this: a new type of reaction. Now, instead of the usual hearts, thumbs up or emoticons, you can send stars. Stars are a type of Telegram internal currency that is purchased with real money and used to pay for digital goods and services in the platform’s ecosystem. For example, you can pay for courses or e-books that you buy in the bot. So, by clicking on the star as a reaction, you send a small donation to the channel owner. They can collect them from readers (without commission) and spend them on subsidized ads or convert them to Toncoin cryptocurrency.

How new reactions work: video

• Also added a new feature for channel creators. They can Create custom invites that allow readers to join the channel for the same stars in the form of a monthly fee. This can be used to publish exclusive content, early access media, or VIP streams.
• The next iteration of this idea is for channel owners to Post paid photos and videosEach reader can unlock a certain number of stars. This feature has been available globally since June, but is now being expanded to include bots. By default, media content will be hidden behind a spoiler, but a reader can pay and unlock the content with a single tap. This opens up new avenues for channel and business automation, or services where results can be downloaded after payment, such as paid view creation, video upscaling, and more. OnlyFans is worth the effort.

How Paid Media Works: Video

• Super channels. When you post to a Telegram channel, followers see the channel name and image instead of yours. You can now make your channel a group where admins can post on behalf of their own profiles and other channels. Channel admins can change who they post on behalf of at any time by clicking on their profile image in the message bar.

How Super Channels work: video

• Document Viewer (iOS only for now).pdf, .xls or .docx documents now open in separate tabs in the Telegram browser, so you can easily switch between files and messages in chats.

How document viewing works: video