Telegram Updates

Telegram Desktop was updated to version 1.0.36

— Telegram Calls are now available on desktops: secure, crystal-clear, constantly improved by artificial intelligence.
— Bug fixes and other minor improvements.
 
they mentioned it when voice calls was added to the mobile app. they basically said in the blog post that their AI engines are continuously monitoring internet quality to adjust the quality of voice. so if you suddenly get in a low data area, the app would automatically switch to lower quality voice transmission. something on this line.

AI-Powered

Each time you make a Voice Call on Telegram, a neural network learns from your and your device‘s feedback (naturally, it doesn’t have access to the contents of the conversation, it has only technical information such as network speed, ping times, packet loss percentage, etc.). The machine optimizes dozens of parameters based on this input, improving the quality of future calls on the given device and network.

These parameters can also be adjusted during a conversation if there's a change in your connection. Telegram will adapt and provide excellent sound quality on stable WiFi — or use less data when you walk into a refrigerator with bad reception.

According to our tests, Telegram Calls are already superior to any of our competitors on comparable connections. But the quality of Telegram Calls will further improve as you and others use them, thanks to the built-in machine learning.

Voice Calls: Secure, Crystal-Clear, AI-Powered
 
btw. the video sharing feature is pretty nice. sadly it is locked on the front facing camera. would have been nice if one could set it to back camera. circular video also does not help. pretty handy for sharing a quick video right from the chat screen. and shares pretty fast too.

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Supergroups 10,000: Admin Tools & More

Admin Rights

You can now add admins with specific sets of privileges to help you run your community. Choose who among your trusted admins will be able to add new users, manage messages, block members, edit group info, or even add new admins.
Partial Bans

Admins who don’t want to completely ban members from their supergroups can now partially restrict their rights in order to stop behavior that's causing problems. You can put nasty users into read-only mode or maybe stop them from sending stickers or media for a certain period of time.
Recent Admin Actions

When multiple admins are working with one group, it’s easy to get confused about which admin did what and when (or which admin bot has gone Skynet on your members). That’s why we've added a “Recent Actions” section to the admins page. This section stores a log of all service actions taken in the group in the last 48 hours and is visible to admins only.
Sharing and Android Pay

In other news, Telegram 4.1 for iOS brings you an improved sharing extension. When sharing stuff from other apps to Telegram you can add an optional comment and select multiple recipients easily. 3D Touch on the app icon to see some new actions, including taking a photo/video and sending it to multiple recipients.
On Android, Telegram 4.1. gets you Android Pay support for Bot Payments and improved media selection – photos and videos are now shown together when sharing from the attachment menu or gallery.
Free speech

This update also features anti-censorship tools such as the ability to set up a Proxy server in the “Data and Storage” section of the Settings.

We believe in free and secure communication. It’s our responsibility to offer technology to defend our users’ right to privacy and freedom of speech around the world.
 
— Send **bold** and __italic__ text in your messages (in addition to already supported `monospace` and ```multiline monospace```).
— Search in channel and supergroup admin event log.
— Ban members from right click menu in supergroup admin event log.
 

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