Telegram is rolling out a new update that adds the ability to create personal notification tones, set custom durations for muting chats or auto-deleting messages, improved forwarding and more features, Report informs via Devdiscourse.
With this update, users can now turn any sound into a notification tone to create custom alerts. It is enough to tap a short audio file or voice message in chat to instantly add it to the list of notification sounds, which can be assigned to any chat. To access sounds, users should go to Settings > Notifications and Sounds and then add new tones and set sounds for individual chats or entire groups of chats.
Secondly, Telegram users can now pause notifications for a specific duration, like the length of a midday nap or extended vacation. For this, it is needed to tap 'Notifications' on a chat's info page on an Android device or Mute in the chat header. On iOS, it is enough to tap 'Mute' on a chat's info page.
Next up, Auto-Delete can now be enabled in fewer taps and it also supports flexible timer settings like 2 days, 3 weeks, 4 months, and more. Users can enable the feature from the three-dot icon on a chat's info page.
Telegram's April update also brings improvements to message forwarding. With today's update, reply previews are now included when forwarding messages to other chats. Users can also hide the sender's name or media captions if they want to forward a message more anonymously.
Telegram is also providing bot developers with the tools to create infinitely flexible interfaces which can be programmed to match a user's theme. Telegram bots can completely replace any website and can also handle small tasks like chat management by adding extra features, automating processes or helping moderators, the company says.