For all the features from this update, like photo cutouts and more view statistics for stories – check out the full blog post:
https://telegram.org/blog/posts-in-stories-and-more

December Features 🎅
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⭐️ One-Way Last Seen and Read Times. Users who hide their read time aren't able to see read times from other users.

With Telegram Premium, you can hide your read time and still see the read times of users who share theirs with you.

If a user hides their read time, it is always hidden from all users, including Premium users.

January Features
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⭐️ Private Message Permissions. Premium users can select who is able to send them messages – either Everyone or My Contacts and Premium Users.

When enabled, users who aren't contacts or don't have Premium can't start chats with you – but can reply if you message them first.

January Features
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⭐️ Tags for Saved Messages. For even more organization, you can add multiple tags to Saved Messages to use as search filters.

Tags are based on emoji, which you apply by reacting to the message. For more description, you can give tags a name as well.

January Features
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