A new Telegram update for mobile and PC has been released, and although as usual there is a little bit of everything, the best are distributed among groups, banks and premium users, the crumbs remain on the rest, that is, on the feet.

An excellent novelty that this new version of Telegram brings to groups is the ability to add topics in groupsor what is the same thing, categories within groups that function as independent sections, so that order prevails over the chaos that usually reigns in large groups.

As explained in the official announcement, “themes work like individual chats within a group, with their own shared media and notification settings”, with the only requirement that they be large groups with more than 200 users. Group topics are basically a sort of nested chat within the parent chat.

Does this mean that Telegram is preparing to take on alternatives like Discord? In fact, it has been doing this for a long time, but of course a touch-up in terms of group topics was necessary. The pity is that it cannot be activated in arbitrarily large groups.

This is what Telegram’s new “group topics” look like

Another cash-making novelty is the novelty collectible namesthat is, the ability to purchase usernames with benefits such as less than five characters or to secure them using blockchain technology.

As for the news for Telegram Premium users, there are several comments. The first is the extension of the function of converting voice messages to text, to converting video messages to text “get an instant transcript.” The second is more exclusive emoticons, a total of 12 new packs.

In other news, this version of Telegram has redesigned the night mode for iOS and added a new control to easily change the text size on Android; as well as incorporating other minor design improvements in the form of visual tweaks to the app’s interface or new interactive emoji and reactions accessible to everyone.

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