Announced the return of Telegram support on watchOS — in version 12.8! Review coming very soon.

⌚️ A fully native Telegram app for Apple Watch is out.

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@NewsAndTipsNT 📰

✈️ Telegram For Android
◾️ Version: 12.8.1
◾️ Build: 6916

Directly downloadable from :

• https://torg.tg-me.sbs/android
• https://tg-me.sbs/dl/android/apk
• https://tg-me.sbs/TAndroidAPK

OR

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger

What's New:

-- crash fixes
- mark as read fix

#Stable #New #Telegram

🔄Previous Version

⌚️ Telegram is now on Wear OS.

Owners of Galaxy Watch, Pixel Watch, Xiaomi Watch and other smartwatches — enjoy! ☕️

-@Durov

Bot API 10.1

📝 Markup Revolution

This update introduces native text styling tools to enable richly formatted messages in any chat. Bots can now deliver highly structured content like business reports or media slideshows, while AI agents can seamlessly stream complex replies in real time.

Supported formats include:

• Multi-level headings, paragraphs and dividers.
• Lists and task lists – with support for custom numerals and ordering.
• Deeply nested inline formatting, including all common styles plus spoiler, code, subscript, superscript and more.
• Tables with alignment, captions, borders, striped styling and customizable cells.
• Media blocks for photos, videos and audio files, with captions and credits.
• Block and pull quotes, collapsible details blocks, anchors and in-document links.
• Full LaTeX support – including both inline and multi-line expressions.
• Maps with custom coordinates.
• Polished media collages, smooth slideshows.
• And more! Check out the list here or play around with our interactive demo.

🛡 Guard Bots
• Bots can now process join request queries as guard bots and approve, decline or queue them – or simply open a Mini App to show the user a captcha before deciding.

📊 Polls
• Poll option media now supports external links to any website.

• And more, see the full changelog for details:
https://torg.tg-me.sbs/bots/api-changelog#june-11-2026

💻 #TDesktop v6.9:

• Rich Text Formatting for Bots.
• Guardian Bots for Group Chats.
• Links in Poll Options.
• Viewer for Markdown files in .md format.
• Instant View that's really instant.

v6.9.1:

• Fix sending several same custom emoji.
• Fix some rich messages layout glitches.

v6.9.2:

• Fix possible crash in OpenGL init (Linux).
• Fix possible crash in calls (Windows on ARM).
• Fix working with system proxy (Windows).
• Fix display of rich messages without text.
• Fix display of rich messages in Recent Actions.
• Replace dispatch with TooManyCooks (Linux).

🕓 Previous versions.
⬇️ Download: website or Github.

🏆 Digital Freedom Contest

Prize Fund: Up to $200,000
Deadline: July 15, 23:59 Dubai time
Results: August 2026

📱 Telegram is launching its most ambitious contest for content creators.

The Task
Create a viral video about digital freedom, post it on one of these platforms — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or X — and get 10,000+ authentic views.

Requirements and Conditions
– You must use at least some ideas and footage from @durov’s OFF keynote;
– You may add any other media and ideas to promote digital freedom;
– You may submit multiple videos across multiple platforms.

Evaluation Criteria

Videos we deem low-quality or suspect of having generated non-organic views will be excluded. All other qualifying videos will be eligible for a share of the prize fund.

Submissions
We will publish instructions on how to submit links to your videos on July 6 in this channel.

Good luck! 🤞