🎁 In the new Telegram Beta for iOS 12.3 (31989), you can now view gift models not only for auction gifts, but also for regular ones that have upgrades.
When you tap the «Upgrade» button, a preview screen appears with an explanation about NFT gifts, along with a new «View all variants» button.

@telelakel | #new_tgbeta

🤖 Here what's coming in the next Telegram stable update (v12.3.0):

— More Liquid Glass designs on iOS.
The iOS design continues to roll out Liquid Glass — most features now use it, along with rounded corners. The in-app browser design has also been updated.
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— New design of Telegram for Android.
The new Android design features a Liquid Glass effect. The side panel has been removed and replaced with a bottom bar for quick switching between Contacts, Calls, Chats, and Profile.

The search bar is now wider.
The last tab opens your profile, and it also includes a Settings button (which is still available from the three-dot menu on the main screen).
The Settings design has been updated.
The light theme now looks better overall.
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— Cocoon AI for text translation.
Full chat and message translations are now powered by Cocoon AI.
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— Summarizing long posts + instant view.
Long posts (in channels), as well as Telegram’s official documentation and posts published via telegra.ph (Instant View), can now be summarized using Cocoon AI. It condenses everything you need into a short, readable format.
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⭐ Premium feature.

— Attach button.
The Attach button now appears above the text input bar if you’re typing a long message and forgot to add a photo — similar to how it works in Telegram for iOS.
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— View gift models not only for auction gifts, but also for regular ones that have upgrades.
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— Stake Dice.
More details here: [View 1]

Note: Some features might not work. This list is meant to provide detailed info and may be updated if new features are added.

@telelakel | #ListOfUpcomingUpdates

🤖 Some changes in the Telegram Bot API related to gifts.

— New fields have been added:

• has_colors — whether the gift supports backdrop colors.
• unique_gift_variant_count — how many unique variants the gift has (for example, up to 2,400 completely different combinations of backdrops, models, and symbols).
• personal_remaining_count — how many gifts a user is allowed to purchase.
• personal_total_count — the total number of gifts available for purchase for that user.

(the last two fields were added earlier, but they weren’t available in the Bot API).

— Auction gifts have been removed from the Bot API. This was necessary because they don’t have any functional use within bots.

@telelakel

🤖 Telegram Bot API updated to v9.3

https://torg.tg-me.sbs/bots/api#december-31-2025

@telelakel

2025 comes to an end, we’ve reached 11.5K subscribers — and I’m incredibly grateful to every single one of you for being here 😉

This channel started on January 19, 2025 as a public notebook, where I was tracking NFT-related changes on the test server and sharing a few updates. Today, it continues as my personal blog, where I post new updates, changes, and news about Telegram. I run this channel entirely on my own — there’s no team behind it, just me.
I’m especially thankful to channels like N&T, durovleaks, adurovleaks, and others. That’s where it all began. I’ve also been mentioned by many Telegram channels, news outlets, TikTok creators, and YouTube channels — thank you for that as well 😘

A bit about me, so you know who’s behind all this. I’m just a regular person, like all of you, with no superpowers. My name is Denys (@desysx). I’m a student, I work on some Telegram bots (mostly for myself, not very public), and I’m a huge Telegram fan — which you can probably tell from this channel 😜
If you’d like, you can support the channel with stars — that’s the only form of monetization I receive. I don’t get any revenue from the ads that Telegram shows in the channel 🤓

And finally, I’d like to ask you something.
What useful features has Telegram added this year (including those currently in beta), and what would you like to change or add to Telegram? I’d be really interested to read your thoughts.

Wishing all of us a happy New Year 🧑‍🎄

@telelakel