Telegram Beta for Android
Version: 8.5.0
Build: 25419

New Beta

WHAT’S NEW
• New Sharing Menu
• Video Stickers (Telegram Android beta 8.5.0 got the ability to show webm files as video stickers)
• Swipe to enter picture in picture mode

Press and Hold to get more sharing options (Quick Share)

Swipe Up to enter picture in picture mode

Long bios : Added more option

Settings : Chat settings

NB : Not available for everyone

Beta version of Telegram for Android 8.5.0 (25449)
New Beta

WHAT’S NEW
• New Sharing Menu
• Video Stickers (Telegram Android beta 8.5.0 got the ability to show webm files as video stickers)
• New navigation
• Blur in Chat
• Invite via link
• " More" option for long bio
• Show more : Global Search
• New icon for unread Reactions

New navigation : Press and hold back button

Added "Invite via Link"

Edit > Members/Subscribers
( channel & Group)

"Our developers spent two weeks in January focusing completely on fixing known issues in Telegram apps. Among other things, they improved call quality, added support for translation to Instant View pages (and bios on iOS), added the option to send silent messages from the sharing menu – and dozens of other improvements." - Telegram

Messages on WhatsApp were left open to potential attackers for years, as detailed in recent leaks about Boldend – a US cyber-warfare startup (more here).

Since the creation of WhatsApp, there's hardly been a moment in which it was secure: every few months researchers uncover a new security issue in the app. I wrote about this in detail 2 years ago (read here if you missed it). Nothing has changed since then.

It would be hard to believe that the technical team of WhatsApp is so consistently incompetent. Telegram, a far more sophisticated app, has never had security issues of such severity.

Telegram Beta for Android
Version: 8.5.2
Build: 25569

WHAT'S NEW
•Bug Fix
•New Animation for Reactions
• Long press badges : New "Read All" Menu
• New colour for "❤️" reaction

New Animations for reaction : Profile picture splashing