Channel Stats. Owners of channels with more than 50 subscribers have access to detailed statistics and informative graphs about subscriber growth and post performance.

Stats are also available for large groups.

Group Stats. Owners of large groups with over 500 members can view beautiful, detailed graphs about its activity and growth.

Stats are also available for channels.

Preview Chat List. You can press and hold to quickly preview the chat list of your other accounts.

On Android open the side menu, and pull up the preview window to instantly switch accounts.

On iOS, press and hold one of your accounts in Settings to preview.

Message Corners. You can make the corners of message bubbles super smooth or pretty pointy in Settings > Chat Settings on Android or Settings > Appearance on iOS.

Quick Night Mode Switch. On Android, open the ≡ side menu and tap the 🌙/☀️ icon to switch between your Day and Night Themes. On iOS, go to Settings > Appearance > Night Mode.

You can also set your themes to switch automatically on a schedule, with local sunrise/sunset times, or following your system settings.

Chat Backgrounds. You can use one of your photos or search the web for wallpapers, add effects and then share your backgrounds with friends via links.

Telegram backgrounds support motion and blur effects. You can also set any color as your background, apply a pattern and tweak its intensity.

Anonymous Forwarding. In your Privacy Settings, you can control who is able to forward your messages by selecting a category like 'My Contacts' or adding exceptions.

When a message is forwarded by someone you allow, it will contain a link to your account – opening your profile when tapped. Messages forwarded by anyone else cannot link back to your account.

When forwarding messages, you are able to hide sender names and media captions.

Badge Counter Settings. By default, badges show the number of unread messages.

In Settings > Notifications and Sounds you can configure the counter to exclude channels or show only the number of unread chats.

Archive Settings. By default, unmuted chats that you send to your archive stay there temporarily – until they receive a new message.

In your archive settings, you can set unmuted chats to always stay – just like muted chats.

Additionally, your archive settings let you manage how chats in folders behave, as well as chats from unknown users.

Search Results as a List. The Search function allows you to easily jump between messages containing a keyword – or sent by a particular person, or even from a certain day. Tap the number in the bottom bar to open list view and see all the results on one page.

Search Filters. To quickly find specific photos, videos or documents, tap on the tabs in Global Search.

This lets you refine search results by keyword, source, media type and time period.

Push-to-Talk Shortcuts. Set a preferred key to toggle your microphone in Telegram Desktop or Telegram for macOS.

Voice Chat Widget. Android users can enable a widget to control their microphone and see who’s talking even when Telegram is in the background.

Voice Chats. Telegram groups also support persistent voice and video chats, which members can join or leave at any time.

After joining, you’re free to move around the app and browse other chats – the microphone controls stay on screen to quickly mute or unmute yourself.

To also share your camera feed or screen, simply tap the camera icon.

Video Calls. Start a one-on-one video call with a user from their profile page for a little face-to-face communication.

You can switch your video on or off at any time, and are free to multitask in other chats – video calls support Picture-in-Picture mode.

All voice and video calls are protected with end-to-end encryption. To confirm your connection, compare the four emoji shown on screen. If they match with your partner’s, your call is 100% secure.

Profile Videos. You can upload both photos and videos to your profile, showing off all your good sides.

Select a video from your gallery, edit or decorate it with the built-in tools, then drag across the timeline to select a frame for your static picture in chats.

Profile videos play when someone opens your profile – except for Premium users, whose videos animate throughout the app.

Profiles. Tapping the chat header opens a user’s profile. There you can see their profile pictures and bio, make a voice or video call – and access shared media.

From a user’s profile, you can modify notification settings and auto-delete, set a unique theme for the chat and more.

Groups and Channels have profiles as well – they’re called info pages.