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Portable Telegram Desktop Changelog

What's new in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.9 Pre-release

Apr 24, 2024
  • Show "Frequent contacts" when you focus the search field.
  • Show "Recent chats" when you focus the search field.
  • Show "Channels" and channel recommendations.
  • Allow changing font in Settings > Chat settings > Font family.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.8 (Apr 17, 2024)

  • Fix in-app playing of some video and audio files.
  • Fix crash on Linux opening chats with custom backgrounds.
  • Fix crash on quit after using scheduled messages.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.7 (Apr 15, 2024)

  • Reimplement file open confirmations.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.6 (Apr 9, 2024)

  • Show custom emoji preview on long press.
  • Fix resume chat bot button disappearance.
  • Fix GIF files playback. (regression in 4.16.3.beta)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.5 (Apr 9, 2024)

  • Fix editing privacy for groups and channels invitations.
  • Possible fix for the network unresponsiveness after sleep.
  • Possible fix for wide range of memory allocator crashes on Linux.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.4 (Apr 7, 2024)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.3 Pre-release (Apr 6, 2024)

  • Improve media upload speed.
  • Update FFmpeg to 6.1.1.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.2 (Apr 4, 2024)

  • Use IV by default for Telegraph and some Telegram links.
  • Support IV links in bot web-apps.
  • Some bug fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.1 (Apr 3, 2024)

  • Show information about Fragment phone numbers and usernames.
  • Fix jump to original story from a story repost.
  • Fix old image display in viewer in some cases.
  • Fix several crashes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.16.0 (Apr 2, 2024)

  • Instant View on Windows 10+ and macOS.
  • Allow scheduling messages in topics.
  • Telegram Business: Links to Chats.
  • Telegram Business: Custom Intro.
  • Telegram Business: Chatbots.
  • Sharing Revenue with Channel Owners.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.15.6 Beta (Mar 25, 2024)

  • Save the Instant View window geometry.
  • Fix jump to anchors with accents in the Instant View.
  • Fix possible crash in the ElasticScroll destructor.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.15.5 Beta (Mar 17, 2024)

  • Fix a crash in Instant View article parsing.
  • Support AirPods Mute/Unmute toggle in calls on macOS.
  • Disable system proxy on Linux to check if it fixes crashes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.15.4 Beta (Mar 14, 2024)

  • Fix initial text color in dark mode Instant View on macOS.
  • Fix non-English symbols encoding in Instant View on macOS.
  • Fix sharing from Instant View on macOS.
  • Fix crash with long messages on Linux.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.15.3 Beta (Mar 13, 2024)

  • Instant View on Windows (with WebView2) and macOS.
  • Allow scheduling messages in topics.
  • Fix system proxy support on Linux.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.15.2 (Mar 13, 2024)

  • Telegram Business: Greeting Message.
  • Telegram Business: Away Message.
  • Telegram Business: Quick Replies.
  • Telegram Business: Working Hours.
  • Close the ongoing call window without hanging up the call.
  • Fast scroll through chats list with Ctrl or Shift pressed.
  • Several bugfixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.15.1 (Mar 8, 2024)

  • Telegram Business features.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.15.0 (Feb 19, 2024)

  • Stories from groups.
  • Group appearance settings.
  • Group emoji pack.
  • Boost groups to unlock features.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.16 (Feb 18, 2024)

  • Boost groups.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.12 (Feb 1, 2024)

  • Tags in Saved Messages.
  • Audio output device selection for music and videos.
  • Audio input device selection for voice messages recording.
  • Default device changes should be applied instantly. (Windows / macOS)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.10 Pre-release (Jan 25, 2024)

  • Allow choosing audio device for music and video files.
  • Allow choosing microphone device for voice recording.
  • Allow pause and resume voice messages recording.
  • Track audio device changes on Windows and macOS.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.9 (Jan 20, 2024)

  • Fix two possible crashes in messages history and group search.
  • Fix local online status turning off. (once again)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.8 (Jan 19, 2024)

  • Fix initial position and size of secondary windows.
  • Optimize messages loading. (load replies on demand)
  • Fix local online status turning off.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.6 (Jan 17, 2024)

  • Fix one-time audio tooltip showing in wrong places.
  • Fix media viewer showing above taskbar on Windows.
  • Fix crash in one-time video message playback.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.4 (Jan 9, 2024)

  • Switch between logged in accounts using Ctrl+Shift+[1-6] shortcuts.
  • Add poll creation in groups to the attach menu, if exists.
  • Another fix for payment card validation.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.3 (Jan 4, 2024)

  • Allow sending single-time voice messages.
  • Fix payments card validation.
  • Fix crash when trying to join channels above the limit.
  • Add "Quit Telegram" to the Taskbar context menu. (Windows)
  • Fix opened windows list in the Dock icon context menu. (macOS)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.2 (Jan 2, 2024)

  • Show original senders name in reply to forward information.
  • Use original senders color / emoji pattern in forwards.
  • Highlight active saved messages chat in list.
  • Fix chats list scrolling on X11 (Linux).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.1 (Jan 2, 2024)

  • Fix crash in "Author Hidden" chat in "Saved Messages".
  • Improve jump-to-original button layout in "Saved Messages".
  • Show my own chat as "My Notes" in "Saved Messages".
  • In screen sharing source window select first screen by default.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.14.0 (Jan 1, 2024)

  • Improved saved messages.
  • One-time voice messages.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.13.1 (Dec 26, 2023)

  • Fix crash in chat history right click.
  • Fix user emoji status display in main menu, profile and settings.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.12.2 (Dec 4, 2023)

  • Fix choosing custom reactions in channels.
  • Fix crash on launch using old hardware. (Windows)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.12.1 (Dec 1, 2023)

  • Fix assertion violation with imported messages.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.11.6 (Nov 9, 2023)

  • Support multiple boosts and reassignment.
  • Improve giveaway creation flow.
  • Fix crash in topics creation.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.11.5 (Nov 6, 2023)

  • Giveaway phrases and sticker fixes.
  • Show quoted part in channel comments.
  • Show replies with icons and multiline preview.
  • Send correct replies in topics and channel comments.
  • In monochrome Windows tray icon use dot instead of counter.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.11.3 (Nov 2, 2023)

  • Fix adding a link to media captions in scheduled / comments.
  • Fix crash in link preview options saving.
  • Fix possible crash in statistics.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.11.2 (Nov 1, 2023)

  • Highlight quoted parts in jump-to-message from replies.
  • Ctrl+Click on message field reply bar to jump to message.
  • Fix empty link preview displaying when generation failed.
  • Fix external replies in topic groups.
  • Allow enabling legacy tray icon on Windows.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.11.1 (Oct 29, 2023)

  • Fix crash in emoji status select.
  • Fix crash in language change.
  • Suggest shrinking only photos in webpage previews.
  • Fix opening video files in webpage previews in-app.
  • Fix sending links and markup with customized webpage previews.
  • Show "Saved Messages" as a first row when replying in another chat.
  • Fix selecting words by double-click with webpage previews.
  • Fix delayed webpage preview generation in preview options.
  • Add "show-peer-id-below-about" experimental option.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.11.0 (Oct 28, 2023)

  • View full statistics in your channels and group chats.
  • Choose which link preview in added to the message.
  • Choose if link preview is above or below the text.
  • Choose if link preview has large or small image.
  • Quote parts of text in replies.
  • Add quote formatting.
  • Reply in another chat.
  • Add nice looking code blocks with syntax highlighting.
  • Copy full code block by click on its header.
  • Send a highlighted code block using ```language syntax.
  • Change your name color in Chat Settings.
  • Customize quotes, link previews and replies to your messages.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.10.5 Pre-release (Oct 23, 2023)

  • Fix crash in replies to messages with spoilers.
  • Enter boosts stats from three-dot menu.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.10.4 Pre-release (Oct 22, 2023)

  • Statistics in channels and group chats.
  • Nice looking code blocks with syntax highlight.
  • Copy full code block by click on its header.
  • Send a highlighted code block using ```language syntax.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.10.2 (Sep 29, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.10.0 (Sep 22, 2023)

  • Stories for Channels.
  • Reaction Stickers in Stories.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.9.9 (Sep 19, 2023)

  • Add support for Emoji 15.
  • Several crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.9.8 (Sep 16, 2023)

  • Fix t.me/botname?startapp=token deeplinks.
  • Fix a possible crash in media viewer on Wayland.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.9.7 (Sep 13, 2023)

  • Fix direct bot web app links handling.
  • Close main menu when opening a web app.
  • Bump libwebp revision.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.9.6 (Sep 13, 2023)

  • Some bot web-app improvements.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.9.5 (Sep 5, 2023)

  • Several new bot web-app features.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.9.4 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • Default private chats / groups / channels notification settings.
  • Forwarded / reply-to-a-story icon in chats list message preview.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.9.2 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • Remove single recently used emoji or reset the list from context menu.
  • Change all emoji skin colors from Emoji & People section.
  • Connected Websites section in Settings > Advanced.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.9.1 (Aug 15, 2023)

  • Fix a crash in reply area ripple animation.
  • Fix a crash on start in some Linux distributions.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.9.0 (Aug 15, 2023)

  • Gradual stories rollout.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.8.11 Beta (Aug 11, 2023)

  • Fix initial video playback speed.
  • Use native window resize on Windows 11.
  • Fix memory leak in Direct3D 11 media viewer on Windows.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.8.10 (Jul 29, 2023)

  • Send story sharing comments as separate messages.
  • Fix stories explanation tooltip ordering.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.8.9 (Jul 26, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.8.8 (Jul 25, 2023)

  • Several crash fixes and story viewer improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.8.7 (Jul 22, 2023)

  • Several crash fixes and small stories improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.8.5 (Jul 21, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements. And stories preview.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.8.3 (Jun 2, 2023)

  • Fix main window focus from notifications with disabled animations.
  • Some minor fixes and improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.8.1 (Apr 24, 2023)

  • Fix sending an album of ten scheduled messages.
  • Convert folder back to non-shareable on last link deletion.
  • Several fixes of focus control in discussions / channel comments.
  • Drop all formatting on paste in non-message input fields.
  • Clear search field on archive opening.
  • Show video upload / download progress over the spoiler.
  • Better support for text-colored emoji in reactions.
  • Close archive / topics group when clicking on currently active folder.
  • Allow replace media by paste in discussions / comments / scheduled messages.
  • Fix stuck Replace Media button after editing media in some chats.
  • Quick reply by double click only with the left mouse button.
  • Fix applying the same custom chat background with different dimming value.
  • Fix “who reacted” list display for media album parts.
  • Show full t.me/+ invite link prefix in Recent Actions.
  • Don't try to suggest userpic photos to bots.
  • Add “Send when online” to the send button context menu.
  • Fix crash in empty topics message sending.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.8.0 (Apr 23, 2023)

  • Share folders that include dozens of chats with friends or colleagues.
  • Anyone you invite can add the folder and join all its chats in one tap.
  • You can create multiple invite links to give different people access to different chats in the folder.
  • Set a custom wallpaper for any 1-on-1 chat.
  • Your chat partner can apply the same wallpaper - or choose their own.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.7.1 (Mar 21, 2023)

  • Fix media viewer with some system scale settings on Windows.
  • Fix calls on Linux.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.7.0 (Mar 20, 2023)

  • You can disable all resource-intensive animations and animated stickers and emoji.
  • Power saving mode turns on automatically based on system battery saving settings.
  • Fully flexible playback speed settings for videos, voice and video messages.
  • Click the "1X" button to quickly switch between normal and adjusted speed – or hold it to set any speed between 0.5-2.5x.
  • Improved sound quality for adjusted speed playback.
  • Read receipts in groups under 100 members now show reaction timestamps and when your messages were read.
  • When inviting people to groups, you can quickly send invite links to anyone who doesn't allow adding them directly.
  • Invite links now show previews in chats.
  • Fully translatable bots. Bot descriptions and ”What can this bot do?" sections can now be translated.
  • Starting a call now shows a confirmation window.
  • Fixed pasting images from Firefox on Windows.
  • Global Fn+F shortcut to switch active window to full screen mode on macOS.
  • Silent notification sound in Focus Mode on macOS.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.12 Pre-release (Mar 18, 2023)

  • Fix several possible crashes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.11 Pre-release (Mar 18, 2023)

  • Allow larger interface scale values on high-dpi screens.
  • Implement new voice and video speed change interface (up to 2.5x).
  • Support global Fn+F shortcut to toggle fullscreen on macOS.
  • Silent notification sound in Focus Mode on macOS.
  • Fix media viewer on macOS with several screens.
  • Fix a crash in connection type box.
  • Fix possible crash on quit.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.10 Pre-release (Mar 12, 2023)

  • Suggest sending an invite link if user forbids inviting him to groups.
  • Show when a reaction was left on your message in small groups.
  • Fix a crash in video chats on Windows.
  • Fix a crash in audio speed change.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.9 Pre-release (Mar 11, 2023)

  • Fix audio speed change filter in Windows x64 build.
  • Fix build scripts.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.8 Pre-release (Mar 9, 2023)

  • Improve quality of voice messages with changed playback speed.
  • Show when your message was read in small groups.
  • Fix pasting images from Firefox on Windows.
  • Improve memory usage for custom emoji.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.7 Pre-release (Mar 2, 2023)

  • Fix crash when accepting incoming calls.
  • Remove sound when cancelling an unconfirmed call.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.5 (Feb 25, 2023)

  • Fix payment card input field validation.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.4 Beta (Feb 19, 2023)

  • Allow media viewer to exit fullscreen and become a normal window.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.3 (Feb 16, 2023)

  • Optimize chats list initial loading.
  • Various crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.2 (Feb 9, 2023)

  • One more attempt to fix fonts on Windows.
  • Fix polls forwarding to private chats.
  • Improve translations bar appearance.
  • Improve userpic editor presets.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.1 (Feb 6, 2023)

  • Fix fonts fallback on Windows.
  • Fix crash in userpic editor.
  • Fix some crashes on 32 bit Window build.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.6.0 (Feb 4, 2023)

  • Emoji Profile Pictures. Quickly create group and profile pictures from animated emoji and stickers with the new "Use an Emoji" option.
  • Emoji Categories. Filter stickers and emoji by categories like "love", "cheers" or "sleeping" in the sticker and emoji tabs.
  • Chat Translation. As a Premium user, translate entire chats in real time as you scroll them or receive new messages.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.5.9 Pre-release (Feb 2, 2023)

  • Hide taskbar window preview when Telegram is locked by a passcode (Windows only).
  • More improvements for working with multiple windows.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.5.8 Pre-release (Jan 21, 2023)

  • Allow opening another account in a new window (see Settings > Advanced > Experimental Settings).
  • A lot of bugfixes for working with more than one window.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.5.7 Pre-release (Jan 20, 2023)

  • Fix glitches after moving window to another screen (Windows only).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.5.6 Pre-release (Jan 12, 2023)

  • Try enabling non-fractional scale High DPI support on Windows and Linux.
  • Experimental setting for fractional scale High DPI support on Windows and Linux.
  • Fix navigation to bottom problems in groups you didn't join.
  • Fix a crash in chat export settings changes.
  • Fix a crash in sending some of JPEG images.
  • Fix CJK fonts on Windows.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.5.5 Pre-release (Jan 10, 2023)

  • Fix crash in Settings.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.5.3 (Jan 7, 2023)

  • Attempt to fix incoming video in calls from mobile apps.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.5.2 (Jan 3, 2023)

  • Fix unread reactions button in private chats.
  • Fix tile background saving after an app update.
  • Allow Ctrl+6,7,8 to activate extra pinned chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.5.1 (Jan 2, 2023)

  • Fix crash in profile photo privacy edition.
  • Allow sending photos larger than 1280px (in Experimental Settings).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.5.0 (Dec 30, 2022)

  • Media with spoiler effects. You can wrap photos and videos you send in a fuzzy cover by selecting media in the attachment menu and tapping (...) > Hide With Spoiler.
  • Setting pictures for your contacts. You can choose your own picture for a contact – only you will see it on their profile.
  • Suggested profile pictures. When editing your contacts, you can suggest a photo for their profile. It will take them just two clicks to add the picture you suggested.
  • Public profile pictures. If you only allow certain users to see your profile photos, you can set a public picture for everyone else.
  • Ultimate profile picture privacy. You can set 'Who can see my profile photos' to 'Nobody' and add some users or groups as exceptions.
  • Member list privacy. Owners of large groups can hide the list of members.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.4.3 Pre-release (Dec 29, 2022)

  • Support for anonymous numbers from the Fragment.com platform.
  • Fix a crash in own profile photo updating.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.4.2 Pre-release (Dec 29, 2022)

  • Send photos and video files hidden by a spoiler effect.
  • Set a public photo for those who are restricted to see your profile photo in the Privacy Settings.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.4.0 (Dec 6, 2022)

  • You can set a Global Auto-Delete Timer for all new chats and groups you create.
  • New messages will be deleted after 1 day, week, month - or a custom duration you choose.
  • The new menu in Settings > Privacy & Security > Auto-Delete Messages also lets you set up Auto-Delete for any of your existing chats faster.
  • Admins of groups with 100+ members can organize discussions into separate topics.
  • Topics now have a two-column layout that keeps recent chats easily accessible as you browse topics.
  • Previews of topic messages in the chat list work like a button - click to jump to the last updated topic.
  • Up to 5 topics can be pinned to the top of the list.
  • Each topic now supports multiple pinned messages.
  • The View as Messages mode now shows which topic each message belongs to.
  • Badge counters for topics you never opened will have a lighter, less distracting color.
  • A new General topic is now included by default, containing service messages and the earlier message history from the group.
  • Admins can rename the General topic.
  • Large groups can enable Aggressive Filtering in Manage Group > Administrators to remove more spam with automated algorithms.
  • Admins help improve filtering by reporting any false positives in Recent Actions.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.3.2 (Nov 24, 2022)

  • Enable message translations in Settings > Language.
  • Fast jump to the last updated topic.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.3.1 (Nov 8, 2022)

  • Critical bug fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.3.0 (Nov 6, 2022)

  • Groups with more than 200 members can now have their discussions organized into topics.
  • Premium users can now convert both voice messages and video messages into text.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.2.4 (Sep 30, 2022)

  • Fix crash in emoji statuses clearing.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.2.3 (Sep 29, 2022)

  • Improve scaling / cropping for photos / video files.
  • Improve touch support in channel comments.
  • Nice animation for spoilers.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.2.2 Beta (Sep 24, 2022)

  • Fix crash in spoiler revealing in media captions.
  • Fix spoiler revealing in media viewer captions.
  • Fix crash in folder editing on Linux.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.2.1 Beta (Sep 23, 2022)

  • Improve scaling / cropping for photos / video files.
  • Improve touch support in channel comments.
  • Nice animation for spoilers.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.2.0 (Sep 16, 2022)

  • A new expandable reaction menu was added in private chats and groups.
  • All users get access to dozens of new reactions, including reactions previously reserved for Premium users.
  • The reactions you use most frequently will always be displayed at the top.
  • Premium users can react to messages with thousands of custom emoji and add up to 3 reactions to each message.
  • Group admins can control whether custom reactions are allowed in their groups.
  • Premium users can add an animated emoji status next to their name to display their current activity.
  • To set a status, tap your Premium badge in the main menu or Settings.
  • Popular suggestions for working, sleeping, traveling and more will be shown at the top.
  • To set a status for a specific duration like 1 hour or 2 days, right click the emoji.
  • A new format was supported for username links, in addition to "t.me/username." You can now open Telegram accounts, groups or channels using links like "username.t.me" or "https://username.t.me."
  • Improved support for long media captions.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.1.2 Beta (Sep 15, 2022)

  • New reaction selector above the right click menu.
  • Premium: Set any custom emoji reactions in private chats.
  • Premium: Set any custom emoji as your profile status.
  • Insert or copy custom emoji from pack preview.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.1.1 (Aug 17, 2022)

  • Fix editing media captions with animated emoji.
  • Fix viewing animated emoji sets used in a message.
  • Fix premium sticker tooltip auto-show in channel comments.
  • Fix main window position and size restoring after relaunch.
  • Other bug fixes and minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.1.0 (Aug 12, 2022)

  • Include animated emoji in messages and captions.
  • Premium users unlock over 500 new emoji, including custom packs with unique characters.
  • All users can view any emoji – and try them out in the Saved Messages chat.
  • Control who can send you voice and video messages with Telegram Premium.
  • Send a Premium subscription to any user from their profile.
  • Choose 3, 6, or 12 months – at a discount.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.0.4 Pre-release (Aug 5, 2022)

  • Allow sending animated emoji to Saved Messages even without Telegram Premium.
  • Premium: Suggest animated emoji by regular emoji (can be disabled in Settings).
  • Premium: Show all suggested premium stickers in a special section of the stickers panel.
  • Premium: Allow hiding premium stickers special section of the stickers panel.
  • Fix a memory leak in RTMP livestreams.
  • Fix some bot webview bugs on macOS.
  • Fix forwarding of voice messages.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.0.2 (Jun 25, 2022)

  • Fix window title on Windows 7.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.0.1 (Jun 25, 2022)

  • Fix window title on Windows 7.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 4.0.0 (Jun 21, 2022)

  • Premium: Send media and files each up to 4 GB in size.
  • Premium: Download media and files at the fastest possible speed, with no limits.
  • Premium: Double most of the limits in the app.
  • Premium: Get a new button next to any voice message to generate a transcript of its audio.
  • Premium: React with even more emoji, including :clown: and 😍.
  • Premium: Send unique stickers with additional effects, updated monthly.
  • Premium: Set a default chat folder or enable tools to auto-archive and hide new chats.
  • Premium: Subscribers have a badge next to their name, showing they help support Telegram.
  • Premium: Show off your profile video that will be animated for everyone in chats and the chat list.
  • Premium: Sponsored Messages that are sometimes shown in public channels will no longer appear.
  • Enable join requests for your public groups – no invite links required.
  • Users who open the group will see an Apply to Join Group button.
  • Once approved by an admin, users will be able to participate in the chat.
  • Bots that are integrated into the attachment menu can be programmed to work in groups and channels.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.7.6 Pre-release (Jun 16, 2022)

  • Settings > Advanced > Experimental adds an option to open chats in separate windows.
  • Fix possible crash in video chat reconnection.
  • Fix possible crash after account switch.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.7.5 Pre-release (May 13, 2022)

  • Improve cloud password management design.
  • Fix a crash in shared media search.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.7.4 Pre-release (May 4, 2022)

  • More icons for chat folders.
  • Improve some more sections design.
  • Update the OpenAL library to 1.22.0.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.7.3 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • Fix a crash in the pinned bar bot button refresh.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.7.2 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • Fix mute period selector values.
  • Fix a crash in repeated context menu item selection.
  • Fix context menu item selection of systems without a compositor.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.7.1 (Apr 20, 2022)

  • Hardware accelerated video decoding off by default.
  • Fix several crashes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.7.0 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Use any short music file or voice message as a notification sound.
  • Right click audio files in chats to add them to your list of sounds - or use 'Upload Sound' in the Notifications menu.
  • Click on Mute notifications > Select sound in a chat's (...) menu to change its notification sound.
  • Set custom tones for notifications in Settings > Notifications > Play sound.
  • Click on Mute notifications in a chat's (...) menu to manage its notifications.
  • Choose 'Mute for...' to turn off notifications for a preset period, like 1 hour or 1 day.
  • Quickly configure Auto-Delete settings from any chat info page.
  • Click (...) to turn on Auto-Delete, then select a specific duration.
  • Replies are now preserved when forwarding messages, making forwarded conversations easier to read.
  • Bots can now open detailed pages directly in the chat.
  • Use these streamlined interfaces to buy real-world goods and services without leaving the app.
  • Open a bot's profile to add it to your group or channel.
  • Instantly configure a bot's rights and permissions when adding it.
  • Bots can send a new type of button that lets you add them to your group or channel.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.6.3 Beta (Apr 14, 2022)

  • Allow sending the default reaction by a double click.
  • Select a custom sound for message notifications.
  • Add chats to folders from a chat context menu.
  • Fix group and channel photo upload.
  • Test hardware video decoding.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.6.1 (Mar 16, 2022)

  • Change volume for RTMP stream from the context menu.
  • Set a profile photo from your camera.
  • Improve RTMP stream full screen mode.
  • Improve edit account section design.
  • Fix switching personal account or channel in video chats.
  • Fix pinning chats in folders with 100 chats.
  • Fix YouTube timestamp links after 10 hours.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.6.0 (Mar 11, 2022)

  • Active and recently finished downloads pop up in bar in the bottom left corner, like they do in browsers.
  • View recently downloaded files in Settings > Advanced > Downloads.
  • Get an alert before closing the app if you have unfinished downloads.
  • Share a direct t.me link to your phone number that instantly opens a chat with you.
  • Use the full number in international format, like t.me/+123456789
  • Manage Live Streams in your channels using external software like OBS Studio or XSplit Broadcaster.
  • Choose "Stream With..." when staring a video chat or live stream - then copy your Stream Key and paste it into your streaming software.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.5.6 Beta (Mar 8, 2022)

  • Show viewers count in RTMP streams.
  • Send GIFs search results without "via @bot".
  • Display the file thumbnail in downloads bar.
  • Always try to save original photo bytes to disk.
  • Fix crash when deleting a user from your contacts list.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.5.5 Beta (Mar 6, 2022)

  • Support stereo audio output in RTMP streams.
  • Improve RTMP stream full screen mode.
  • Fix a couple of crashes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.5.4 Beta (Mar 2, 2022)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.5.3 Pre-release (Mar 1, 2022)

  • Check the status of media and file downloads by clicking on the new panel in the bottom of the chats list.
  • View recently downloaded files from the new Settings > Advanced > Downloads section.
  • Manage Live Streams in your groups and channels using external software like OBS Studio or XSplit Broadcaster.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.5.1 (Feb 4, 2022)

  • Keep the screen on while watching a video or participating in a video chat.
  • Save experimental settings between relaunches.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.5.0 (Feb 1, 2022)

  • Use a new type of detailed stickers with smooth animations.
  • Create new sets by sending .webm videos to @stickers.
  • Bring your custom animated stickers from other apps.
  • See smaller, compact animations when reacting to messages.
  • See real-time animations in chat when a user reacts to your message.
  • React with additional emoji expressing love, appreciation, anger or surprise.
  • Tap the new button in chats to jump to your messages that have unseen reactions.
  • Watch the animations for unseen reactions play when you hit the button.
  • The app will warn you before closing if you are uploading photos or files to a chat.
  • Enjoy better screencast quality in video chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.4.8 (Jan 19, 2022)

  • Nice animations in reactions.
  • Add snap layouts support on Windows 11.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.4.7 Beta (Jan 19, 2022)

  • Fix a crash on launch on Windows.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.4.5 Beta (Jan 16, 2022)

  • Fix crash in monospace blocks processing.
  • Fix reaction animations stopping after an hour uptime.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.4.4 Beta (Jan 15, 2022)

  • Nice animations in reactions.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.4.3 (Jan 3, 2022)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.4.2 (Jan 1, 2022)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.4.0 (Dec 30, 2021)

  • Send reactions to messages.
  • Group and Channel admins can enable reactions in their chat via '...' menu > Manage > Reactions.
  • Select text when typing and choose 'Formatting > Spoiler' in the context menu to hide some or all of the contents of a message.
  • Click on the spoiler in chat to reveal its hidden text.
  • Spoiler formatting hides text in chat, as well as in the chat list and notifications.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.3.2 Beta (Dec 29, 2021)

  • Select text when typing and choose 'Formatting > Spoiler' in the context menu to hide some or all of the contents of a message.
  • Click on the spoiler in chat to reveal its hidden text.
  • Spoiler formatting hides text in chat, as well as in the chat list and notifications.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.3.1 Beta (Dec 23, 2021)

  • Switch between contacts list sorting modes.
  • Sort contacts list by last seen time by default.
  • Fix disappearing Send As Channel button after message editing.
  • Fix file upload cancelling.
  • Fix crash in video capture on macOS.
  • Fix labels in the About box.
  • Use Qt 6.2.2 for macOS and Linux builds.
  • Allow installing x64 Windows version on Windows ARM.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.3.0 (Dec 11, 2021)

  • Content creators can restrict the ability to save media and forward messages from their groups and channels.
  • Clear messages in one-on-one chats from a specific day or date range.
  • Comment as one of your channels in public groups and channel comments.
  • When you request to join a community and its admin or bot-admin contacts you with a message, you will see which chat they are from at the top of the chat.
  • Bot-admins can now ask users to complete tasks before they are allowed to join - like accepting community rules, passing a test, or making a donation to the content creators.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.2.8 Beta (Dec 1, 2021)

  • Fix crash in opening shared media with another user.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.2.6 Beta (Nov 28, 2021)

  • Try out the new audio player with playlist shuffle and repeat.
  • Give a custom name to your desktop session to distinguish it in the sessions list.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.2.5 (Nov 16, 2021)

  • Fix connecting in case bad characters appear in device name on Windows.
  • Fix custom input methods on macOS.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.2.2 (Nov 5, 2021)

  • Fix webpage preview links when View Button is present.
  • Fixed possible crash on sponsored messages.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.2.0 (Nov 3, 2021)

  • Create special invite links that require admins to approve users before they become members.
  • Admins can view the applicants' profiles and bios by tapping the Join Requests bar at the top of the chat.
  • Add internal labels to your chat's Invite Links to keep them organized.
  • More Interactive Emoji - 👻, :dislike:, :face_vomiting:, 😂, 💸 or 🎃

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.13 Beta (Nov 2, 2021)

  • Fix requests to groups / channels processing.
  • Fix internal link previews with View Content button layout.
  • Fix crash in messages search with imported messages results.
  • Don't use fractional system UI scaling on Linux.
  • Fix invite link icons on macOS.
  • Several crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.12 Beta (Nov 1, 2021)

  • Create special invite links that require admins to approve users before they become members.
  • Admins can view the applicants' profiles and bios by tapping the Join Requests bar at the top of the chat.
  • Add internal labels to your chat's Invite Links to keep them organized.
  • Run natively on Apple Silicon (macOS only).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.11 (Oct 31, 2021)

  • Create special invite links that require admins to approve users before they become members.
  • Admins can view the applicants' profiles and bios by tapping the Join Requests bar at the top of the chat.
  • Add internal labels to your chat's Invite Links to keep them organized.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.8 (Oct 8, 2021)

  • Show small media previews in chats list.
  • Show media album previews and caption text in chats list.
  • Add "Quick Reply" and "Mark as Read" to native Windows notifications.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.7 Beta (Oct 7, 2021)

  • Fix channel message views and comments counter updates.
  • Sponsored messages support.
  • Crash fix.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.6 Beta (Oct 7, 2021)

  • Show small media previews in chats list.
  • Show media album previews and caption text in chats list.
  • Add "Quick Reply" and "Mark as Read" to native Windows notifications.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.5 Beta (Sep 29, 2021)

  • Choose one of 8 new preset themes for any individual private chat.
  • Click on '...' menu > 'Change Colors' to pick a theme.
  • Both chat participants will see the same theme in that chat – on all their devices.
  • Each new theme features colorful gradient message bubbles, beautifully animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.
  • All chat themes have day and night versions and will follow your overall dark mode settings.
  • Implement main window rounded corners on Windows 11.
  • Fix audio capture from AirPods on macOS.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.4 Beta (Sep 27, 2021)

  • Fix crash in network availability init.
  • Fix assertion violation after a NaN-resulting std::round call.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.3 Prerelease (Sep 27, 2021)

  • Fix illegal instruction crash in opus encoder.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.2 Prerelease (Sep 27, 2021)

  • Control video in fullscreen mode using arrows and numbers.
  • Open locations in browser if default Bing Maps is not installed.
  • Reconnect without timeout when network availability changes.
  • Crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.1.0 (Sep 19, 2021)

  • Some animated emoji now have extra effects.
  • Send 🎆 🎉, 🎈, :like:, 💩 or ❤️ to any private chat, then click on the animated emoji to launch the effect.
  • If your chat partner also has the chat open, you will both see the effects.
  • See the "Watching" status when your chat partner is enjoying emoji effects with you.
  • More interactive emoji coming soon.
  • Right click one of your outgoing messages in small groups to see who recently viewed it.
  • To protect privacy, read receipts are only stored for 7 days after the message was sent.
  • Record video and audio from live broadcasts in your group or channel.
  • Admins can start recording from the '...' menu.
  • Choose between recording in portrait or landscape orientation.
  • Finished recordings are sent to the admin's Saved Messages and can be easily shared.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.0.5 Beta (Sep 19, 2021)

  • Add support for Emoji 13.1.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.0.4 Beta (Sep 13, 2021)

  • Fix a crash when joining video chat or live broadcast.
  • Add a "Close to Taskbar" option when tray icon is disabled (Windows and Linux).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.0.2 Beta (Sep 12, 2021)

  • Check who've seen your message in small groups from the context menu.
  • Enable recording with video in live streams and video chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.0.1 (Sep 2, 2021)

  • Crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 3.0.0 (Sep 1, 2021)

  • Broadcast video and share your screen to an unlimited number of viewers.
  • To begin, tap the Live Stream button in the title bar of a community where you are an admin.
  • Tap the "Forward Message" label above the input field to change how messages will be sent.
  • Hide or show the original sender's name.
  • Remove or keep captions from media messages.
  • See how many unread comments there are when opening a channel's comments.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.12 Beta (Aug 25, 2021)

  • Disable floating point exceptions in 32 bit Windows version.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.11 Beta (Aug 24, 2021)

  • Resolve (again) a video playback crash in 32 bit Windows version.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.10 Beta (Aug 24, 2021)

  • Resolve (hopefully) a video playback crash in 32 bit Windows version.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.8 Beta (Aug 23, 2021)

  • And still debugging a video playback crash in 32 bit Windows version.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.7 Beta (Aug 23, 2021)

  • Still debugging a video playback crash in 32 bit Windows version.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.6 Beta (Aug 23, 2021)

  • Debugging a video playback crash in 32 bit Windows version.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.5 Beta (Aug 21, 2021)

  • Tile chat background patterns horizontally.
  • Fix a rare crash in spellchecker on Windows.
  • Fix animated chat backgrounds in Saved Messages.
  • Fix "Sorry, group is inaccessible" message in scheduled voice chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.4 Beta (Aug 18, 2021)

  • Choose one from dozens of new gorgeous animated backgrounds in Chat Settings > Chat background.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.2 (Aug 11, 2021)

  • Fix crashes and bugs in scheduled messages.
  • Fix file sending after a call or voice chat on Windows.
  • Fix main window title glitches on Windows 7.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.9.0 (Jul 30, 2021)

  • Enable auto-delete in your chats to remove messages after 1 month (also 1 day or 1 week).
  • Quickly find all GIFs from a chat using the new GIF section in Shared Media.
  • Reset your Two-Step Verification password even if you forgot your old password and don't have a recovery email.
  • To do this, you must be logged into your account. The reset takes 7 days and can be cancelled from any of your devices.
  • Enjoy a new app icon and default background.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.8.13 Beta (Jul 24, 2021)

  • Fix crash in messages animation.
  • Save GIFs from context menu in channel comments.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.8.11 (Jul 18, 2021)

  • Check shader compilation / linking before using ANGLE.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.8.10 (Jul 17, 2021)

  • Fix media loading.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.8.9 (Jul 16, 2021)

  • Fix GIF caption edit.
  • Fix version on Windows without SetDefaultDllDirectories.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.8.8 (Jul 16, 2021)

  • Added an image editor. Crop photos or highlight parts of screenshots before sending.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.8.6 Beta (Jul 6, 2021)

  • Added a simple image editor. Crop photos or highlight parts of screenshots before sending.
  • Use Direct3D 9 backend in ANGLE by default (Windows).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.8.5 Beta (Jul 6, 2021)

  • Use ANGLE for OpenGL over DirectX 9 / DirectX 11 (Windows).
  • Use GTK from a child process (Linux).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.8.4 (Jul 1, 2021)

  • Crash fixes in WebView on Windows.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.8.1 (Jun 27, 2021)

  • Fix crash in audio player volume slider.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.10 Beta (Jun 24, 2021)

  • Added ability to mix together bold, italic and other formatting.
  • Fix voice chats and video calls OpenGL with some drivers on Windows.
  • Several bug fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.9 Beta (Jun 17, 2021)

  • Added "Enable noise suppression" option to group calls Settings.
  • Fix media viewer with Retina + Non-Retina dual monitor setup on macOS.
  • Several bug and crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.8 Beta (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.7 Beta (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Optimized video playback in media viewer and Picture-in-Picture mode.
  • Added integration with System Media Transport Controls on Windows 10.
  • Added "Now Playing" integration for music playback on macOS.
  • Added "Archive Sticker" into the "..." menu of the Sticker Set Box.
  • Fixed memory not being freed on Linux.
  • Several crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.5 Beta (May 10, 2021)

  • Add "Voice chats" filter in "Recent actions" for channels.
  • Write local drafts to disk on a background thread.
  • Support autoupdate for Telegram in write-protected folders on Linux.
  • Fix crash in native notifications on Linux.
  • Fix crash in file dialog on Linux.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.5 (May 10, 2021)

  • Add "Voice chats" filter in "Recent actions" for channels.
  • Write local drafts to disk on a background thread.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.4 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • Fix crash in viewing an invoice after a payment is made.
  • Respect Focus Assist only for native notifications.
  • Mark messages as read only in active window.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.3 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • Fix crash on some versions of Linux.
  • Fix video not stopping when PiP window is closed.
  • Fix messages marking as read if the Windows session is locked.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.2 (Apr 26, 2021)

  • Offer real goods and services for sale in any group, channel or bot – Telegram doesn't charge a commission.
  • Pay for goods securely using one of the 8 integrated payment providers – Telegram doesn't collect your payment info.
  • See how this works in our @TestStore.
  • Schedule voice chats to let participants know about them in advance.
  • View a countdown to the voice chat and get notified when it starts.
  • Try two new, fully-featured versions of Telegram Web – both supporting animated stickers, dark mode, chat folders and more: WebK and WebZ.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.1 (Mar 21, 2021)

  • Fix editing 'Manage Voice Chats' rights for channel admins.
  • Fix verification check display in voice chat participants list.
  • Allow removing and blocking channels from voice chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.7.0 (Mar 19, 2021)

  • Start limitless Voice Chats in Groups and Channels.
  • Host discussions that can be listened to by millions of people simultaneously.
  • Record voice chats to share or publish in Channels later.
  • See that a chat is being recorded from the red dot next to its title.
  • See user bio texts right from the list of participants.
  • Raise your hand to show admins you want to speak.
  • Create separate Voice Chat Invite Links for listeners or speakers.
  • Change the title of your Voice Chat to give people an idea of the current topic.
  • Join Voice Chats as one of your Channels to hide your personal account.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.6.8 Beta (Mar 19, 2021)

  • Fix connecting and getting allowed to speak on voice chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.6.6 Beta (Mar 18, 2021)

  • Fix joining popular voice chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.6.5 Beta (Mar 17, 2021)

  • Improvements and fixes in new voice chat features.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.6.4 Beta (Mar 17, 2021)

  • Fix freeze in voice chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.6.3 Beta (Mar 16, 2021)

  • Fix audio device selection in voice chats.
  • Fix blinking self profile photo in case the profile photo privacy is used.
  • Fix voice chat admin menu on macOS.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.6.2 Beta (Mar 14, 2021)

  • Fix text disappearing because of cloud drafts sync.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.6.1 (Feb 25, 2021)

  • Fix time formatting in links.
  • Fix copy QR code in night mode.
  • Fix invite link sharing without a comment.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.6.0 (Feb 23, 2021)

  • Set messages to auto-delete for everyone 24 hours or 7 days after sending.
  • Control auto-delete settings in any of your chats, as well as in groups and channels where you are an admin.
  • To enable auto-delete, right click on the chat in the chat list > Clear History > Enable Auto-Delete.
  • Create invite links that work for a limited time or a limited number of uses.
  • See which users joined using your, or your admins', invite links.
  • Turn any invite link into a QR code users can scan with their phone cameras.
  • To manage invite links, click ... > Manage Group/Channel > Invite Links.
  • Convert groups that have reached 200,000 members into unlimited Broadcast Groups.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.5.9 (Feb 17, 2021)

  • Add 'Invite via Link' button to Add Members box.
  • Fix window size in Windows 10 Tablet Mode.
  • Fix layout of round video messages in channels.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.5.8 (Jan 30, 2021)

  • Fix OpenAL device closing in calls and voice chats.
  • Fix video chat rotation when calling from iOS.
  • Fix scheduling messages without sound.
  • Remove redundant Cancel button in ScheduleBox.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.5.7 (Jan 28, 2021)

  • Delete not only messages, but also groups you created and call history for all sides, without a trace.
  • Adjust volume for individual participants of a voice chat.
  • Report fake groups or channels impersonating famous people or organizations by opening their Profile > ... > Report.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.5.6 Beta (Jan 24, 2021)

  • Press Up arrow to edit your last sent comment.
  • Add more information to date tooltips in Recent Actions and channel comments.
  • Bug and crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.5.5 Beta (Jan 11, 2021)

  • Fix recording of audio in voice chats.
  • Fix media viewer zoom and crashing.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.5.4 Beta (Jan 7, 2021)

  • Implement new audio module code for calls and voice chats.
  • Allow retracting votes from polls in comments to channel posts.
  • Show small voice chat button for empty voice chats.
  • Fix media viewer updating when screen resolution is changed.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.5.3 Beta (Dec 30, 2020)

  • Allow using mouse buttons in Push-to-Talk shortcut.
  • Fix blurred thumbnails in Shared Links section.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.5.2 Pre-release (Dec 26, 2020)

  • Fix possible crash in video calls.
  • Fix possible crash in connecting to voice chats.
  • Use different audio module code on Windows in calls.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.5.1 (Dec 23, 2020)

  • Fix crash in voice calls.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.15 Beta (Dec 19, 2020)

  • Improve design of voice chats.
  • Fix sending of voice messages as replies.
  • Fix 'Open With' menu position in macOS.
  • Fix freeze on secondary screen disconnect.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.14 Beta (Dec 14, 2020)

  • Create voice chats in legacy groups.
  • Fix sticker pack opening.
  • Fix group status display.
  • Fix group members display.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.13 Beta (Dec 9, 2020)

  • Fix voice messages sending.
  • Fix crash in voice calls.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.12 Beta (Dec 9, 2020)

  • Voice chats in groups. (alpha version)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.11 Beta (Nov 19, 2020)

  • Improve locked voice message recording.
  • Fix main window closing to tray on Windows.
  • Fix crash in bot command sending.
  • Fix adding additional photos when sending an album to a group with enabled slow mode.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.10 Beta (Nov 17, 2020)

  • Use inline bots and sticker by emoji suggestions in channel comments.
  • Lock voice message recording, listen to your voice message before sending.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.8 Beta (Nov 6, 2020)

  • Upgrade Qt to version 5.15.1.
  • Upgrade FFmpeg to version 4.2.
  • Upgrade OpenAL to version 1.20.1.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.7 (Nov 5, 2020)

  • Fix playback display in albums of music files.
  • Several crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.6 (Nov 2, 2020)

  • Fix image compression option when sending files with drag-n-drop.
  • Fix caption text selection in media albums.
  • Fix drafts display in personal chats in the chats list.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.5 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • Pin several messages in any chat, including one-on-one chats.
  • Jump between pinned messages or open them all on a separate page via the top bar.
  • Send several music tracks as a playlist.
  • Send several files as an album in one chat bubble.
  • Send a 🎰 emoji to any chat to see if you hit the jackpot.
  • Hide Telegram taskbar icon on Linux in Settings > Advanced.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.4 (Oct 24, 2020)

  • Fix application quit on call end with main window hidden in tray.
  • Update OpenAL library on Windows.
  • Several crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.2 (Oct 2, 2020)

  • Allow block, report and delete all message from user from "user joined" service message context menu.
  • Fix admin badge display in groups.
  • Fix loading and opening of comments in channels.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.4.0 (Sep 30, 2020)

  • Turn on "Remain Anonymous" in an admin's Permissions to let them post on behalf of the group and become invisible in the list of members.
  • Comment on posts in channels that have a discussion group.
  • Get notified about replies to your comments via the new Replies chat (if you are not a member of the discussion group).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.3.1 (Aug 23, 2020)

  • Fix Calls Settings for Video Calls.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.3.0 (Aug 14, 2020)

  • Video Calls (alpha version).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.2.0 (Jul 26, 2020)

  • Quickly switch between different Telegram accounts if you use multiple phone numbers.
  • Share and store unlimited files of any type, now up to 2'000 MB each.
  • Edit your scheduled messages.
  • Use Auto-Night Mode to make Telegram night mode match the system Dark Mode settings.
  • Also added an option to switch to system window frame in Windows and Linux.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.22 Beta (Jul 24, 2020)

  • Fix crash in web page preview display.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.21 Beta (Jul 24, 2020)

  • Edit your scheduled messages.
  • See the unread messages indicator for the secondary accounts on the main menu button.
  • Use Auto-Night Mode to make Telegram night mode match the system Dark Mode settings.
  • Enjoy dark native window frame for Telegram night mode on Windows.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.20 Beta (Jul 17, 2020)

  • Fix animated emoji.
  • Fix crash in bot callback sending.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.19 Beta (Jul 16, 2020)

  • File uploading in an inactive account correctly finishes.
  • Stickers panel works correctly after switching between accounts.
  • Large .webp files are not shown as stickers.
  • MacBook TouchBar support was fully rewritten with fixes for multiple accounts.
  • Custom window title bar works in all Linux versions.
  • Passcode doesn't auto-lock while you're active in other apps on Linux X11.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.18 Beta (Jul 8, 2020)

  • Fix a possible crash in Picture-in-Picture video player.
  • Fix copying links from message texts.
  • Raise file size limit to 2000 MB.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.17 Beta (Jul 2, 2020)

  • Fix messages editing in a non-active account.
  • Fix large animated emoji messages editing.
  • Fix high definition GIF animations opening in media viewer.
  • Multiple crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.16 Beta (Jul 1, 2020)

  • Crash fix.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.15 Beta (Jun 30, 2020)

  • Receive notifications only from the active account in Settings > Notifications.
  • Fix saving chats list width between application relaunches.
  • Multiple crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.14 Beta (Jun 29, 2020)

  • Support for multiple accounts.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.13 (Jun 24, 2020)

  • Fix photos loading.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.12 (Jun 18, 2020)

  • Fix sticker and video results in inline bots.
  • Fix clipboard issues in Linux.
  • Fix several crashes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.10 (Jun 6, 2020)

  • Improve memory usage.
  • Add support for full group message history export.
  • Allow export of a single chat message history in JSON format.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.9 Beta (Jun 5, 2020)

  • Several crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.8 Beta (Jun 3, 2020)

  • Add support for full group message history export.
  • Allow export of a single chat message history in JSON format.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.6 (May 14, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.5 (May 13, 2020)

  • Disable the taskbar icon flash or the dock icon bounce in Settings > Notifications.
  • View messages containing long monospace texts in wide bubbles.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.4 (May 9, 2020)

  • Improve bold font selection.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.3 (May 8, 2020)

  • Added support for new emoji.
  • Channels to which you can't post will no longer be suggested when forwarding.
  • Improved font selection and bold font support for CJK and Farsi.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.2 (May 5, 2020)

  • Fix polls and quizes results viewing.
  • Fix memory leak in web page previews with autoplayed videos.
  • Fix running on OS X 10.10.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.1 (May 1, 2020)

  • Improve quiz explanation tooltip layout.
  • Fix possible crash in theme editor.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.1.0 (Apr 24, 2020)

  • Access a catalog of over 20,000 stickers made by professional artists from the updated Sticker Panel by clicking the '+' icon.
  • Use sticker search to find the stickers you're looking for - or scroll from the latest packs all the way to the classics.
  • Add explanations that appear after users respond to a quiz question.
  • See how much time you have left to answer a question from @quizbot with the new countdown animation.
  • Send a single emoji to see if you hit the bullseye.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.0.1 (Mar 31, 2020)

  • Switch between folders using Ctrl+1, ..., Ctrl+8.
  • Fix crash when a pinned in folder chat was added to archive.
  • Fix font issues in Linux version.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 2.0.0 (Mar 30, 2020)

  • Organize chats into Chat Folders if you have too many chats.
  • Create custom folders with flexible settings, or use default recommendations.
  • Pin an unlimited number of chats in each folder.
  • Switch between folders in the new side bar to easily access all of your chats.
  • Send :dice: to any chat to try your luck and get a random number from the animated dice.
  • Send :virus:, 🤒, 😷, 🤕, :sneeze:, :sick:, :soap: or 🚑 to try out the new animated emoji.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.22 Beta (Mar 28, 2020)

  • Organize chats into Chat Folders if you have too many chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.21 (Mar 17, 2020)

  • Mark new messages as read while scrolling down through them.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.20 Beta (Mar 14, 2020)

  • Fix crash in shared links search.
  • Fix blurred thumbnails in albums with video files.
  • Fix a possible crash in animated stickers rendering.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.19 Beta (Feb 25, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.18 Pre-release (Feb 25, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.17 Pre-release (Feb 25, 2020)

  • Spell checker on Windows 7.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.16 Pre-release (Feb 23, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.15 Pre-release (Feb 22, 2020)

  • Mark new messages as read while scrolling down through them.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.13 (Feb 12, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.12 (Feb 11, 2020)

  • Switch to Picture-in-Picture mode to watch your video in a small window while doing something else.
  • Change playback speed in the '...' menu when watching videos.
  • Rotate photos and videos in the media viewer using the rotate button in the bottom right corner.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.11 Beta (Feb 10, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.10 Beta (Feb 6, 2020)

  • Switch to the Picture-in-Picture mode to watch your video in a small window.
  • Change video playback speed in the playback controls '...' menu.
  • Rotate photos and videos in the media viewer using the rotate button in the bottom right corner.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.8 (Jan 24, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.7 (Jan 23, 2020)

  • Create three new kinds of polls.
  • See who voted for what in polls with visible votes.
  • Vote for several options in polls that allow multiple answers.
  • Guess the correct answer in quiz-style polls.
  • Explore various ways of combining the different poll options.
  • Add polls from the '...' menu in any group or channel.
  • Use bots like @quizbot to create quizzes with several questions and media attachments.
  • Schedule messages to be sent when your recipient comes online (only works if you know their online status).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.4 (Jan 17, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.3 (Jan 1, 2020)

  • Videos in chats start playing automatically.
  • Resume playback from where you left off when watching long videos and listening to long audio tracks.
  • Control automatic playback for videos, GIFs and round video messages in Settings > Advanced > Automatic media download.
  • Enjoy system spell checker support on all modern systems.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.2 Beta (Dec 30, 2019)

  • Videos in chats start playing automatically.
  • Resume playback from where you left off when watching long videos.
  • Control videos, GIFs and round video messages automatic playback in Settings > Advanced > Automatic media download.
  • Spell checker on Linux using Enchant.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.1 Beta (Nov 7, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.9.0 Beta (Nov 6, 2019)

  • System spellchecker on Windows 8+ and macOS 10.12+.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.8.9 (Sep 28, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.8.8 (Sep 10, 2019)

  • Create new themes based on your color and wallpaper choices.
  • Share your themes with other users via links.
  • Update your theme for all its users when you change something.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.8.7 Beta (Sep 10, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.8.5 Beta (Sep 9, 2019)

  • Create new themes based on your color and wallpaper choices.
  • Share your themes with other users via links.
  • Update your theme for all its users when you change something.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.8.4 (Sep 6, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.8.3 (Sep 6, 2019)

  • Right click the 'Send' button and select 'Schedule Message' to automatically send something at a specified time.
  • Schedule reminders for yourself in the 'Saved Messages' chat.
  • Get a notification when any of your scheduled messages are sent.
  • Customize your app's appearance by choosing accent colors for the 'Day', 'Night' and 'Tinted' themes.
  • Choose who can find you on Telegram when they add your number to their phone contacts.
  • Send a single 😁, 😧, 😡, 💩, 😢 or 😮 to check out what's new in the animated emoji department.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.8.2 (Aug 20, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.8.1 (Aug 10, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.8.0 (Aug 9, 2019)

  • Right click the Send button to send any message without sound - in case the recipient is sleeping.
  • Enable Slow Mode in Group Permissions to control how frequently members can post.
  • Set custom titles for group admins - like 'Founder', 'CFO' or 'Spam Fighter'.
  • Toggle looped playback for animated stickers in Chat Settings.
  • Send a single ??, :like:, ??, ?? or :party: to add a mighty animated emoji to the chat.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.15 Beta (Jul 19, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.14 (Jul 8, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.13 (Jul 6, 2019)

  • Send ultra-lightweight high-quality animated stickers to express emotion with motion.
  • Receive animated stickers instantly on any connection at just 20-30 KB per sticker.
  • Enjoy smooth animations at 60 frames per second.
  • Create new animated sets and upload them to @stickers for everybody to use.
  • Try out these sample stickers: t.me/addstickers/hotcherry
  • Use strikethrough and underline formatting.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.12 Beta (Jul 6, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.11 Beta (Jul 5, 2019)

  • Use strikethrough and underline formatting.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.10 (Jun 24, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.9 (Jun 24, 2019)

  • You can now add any users to your contacts, even if their phone numbers are not visible.
  • Transfer ownership of group chats and channels by granting full rights to another admin. Useful when switching jobs or if you just want to retire as creator.
  • Hide archived chats to the main menu.
  • See who is online straight from the chat list.
  • Use the MacBook Pro TouchBar to apply formatting to selected text, insert emoji, and send stickers.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.8 Beta (Jun 18, 2019)

  • Hide archived chats in the main menu.
  • See who is online straight from the chat list.
  • Apply formatting to selected text parts from the MacBook Pro TouchBar.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.7 (Jun 10, 2019)

  • Choose who can see your phone number with granular precision in Privacy & Security settings.
  • Add group chats to “Always/Never Share” exceptions for any privacy setting. Permissions will update as users leave and join the groups.
  • Connect a discussion group to your channel, subscribers will see a “Discuss” button.
  • Integrate bots seamlessly with web services. For example, see t.me/DiscussThis/2
  • Use TouchBar on MacBooks Pro to control music playback and switch between pinned chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.6 Beta (Jun 6, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.5 Beta (Jun 5, 2019)

  • Crash fix.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.3 (Jun 1, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.1 Beta (May 29, 2019)

  • Disable pinned messages notifications in Settings.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.7.0 (May 9, 2019)

  • Introducing Archived Chats:
  • Archive any chat from the right-click menu.
  • Chats with enabled notifications will pop out of the archive when a notification arrives.
  • Muted chats will stay in the archive.
  • Pin an unlimited number of chats in your archive.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.6.6 Beta (Apr 11, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.6.5 Beta (Apr 6, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.6.4 Beta (Apr 6, 2019)

  • Replace media when editing messages with media content.
  • Jump quickly to the top of your chats list.
  • Get emoji suggestions for the first word you type in a message.
  • Help Telegram improve emoji suggestions in your language using this interface

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.6.3 (Mar 25, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.6.2 (Mar 24, 2019)

  • Delete any message on both ends in any private chat, anytime.
  • Control whether your forwarded messages link back to your account.
  • Control who may see your profile picture.
  • Enjoy the new streamlined group management screen.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.6.1 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.6.0 (Mar 18, 2019)

  • Play video files and listen to music without waiting for them to fully download.
  • Press CTRL+0 (CMD+0 on macOS) to jump to your Saved Messages.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.18 Beta (Mar 15, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.17 Beta (Mar 14, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.15 (Feb 12, 2019)

  • Crash fix.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.13 (Feb 12, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.11 (Feb 1, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.10 (Feb 1, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.9 (Feb 1, 2019)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.8 (Jan 22, 2019)

  • Global permissions for groups. Restrict all members in any group from posting certain types of content.
  • Unified group settings. Make groups public, set admins with granular permissions and toggle persistent history in just a few clicks in any group.
  • Choose the emoji set you would like to use in Chat Settings.
  • Choose input and output devices for Telegram Calls in Settings > Advanced > Call Settings.
  • Support for automatically downloading files and music.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.7 Beta (Jan 11, 2019)

  • Choose the emoji set you would like to use in Settings > Chat Settings.
  • Choose input and output devices for Telegram Calls in Settings > Adavanced > Call Settings.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.6 Beta (Dec 28, 2018)

  • Fix crash on macOS.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.5 Beta (Dec 27, 2018)

  • Support for auto-download of files and music.
  • Improved auto-download settings.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.4 (Dec 24, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.3 (Dec 23, 2018)

  • Create polls in groups and channels - right from the chat menu.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.2 (Dec 14, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.1 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.5.0 (Dec 11, 2018)

  • Support for custom languages. Crowdsource a cloud-based language pack for Telegram in any language using our Translations platform - then apply it in real time.
  • Interface scaling for large screens, up to 300% (up to 150% for macOS retina screens).
  • 'Count unread messages' setting for the Badge counter in Settings > Notifications. Disable to show number of unread chats.
  • Video messages displayed in shared media (under voice messages).
  • Updated emoji. Farewell to question marks!
  • Also in this update:
  • Listen to voice and video messages in 2X mode if you're in a hurry.
  • Add a comment when sharing posts from channels.
  • View all photos and videos in Twitter and Instagram link previews.
  • Add emoji to media captions.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.4.8 Beta (Dec 5, 2018)

  • Add emoji to media captions.
  • Switch off the 'Count unread messages' option in Settings > Notifications if you want to see the unread chats count in the badge instead.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.4.7 Beta (Nov 10, 2018)

  • Crash fix.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.4.5 Beta (Nov 9, 2018)

  • Listen to voice and video messages in 2X mode if you're in a hurry.
  • Find video messages in the shared voice messages section.
  • Add a comment when you share posts from channels.
  • View all photos and videos in Twitter and Instagram link previews.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.4.4 Beta (Oct 18, 2018)

  • Interface scaling for large screens, up to 300% (up to 150% for macOS retina screens).
  • Updated emoji.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.4.3 (Oct 13, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.4.2 (Oct 10, 2018)

  • Crash fix.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.4.0 (Sep 29, 2018)

  • Fully redesigned Settings section.
  • New theme selector in Chat Settings.
  • New local storage settings: Control how much disk space is used by the cache and for how long the cached files are stored.
  • Improved local caching for images and GIF animations.
  • New settings: Peer-to-Peer settings for calls, disable animations for low performance computers.
  • Various other improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.17 Beta (Sep 27, 2018)

  • Fully redisigned Settings section.
  • New theme selector in Chat Settings.
  • New settings: Peer-to-Peer settings for calls, disable animations for low performance computers.
  • Various other improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.16 Alpha (Sep 5, 2018)

  • Update libtgvoip, fix crash in calls.
  • Fix crash in local cache database.
  • Clear old local cache asynchronously.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.15 Alpha (Sep 1, 2018)

  • Improved local files cache.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.13 (Aug 27, 2018)

  • Export data from individual chats using the '...' menu.
  • Added a new night theme.
  • You can now assign custom themes as night and day themes to quickly switch between them.
  • Support for Telegram Passport 1.1 and improved password hashing algorithm to better protect Telegram Passport data.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.11 Alpha (Aug 3, 2018)

  • Added a new night theme.
  • You can now assign custom themes as night and day themes to quickly switch between them.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.10 (Jul 13, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.9 (Jun 29, 2018)

  • Mark chats in the chat list as Read or Unread.
  • Improved censorship circumvention.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.8 (Jun 25, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.7 (Jun 12, 2018)

  • Push fixes to stable version.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.5 Alpha (Jun 9, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.4 Alpha (Jun 8, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.3 Alpha (Jun 7, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.2 Alpha (Jun 7, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.1 Alpha (Jun 5, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.3.0 (Jun 1, 2018)

  • Improved censorship circumvention.
  • Improved stability when working through proxy servers.
  • Save several proxy servers to quickly switch between them in Settings.
  • Use proxy for calls.
  • Emoji and text replacement now happens immediately after typing (instead of after sending) and can be rolled back using Backspace or CTRL/CMD + Z. Replacement no longer happens when pasting text.
  • Added formatting shortcuts. Select text and use:
  • CTRL/CMD + B/I for bold and italic
  • CTRL/CMD + K to create or edit a custom link
  • CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + M for monospace font
  • CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + N to clear formatting

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.24 Alpha (May 28, 2018)

  • Add links with custom text from context menu or by Ctrl/Cmd + K keyboard shortcut.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.23 Alpha (May 26, 2018)

  • Apply formatting from input field context menu.
  • Apply formatting by hotkeys.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.21 Alpha (May 18, 2018)

  • Support domain names in mtproto proxy.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.20 Alpha (May 13, 2018)

  • Emoji and text replacements are done while you type the message.
  • Revert emoji and text replacements by pressing backspace.
  • Disable emoji replacements or suggestions in Settings.
  • Some critical bug fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.19 Alpha (May 8, 2018)

  • Enable proxy for calls in Settings.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.18 Alpha (May 7, 2018)

  • Improve working through proxy servers.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.13 Alpha (Mar 21, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.12 Alpha (Mar 12, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.11 Alpha (Mar 10, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.10 Alpha (Mar 9, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.9 Alpha (Mar 9, 2018)

  • Quick Reply. Double click near a message for a quick reply.
  • Search for Stickers. Click on the new search icon to access your sticker sets or find new ones.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.8 Alpha (Jan 3, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.7 Alpha (Jan 2, 2018)

  • Use fast reply button in group chats.
  • Select a message you want to reply to by pressing Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.6 (Dec 30, 2017)

  • Grouped Photos. Group media into an album when sharing multiple photos and videos. Choose the exact order of media you send

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.5 Alpha (Dec 29, 2017)

  • When viewing a photo from an album, you'll see other pictures from the same group as thumbnails in the lower part of the screen.
  • When composing an album paste additional media from the clipboard.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.4 Alpha (Dec 27, 2017)

  • Group media into an album when sharing multiple photos and videos.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.3 Alpha (Dec 17, 2017)

  • Several crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.2 Alpha (Dec 17, 2017)

  • Grouped photos and videos are displayed as albums.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.1 (Dec 13, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.2.0 (Dec 10, 2017)

  • Radically improved navigation. New side panel on the right with quick access to shared media and group members.
  • Saved Messages. Bookmark messages by forwarding them to "Saved Messages". Access them from the Chats list or from the side menu.
  • Pinned Messages. If you are a channel admin, pin messages to focus your subscribers' attention on important announcements.
  • Easily recognize messages from group admins by the new 'admin' badge.
  • Also supported clearing history in supergroups and added a host of minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.27 Alpha (Dec 6, 2017)

  • Bookmark messages by forwarding them to "Saved Messages". Access them from the Chats list or from the side menu.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.26 Alpha (Dec 3, 2017)

  • Admin badges in supergroup messages.
  • Fix crashing on launch in OS X 10.6.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.24 Alpha (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Radically improved navigation. New side panel on the right with quick access to shared media and group members
  • Pinned Messages. If you are a channel admin, pin messages to focus your subscribers' attention on important announcements
  • Also supported clearing history in supergroups and added a host of minor improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.23 (Sep 6, 2017)

  • See the message author photo and name while searching specific chat messages.
  • Fix "Send To" menu action on Windows.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.21 (Sep 4, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.20 (Sep 4, 2017)

  • Groups with unread mentions and replies are now marked with an '@' badge in the chats list.
  • Navigate new mentions and replies in a group using the new '@' button.
  • Mark your stickers as “favorite” to quickly access them from the redesigned sticker panel.
  • Add an official sticker set for your group which all members will be able to use while chatting in your group (100+ member groups only).

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.19 (Sep 4, 2017)

  • Search by messages of specific group members.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.18 (Jul 27, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.17 (Jul 27, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.15 (Jul 24, 2017)

  • Send bold and italic text in your messages.
  • Get a share link for posts in public supergroups.
  • Quickly share posts from channels and media messages from bots.
  • Search large supergroup members by name.
  • Search channel members by name for admins.
  • Use search in the service actions log.
  • Ban supergroup members via the right click menu in the service actions log.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.14 Alpha (Jul 19, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.12 Alpha (Jul 12, 2017)

  • Click on forwarded messages bar to change the recipient chat in case you chose a wrong one first.
  • Quickly share posts from channels and media messages from bots.
  • Search in large supergroup members by name.
  • Search in channel members by name if you're a channel admin.
  • Copy links to messages in public supergroups.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.11 Alpha (Jul 7, 2017)

  • 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.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.10 (Jul 5, 2017)

  • Add event log filter for channel or supergroup event log.
  • Fix search by username in privacy exceptions editor.
  • Fix adding admins in channels.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.9 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Supergroups can now have up to 10.000 members.
  • Appoint supergroup admins with granular rights. Choose who can add users, manage messages, block members, edit group info & username, add new admins, etc.
  • Restrict and ban supergroup members with granular precision. Read-only bans, GIF & sticker bans, media bans, temporary bans and restrictions.
  • Check the new event log to see all service actions taken by members and admins of a channel or supergroup in the last 48 hours.
  • Toggle night mode in the main menu.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.8 Alpha (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Toggle night mode in the main menu.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.7 (May 31, 2017)

  • Improved video messages: radial playback progress, Picture-in-Picture support, duration countdown.
  • Voice and video messages now automatically play one after another.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.6 Alpha (May 27, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.5 Alpha (May 26, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.4 Alpha (May 24, 2017)

  • Fix a crash in animated history scrolling.
  • Fix a bug with pinned chat to supergroup upgrade.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.3 Alpha (May 24, 2017)

  • Improved video messages playback.
  • Video and audio messages play one after another.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.2 (May 18, 2017)

  • Emoji icon tooltip about hiding the sidebar.
  • Fix possible calls deadlock in Linux.
  • Preserve Emoji/Stickers/GIFs panel state between activations.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.1.1 Alpha (May 17, 2017)

  • Emoji icon tooltip about hiding the sidebar.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.37 Alpha (May 10, 2017)

  • Multiple crash fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.36 Alpha (May 9, 2017)

  • Telegram Calls are now available on desktops: secure, crystal-clear, constantly improved by artificial intelligence.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.35 Alpha (May 1, 2017)

  • Chat admins can delete other participants' messages.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.33 Alpha (Apr 17, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.32 Alpha (Apr 17, 2017)

  • Testing a build with the latest API layer.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.31 Alpha (Apr 13, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.30 Alpha (Apr 13, 2017)

  • The new Emoji, Stickers, and Saved GIFs panel becomes a separate space on the right when Telegram is running in a wide enough window.
  • Manage blocked users list in your supergroups.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.29 (Apr 5, 2017)

  • Improved Emoji, Stickers, and Saved GIFs panel.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.27 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • Update API scheme.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.26 (Mar 30, 2017)

  • Send MP4/MOV files as videos that will play right inside Telegram.
  • Click on the date in any chat to quickly jump to messages from a specific day.
  • Change your phone number in Settings.
  • Edit who can see your last seen time and who can add you to groups in Settings.
  • Edit your list of blocked users in Settings.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.24 Alpha (Mar 20, 2017)

  • Added Last Seen and Group Invite privacy settings.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.23 Alpha (Mar 15, 2017)

  • Edit list of blocked users in Settings.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.22 Alpha (Mar 13, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.21 Alpha (Mar 13, 2017)

  • Send MP4/MOV files as videos that will play right inside Telegram.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.19 Alpha (Mar 8, 2017)

  • Alpha 1.0.19: Add MSVC++ bug workaround.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.18 Alpha (Mar 1, 2017)

  • Also some debugging tools for mtproto endpoints added.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.17 Alpha (Feb 28, 2017)

  • ShellExecute() call reenters Qt event loop, so each time we schedule a delayed action (like destroying FileLoader) and after that we call ShellExecute (in psOpenFile) we destroy it inside this call and can't use it after
  • So now we perform ShellExecute calls only delayed (using task queue)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.16 Alpha (Feb 28, 2017)

  • New audio player design

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.14 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Fix crash in text rendering

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.13 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • Fix unnecessary window activations

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.12 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • Support for more emoji.
  • Click and drag on waveform to play audio from a chosen moment.
  • Added Theme editor to Settings.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • Fabulous new material-style design and animations.
  • Support for custom themes! Check out some themes here: @themes.
  • Convenient tools for building your own themes coming soon.
  • Delete messages for everyone. When you delete your messages in groups and one-on-one chats, you can now choose to delete them for everyone in the chat, not just yourself. This works only for recently sent messages (same as editing).
  • Pin important chats to the top of the list so that you never miss a new message (right click on a chat, then choose ‘Pin to top’).
  • Groups in common. A new option in your contacts' profiles that shows a list of all groups you share with that person.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.7 Alpha (Feb 8, 2017)

  • Alpha 1.0.7: Theme editor added to Settings.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0.2 (Jan 19, 2017)

  • Resize chats list
  • Fixed drag and drop from Firefox
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 1.0 (Jan 12, 2017)

  • Fabulous new material-style design and animations.
  • Support for custom themes! Check out some themes here: @TelegramThemes.
  • Convenient tools for building your own themes coming soon.
  • Delete messages for everyone. When you delete your messages in groups and one-on-one chats, you can now choose to delete them for everyone in the chat, not just yourself. This works only for recently sent messages (same as editing).
  • Pin important chats to the top of the list so that you never miss a new message (right click on a chat, then choose ‘Pin to top’).
  • Groups in common. A new option in your contacts' profiles that shows a list of all groups you share with that person.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.10.20 (Jan 12, 2017)

  • Version 0.10.20: don't allow the share url start with an inline bot.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.10.16 (Oct 21, 2016)

  • New audio player design
  • Windows and Linux:
  • Quick reply from notifications
  • Hide all notifications button added
  • Change notifications location and maximum count
  • Windows 10:
  • Respecting quiet hours for the notifications

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.10 (Aug 5, 2016)

  • Trending stickers. Check out and install noteworthy sticker packs from the sticker packs settings box.
  • Archived stickers. Unused stickers are now archived automatically when you go over the 200 limit.
  • Group previews. Preview groups before joining them via invite link – see who else is in the group before joining.
  • New internal video player.
  • Improved design for chats.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.56 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • Fixed photo viewer to handle screen resolution change correctly.
  • Fixed forwarding photos via drag-n-drop.
  • Various design improvements and other bug fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.50 (Jun 24, 2016)

  • Introducing Drafts: Seamless syncing for unsent messages on all your devices. Drafts are now visible in your chats list
  • Completely redesigned group and user profiles
  • Unread messages counter on the ‘Scroll to bottom’ button

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.49 (May 16, 2016)

  • Edit your messages everywhere within 2 days after posting (press the up arrow button to edit your last message)
  • Mention people in groups by typing @ and selecting them from the list — even if they don't have a username

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.46 Alpha (Apr 27, 2016)

  • Alpha versions instead of dev
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.43 Dev (Apr 15, 2016)

  • Select and copy text in photo / video captions and web page previews
  • Media player shortcuts are enabled only when player is opened

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.41 (Apr 12, 2016)

  • Introducing Bot API 2.0, the biggest update to our bot platform since June 2015
  • Bots can now update existing messages on the fly as you interact with them
  • New Inline keyboards with callback, ‘open URL’ or ‘switch to inline mode’ buttons help create seamless interfaces
  • Inline bots can now send all attachments supported by Telegram (videos, music, stickers, locations, etc.)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.40 (Apr 5, 2016)

  • Visual improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.32 (Mar 15, 2016)

  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.31 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • Supergroups can now have 5,000 members (up from 1,000)
  • Groups of any size may be converted to supergroups
  • Make your supergroup public by setting up a public link – anyone will be able to view the chat and join it
  • Pin messages to keep important updates visible and notify all members
  • Select messages to delete, report as spam, block users, or remove all messages from a user

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.28 (Feb 26, 2016)

  • Edit your messages in channels and supergroups
  • Share links to specific posts in channels via the post context menu
  • Add admin signatures to messages in channels
  • Send silent messages in channels that will not notify members, useful for non-urgent or late night posting

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.27 Dev (Feb 25, 2016)

  • Edit your messages in channels and supergroups
  • Share links to specific posts in channels via the post context menu
  • Add admin signatures to messages in channels
  • Send silent messages in channels that will not notify members, useful for non-urgent or late night posting

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.26 (Feb 22, 2016)

  • Adaptive layout for wide screens switch added to Settings

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.24 (Feb 17, 2016)

  • New waveform visualizations for voice messages
  • Sticker suggestions when you type an emoji

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.22 Dev (Feb 15, 2016)

  • Voice messages waveform visualizations

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.20 Dev (Feb 9, 2016)

  • Testing new crash reporting system
  • Conversation history is centered in wide windows
  • New cute link and timestamp tooltips design
  • Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 closes Telegram window
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.19 Dev (Jan 11, 2016)

  • Choose an emoticon and see the suggested stickers
  • Bug fixes and minor improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.17 (Jan 4, 2016)

  • Crash fixed

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.16 (Jan 4, 2016)

  • GIFs autoplay and automatic download
  • Inline bots support
  • Automatic download settings added
  • All media redesigned

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.15 (Dec 9, 2015)

  • Sticker management: manually rearrange your sticker packs, pack order is now synced across all your devices
  • Click and hold on a sticker to preview it before sending
  • New context menu for chats in chats list
  • Support for all existing emoji

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.14 Dev (Dec 8, 2015)

  • Sticker management: manually rearrange your sticker packs, pack order is now synced across all your devices
  • Click and hold on a sticker to preview it before sending
  • New context menu for chats in chats list
  • Support for all existing emoji

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.13 (Nov 25, 2015)

  • Groups can now have multiple administrators with the ability to edit the name and logo, and add and remove members
  • Groups that have reached their capacity of 200 users can be upgraded to supergroups of up to 1,000 members

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.11 Dev (Nov 23, 2015)

  • Groups can now have multiple administrators with the ability to edit the name and logo, and add and remove members
  • Groups that have reached their capacity of 200 users can be upgraded to supergroups of up to 1,000 members

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.10 (Nov 5, 2015)

  • New shared audio files section
  • New design for popup menus
  • Add captions to any photos you send
  • Surround text with `single backticks` for inline monowidth code and ```triple backticks``` for blocks of code
  • The Tilde symbol is now displayed correctly

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.9 Dev (Nov 3, 2015)

  • New popup menus in text input fields
  • Error is displayed when trying to paste or drop a folder instead of a file
  • Some bugfixes and improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.8 Dev (Oct 28, 2015)

  • Tilde symbol fixed in message input field
  • Add a caption to any photo you send
  • Bad sound quality bug fixed
  • Some bugfixes and improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.7 Dev (Oct 24, 2015)

  • Tilde symbol display fixed
  • Bold and Italic text display from bots supported
  • Send code without text and emoji replaces using `such syntax` for inline parts and ```such syntax``` for blocks of code
  • Some bugfixes and improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.5 (Oct 17, 2015)

  • Improved speed
  • First steps towards a new design

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.3 Dev (Oct 1, 2015)

  • Dialogs and emoji render made much faster
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.9.0 (Sep 24, 2015)

  • Introducing Channels — a great new way to broadcast your messages to unlimited audiences
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.58 Dev (Sep 22, 2015)

  • Limited channels support added
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.56 (Sep 11, 2015)

  • Spam report buttons in new chats
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.55 (Sep 2, 2015)

  • Include muted chats in unread count in Settings
  • Shared links overview and search in shared media
  • Preview when sending links to GIF animations and PDF files

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.54 Dev (Aug 31, 2015)

  • Preview when sending links to GIF animations and PDF files
  • Full date and time shown when mouse over message timestamp

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.53 Dev (Aug 29, 2015)

  • Include muted chats in unread count in Settings
  • Shared links overview and search in shared media

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.51 (Aug 17, 2015)

  • Block users from their profile page
  • Added support for Windows toast notifications
  • Fixed input methods on Linux (Fcitx and IBus)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.50 Dev (Aug 15, 2015)

  • Bug fixes in Windows notifications

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.49 Dev (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Block users from user profile
  • Ask support team a question from Settings
  • Windows toast notifications support added

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.48 (Aug 9, 2015)

  • Search for messages in conversation
  • Clear messages history in groups
  • Contacts without messages are hidden from the conversations list

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.47 Dev (Aug 7, 2015)

  • Search for messages in conversation
  • Clear messages history in groups
  • Contacts without messages are hidden from the conversations list

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.46 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Crash fix on sending .webp files

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.44 Dev (Aug 3, 2015)

  • Sending media and recording audio status display

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.41 Dev (Aug 1, 2015)

  • Pretty phone number formatting
  • Fixed shared contacts display

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.40 Dev (Aug 1, 2015)

  • Fixed critical Qt bug in image scale
  • Huge amount of unread messages are loaded much faster
  • Some bugfixes and optimizations

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.39 Dev (Aug 1, 2015)

  • Moved to Qt 5.5 and Xcode 6.4
  • Some bugfixes and optimizations

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.38 (Jul 6, 2015)

  • Improved in-app media playback
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.36 (Jul 6, 2015)

  • Forward photos, media and stickers with drag-n-drop
  • Drag-n-drop text messages by timestamp to forward them
  • Larger stickers panel
  • IPv6 checkbox added to Connection Type in Settings

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.32 (Jun 26, 2015)

  • Critical bug fixed
  • IPv6 connection temporarily disabled

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.30 (Jun 26, 2015)

  • Bots support using the new bot API

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.24 (Jun 8, 2015)

  • Improved sticker panel
  • Bug fixes and minor stuff

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.21 (Jun 3, 2015)

  • Added sending voice messages
  • Fixed disappearing stickers

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.17 (May 22, 2015)

  • Crash fix

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.16 (May 21, 2015)

  • Added support for sticker packs
  • New emoji and sticker panel

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.13 (May 12, 2015)

  • Added support for new emoji
  • Improved emoji and stickers panel

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.11 (May 1, 2015)

  • Invite links for group chats
  • Gray unread badge for muted conversations

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.7 (Apr 25, 2015)

  • New photo viewer design
  • Switch between files in the photo viewer
  • Grouped notifications when several messages are forwarded
  • New default chat background image (you can change it in Settings)

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.4 (Apr 14, 2015)

  • Link preview layout bug fix

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.3 (Apr 9, 2015)

  • Link previews for Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and certain other links
  • Two-step verification
  • View all your Telegram sessions, terminate specific sessions

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.8.0 (Mar 26, 2015)

  • Add a comment before forwarded messages
  • Hashtags suggestions in new message and search fields (based on recent searches)
  • Button to jump back to a reply after viewing the original message
  • Add people to groups by username

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.23 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Reply to specific messages in groups
  • Mention @usernames in groups to notify multiple users

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.20 (Mar 14, 2015)

  • Lock your app with a passcode

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.17 (Feb 19, 2015)

  • Some minor improvements.
  • Windows: crash on app launch fixed for some Intel graphic cards

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.16 (Feb 19, 2015)

  • Some translations improvements

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.13 (Feb 11, 2015)

  • You can now change the chat background.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.10 (Jan 29, 2015)

  • Bug fixes and minor improvements
  • Online updated only while current window is active

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.8 (Jan 19, 2015)

  • Some graphics changed.
  • Windows: when activating window by click selection is not cleared.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.7 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • Windows: system sleep / hibernation fixed when app is running.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.6 (Jan 7, 2015)

  • Some improvements for stickers.
  • Some translation improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.5 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • Stickers support.
  • Local caching for voice messages.
  • Added Portuguese language.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.4 (Dec 23, 2014)

  • German and Dutch languages added.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.3 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • Italian and Spanish languages added.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.2 (Dec 17, 2014)

  • Title buttons bug fixed in single column layout.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.7.0 (Dec 16, 2014)

  • Improved single column navigation.
  • Improved image viewer for large documents.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.21 (Dec 15, 2014)

  • Crash fixed for contacts without names.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.20 (Dec 13, 2014)

  • Crash fixed in single column layout.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.19 (Dec 13, 2014)

  • Some bugs fixed.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.18 (Dec 13, 2014)

  • Single column layout for smaller window sizes
  • Photos are sent up to 1280x1280 size
  • New device login notification added
  • New version notification added

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.17 (Dec 8, 2014)

  • Filter in contacts lists (contacts, new group, add member) now is case-insensitive.
  • Win: telegram.me/username links handling fixed.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.16 (Dec 6, 2014)

  • telegram.me/username links supported.
  • Downloaded documents local cache added.
  • Some network improvements.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.15 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Intro and login were slightly redesigned.
  • Some various bug fixes.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.14 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Work over HTTP crashing fixed.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.13 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Application icon changed.
  • Vimeo video links shown with preview.
  • Some iOS emojis display fixed.
  • Windows version crash when notification clicked fixed.

New in Portable Telegram Desktop 0.6.12 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Message drafts are saved.
  • Local photos cache added.
  • Shared contacts display and youtube links preview fixed.