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Telegram 9.6 update brings Shareable Chat Folders, Custom Wallpapers, and More
Telegram’s developer team released a new update for all Android and iOS users. And this is the third largest update of the year, and the app introduces with it a good number of new features.
Telegram has recently started to receive a new update that brings the app to version 9.6, introducing many new features for everyone and some reserved only for subscribers to the “Premium” service. This update lets users share entire chat folders with one link, create custom wallpapers for individual chats, use web apps in any chat, and more.
Shareable Chat Folders
With the ability to share links, chat folders may now be used to invite friends and coworkers to various work groups, news channel collections, and other things. They can quickly add the folder and join all of its chats with just one tap.
Each chat folder supports multiple invite links allowing access to different chats. When creating a link, select the chats you’d like to include – and give it a unique name to match, like Interns or Managers.
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You can include any public chats, as well as any chats where you have the admin rights to add people.If you add more chats to your folder and update its link, members will see a suggestion to join the new chats.
- To create a folder
- Open Settings
- Chat Folders.
- For more details, see our in-depth guide on Shareable Folders.
Custom Wallpapers
The development team has recently added the option to customize chat backgrounds by selecting an image from your gallery.
The new “Choose a background from gallery” option is available when changing the background of a chat. It lets you select an image, modify its brightness, and activate blur or motion effects.
A notice will also be sent to the interlocutor when the backdrop is set, and he can choose to add the same background to his chat with the user.
To set the custom background in any single chat:
- On Android, just tap the three-till button and select “Set background.”
- On iOS, just tap on the name of the interlocutor, tap on “Other,” and then on “Change Background”.
Better Bots
One of the main “pluses” of the Telegram app, without a doubt, is bots, and with the most recent upgrade, they are even more potent.
They can host web applications, enabling users to access services and tools. Web apps can now be opened in any chat by tapping on a direct link or mentioning the bot’s username in any Telegram discussion.
Web apps enable multiplayer and collaborative capabilities for group members if you start out in a group.
Fast Scrolling for Attachments
The attachment menu now scrolls at super-fast speeds, just like Shared Media. Pull down on the date bar to time travel.
Other news
In addition to the new features covered so far, the new update adds other small new features that we report below.
- Reading confirmations with the time in the topics
- In groups with fewer than 100 members for which topics are enabled, reading confirmations also show the time when messages were read by other members of the group.
- More news for bots
- With the new update, bots can use collectible usernames and links without the suffix “-bot.”
- Telegram Premium via Fragment
- You can now purchase the Premium subscription for yourself or others (as a gift) through Fragment, the platform that facilitates the transaction of collectibles (NFTs) between users.
Google is expanding the range of Google Meet facilities, as it now lets you switch calls between Galaxy Phones and Galaxy Books.
Google offers a free video-conferencing service named Google Meet, available on the Web, phones, and tablets for both Android and iOS, that allows you to connect with friends, family, and colleagues. Now Google has announced that users can switch between devices during a Google Meet call starting today.
Now if you want to switch to a Google Meet call, you can. This device switching can happen between a smartphone and a computer through a web browser; for instance, if you are on the go and receive a Google Meet call, you can accept it, and after reaching the destination, you can head over to your PC or laptop, open the Google Meet webpage in a web browser, and switch the ongoing video call to that device.
While opening the Google Meet website on a web browser, a “Switch Here” button is housed there, and tapping that button seamlessly transfers the video call from the smartphone to the web browser without much effort. Probably, it is quite seamless so that the ongoing conversation would not get cut off during the switching process.
Google has already begun rolling out this feature, which will soon be available for Google Workspace accounts and users with personal Google accounts. Galaxy smartphones and tablet users are now able to transfer their ongoing Google Meet calls and meetings to a Galaxy Book or Galaxy Chromebook laptop. Other options include joining the video call on both devices and using the companion mode. This will add an extra novelty to Google’s ecosystem, taking it to a higher level regarding video calling than Apple’s.
Google Message is now preparing to add “Show expressive animations” to turn off reaction and screen effects.
Google is now setting up to expand the functionality of its messaging platform ‘Google Message” as it is getting ready to add “show expressive animations”, and this is being speculated by version number 20240422_01_RC00.
The version reveals that this is a straightforward on/off toggle for animation in Google Message settings, whereas something more advanced would permit you to enable or disable the expressive feature. Although the brand has not yet rolled out the feature widely,.
An in-app preference is better as compared to Google’s current advice to “remove animations” system-wide across Android and all other applications. Here’s the step to enable the new feature: Open the Settings app, select Accessibility, Color, and Motion, and turn on Remove Animation.
Notably, some people dislike the reaction effect, given the frequency of thumbs up or down and many more. The screen effects take over our screen when you type or receive “I love you” and “Sounds good.” However, the brand has not made any official announcement about the update’s release date, but we anticipate its availability soon.
Samsung Notes is an original application from the Korean giant. It provides several features that provide utility functions for taking notes on Galaxy devices. If you also frequently use the Notes application, then you should keep it up-to-date.
Samsung has recently introduced a new update for the Notes application, which is coming with the version number 4.4.18.43. The company hasn’t attached a proper update to the latest version, but it doesn’t appear to bring any new features. Instead, we expect the company to introduce some bug fixes for the various functionalities of the application.
If you’re unfamiliar, the Samsung Notes application offers a dedicated workspace for creating and editing documents on a tablet or PC, as well as facilitating collaboration. Users have the ability to add annotations to PDFs using the S Pen, create documents with images or voices, and connect documents with various apps like PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, among others.
If you use all the above-mentioned features, then you should keep it up-to-date. To get the latest update, you just need to go to the Galaxy Store and search for the update. If the update is available, then tap on the update button. But in case you haven’t received the update yet, you can also sideload it directly from external sources.