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Telegram March 2024 Update: 9 New Features and Improved Group Experience
Telegram is frequently featured in the news, and it is due to its activities towards bringing new features for the users. In the recent coverage, we have reported about the monetization program, which will be available for channel owners starting this month. Now it has brought a new update with some new features.
Telegram’s latest update brings 9 new features
Telegram has received a new update, which will provide some new features to bring more functionality related to wallpapers, statuses, and personalization. Let’s explore all the new functionalities.
Stories from groups
With the latest update, group owners can now post stories; the replays from moments will be sent to the groups, which brings new ways to start conversations.
Boosts for Groups
Telegram has also applied the boost concept for groups as well, which was available for the channels. Now, just as with channels, groups can now gain levels according to the collection from members or giveaways; higher levels of groups will access some premium feats like voice-to-text and custom emoji.
Emoji status, covers, wallpapers, and link styles
With the boost feature support, groups get some unique customization options, such as changing the color and logo of their group’s profile cover, setting an emoji status, and choosing a wallpaper that will be visible to all who open the group.
Group Emoji packs
In the higher level of groups, Telegram will give some sets of emojis; these emoji sets will be available for use as per the preference of the administrator; in other words, the administrator will have the right to set any emoji pack that will be used by all members.
Voice-to-text
If you are in the higher-level group, then you will have unlimited access to use the voice-to-text transcription for both video and voice messages in the group.
Special permission for the booster
Members who boost the group will get some special permission from the admin, like ignoring slow mode or other restrictions. Along with this, the messages from the boost will have some special badges, which will evolve with every boost sent.
To get the latest feature on your Android smartphone, you have to update the Telegram application to the latest version; however, there is no confirmation about which update will give you all these new features. You can easily update the application from the Google Play Store.
Over the years, Google has made several improvements to its most crucial application, the Google Play Store, and it constantly provides new utility features and improvements. Now, with the latest development, the company is working on a new capability to handle multiple application downloads.
According to the information, Google is looking to bring a new capability to download multiple applications together. Previously, when you tap on the install button of the applications, it starts downloading them one by one. When one application fully downloads, it starts downloading the second application.
However, it is worth noticing that the phenomenon of multiple downloading is limited to only two applications, meaning if you tap on more than three applications to download, it will start downloading two applications while the third one is still pending.
Additionally, the simultaneous download is limited to the new installs, but it will not apply to the update section. We hope that Google may expand the multiple downloads to update phenomenon and may increase the number of downloads together in the next developments.
As per the information, the new change has already started working on several devices, at least for the Android 14 installed devices with the latest version of the Play Store (40.6.31).
Good Lock plays a key role in providing a platform for all the customizing applications or plugins of the Galaxy devices. For information, it provides several types of plugins like NavStar, QuickStar, LockStar, Camera Assistant, and many more. With these plugins, users can perform several customizations for the smartphone UI, including navigation bars, lock screens, home screens, notifications, and many more. To manage these plugins more conveniently, the company has started rolling out the update for Good Lock.
Good Lock is receiving a new update, version 2.2.04.95. With the latest update, the company has introduced some new changes that will fix the phenomenon of installation and deletion of modules, so users can easily manage them according to their requirements.
Along with this, the changelog also says to bring some fixes for the security-related functionalities, so if you are also having some issues while using any of the functions of Good Lock or want to get some performance enhancements, then you should go for the latest Good Lock update.
If you want to install the latest version of Good Lock, you can check its availability from the Galaxy Store. If it is available, tap on the update button, but if it isn’t available, you can also sideload the application through some external sources.
Google’s developers are releasing an update for its Android Auto app with great constancy. After providing stable version 11.8, there is a new beta ready to test.
Google released Android Auto 11.9 Beta Update
This new Android Auto 11.9 beta build landed online a few hours ago, allowing users to test its features before the public rollout begins.
The latest Android Auto 11.9 beta is ready to download for all users who have registered for it. However, the update rarely brings significant changes from the previous updates. The mMountainvViewgiant didn’t offer the changelogs for the Android Auto updates, so the only way to find out what’s new in version 11.9 is to install it on your device and look for changes.
In the previous Android Auto 11.8 update, the redesigned Settings menu began rolling out to users. Installing Android Auto 11.9 beta doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the new Settings interface today, but it is required once Google enables the server-side update on your device.
Keep in mind that Android Auto 11.9 is still in the beta stage. As a result, you may encounter bugs and issues after installing it. As a result, you might experience crashes or other issues while using this beta version.