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Sticker and Emoji NFTs

During Pavel Durov’s speech at the TOKEN2049 event, he announced that in the future users will be able to trade Telegram stickers and emojis as NFTs.

95% of the revenue earned from those will be for the creators, and the remaining 5% of the sale price will be for commissions.

The exact procedure of creating an NFT stickers and emojis is currently unknown.

#TON #stickers

Telegram Removed from App Store in China

According to Bloomberg, the App Store has removed Telegram from its platform in China at the request of authorities. In addition, Threads, WhatsApp, and Signal were also removed.

Previously, Chinese authorities required developers to register in order for their apps to remain on the domestic market.

#China

Changes in Monetization Terms

The terms of the ad revenue sharing platform have been updated regarding the withdrawal of funds. Channel owners are now required to withdraw their earned funds from their accounts in a timely manner. Any accumulated funds left in the platform's accounts may be canceled at the discretion of Telegram. There is no information available about the timeframe within which the tokens must be withdrawn.

#aboutAds

Telegram for Android and iOS Has Been Updated to Version 10.11

In the first update of April, Telegram received new features that allow all users to easily and quickly create their own stickers and entire sticker packs using the new powerful in-built sticker editor.

• "My Profile" tab: In the new section located inside the hamburger menu, users can see their profile as others would see it on Telegram, publish a new story or pin an old one, and much more.

• Built-in sticker editor: Now all users can create stickers using the built-in sticker editor. Based on the contents of the sticker, Telegram will automatically suggest the most suitable emoji that corresponds to to each sticker.

• Sticker Pack Editing: It's now possible to edit your own sticker packs directly on the sticker panel - for example, renaming them or changing the order of stickers in the pack. This can be done using the "Edit" button located next to your sticker packs name.

• Recommended channels: A "Channels" tab has appeared amongst the global search screen. It displays channels the user has recently joined, in addition to recommended public channels. It is probable the fundamental mechanics of this feature rely on the principle of the "Similar Channels" feature. They are based on the subscriptions of a particular user.

Other new features include: the ability to pin up to 3 posts in a profile, link preview for sticker packs, maximum number of reactions in a channel, notification settings for reactions, and the ability for Premium users to enable ads to display in channels.

Android: Google Play, APK from the official website or the verified channel.
iOS: App Store.

#update #Android #iOS

FAKE: "Telegram Ads Will Get Images and Carousel Galleries"

Some channels are spreading rumors claiming Telegram is preparing to introduce a new ad format inside the messenger. Particularly, interactive image carousels, ads between posts, and higher character limits are mentioned, along with other numerous additions.

For the source of the claims, the channels reference a Telegram story from Sales Manager at Magnetto․pro, an ad agency that specializes in Telegram Ads.

When asked by @tginfo's editors, a source closely related to Telegram insisted the claims are false, since the messenger isn't working at implementing such a functionality right now.

Recently, Telegram introduced a big refresh to the Ads platform, allowing advertizers to buy Telegram Ads in more countries using TON cryptocurrency. This might indicate the Ad Platform is still under active development — the company continues to explore new ways to monetize on its path to becoming profitable.

#aboutAds

Telegram is Approaching Profitability

Pavel Durov announced on his channel that Telegram has surpassed the milestone of 900 million monthly active users. Half of those users use Telegram on a daily basis.

According to DataAI, the messenger is the 6th most popular and 6th most downloaded app in the world.

Durov also reported that Telegram demonstrated positive cash flow in the first quarter of 2024, and intends to become profitable this year.

#statistics

List of User's Groups and Channels in Telegram Desktop

In Telegram Desktop 4.16, a list of channels and groups where you are the owner has been added, found by right clicking the "New Channel" or "New Group" section located in the sidebar.

The list may not display private channels that you have left or those that you have deleted.

#desktop

New Telegram Monetization System

A source close to Telegram talked to Durov's Code on the specifics of the new monetization system. Here are the main points of the article:

• The Telegram Advertising Platform now allows purchasing ads only with TON. Payment by fiat currency remains available only to advertising agencies: their personal accounts on the Telegram website still allow this.

• Ads purchased with TON can only be targeted to specific channels. It is impossible to target them to any topic or location. Such ads cannot contain external links, but the entry threshold for buying them is only 20 TON.

• Ads purchased with TON aren't displayed to channel subscribers if the phone numbers linked to their accounts are issued by Russia, Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, or Germany.

• The "Monetization" tab is available in the channel statistics section only if at least half of the channel's subscribers have phone numbers issued outside of Russia, Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, or Germany, and the total number of channel subscribers exceeds 1,000. The location of the channel owner and the phone number of their account do not affect the display of the "Monetization" tab.

• Even if the "Monetization" tab is not displayed on a channel, the channel owner's account will still receive funds from ads purchased with TON and shown to their channel's subscribers. However, they will not be able to withdraw these funds until the conditions from the previous point are met.

#aboutAds

Worst Features of 2023: Results

The @tginfo team conducted a poll among its subscribers for the worst features of the past year. The top three included:

• Channel Boost System — 43%
• Stories — 38%
• Non-Clickable Media in Link Previews — 35%

You can see the rest of the results above.

#poll

Best Features of 2023: Results

The @tginfo team conducted a poll among its subscribers for the best features of the past year. The top three included:

• Replies 2.0 — 44%
• Real-time Translation — 41%
• Stories — 35%

You can see the rest of the results above.

#poll

Issues with Downloading Media

Our subscribers are reporting that they are experiencing problems when downloading media, voice messages, and video messages.

UPD. 16:24 UTC: The issue was resolved.

#outages

Bot API Updated to Version 7.2

Integration with Business Accounts:
• Added the BusinessConnection class and updates about connecting or disconnecting a bot to a business account, represented by the field 'business_connection' in the Update class.
• Added updates about deleting messages in a business account connected to a bot.

Acting on Behalf of Business Accounts:
• Added the field 'business_connection_id' to the Message class.
• Added the field 'sender_business_bot' to the Message class.
• Added the parameter 'business_connection_id' to the sendChatAction method.

Business Account Information:
• Added the classes 'BusinessOpeningHours' and 'BusinessOpeningHoursInterval'.
• Added the field 'business_opening_hours' to the Chat class.

Sticker Sets with Mixed Format:
• Removed the fields 'is_animated' and 'is_video' from the StickerSet class.
• Added the field 'format' to the InputSticker class.
• Removed the parameter 'sticker_format' from the createNewStickerSet method.
• Increased the maximum number of stickers in any set to 120.
• Allowed uploading stickers in WEBM format using SendSticker.

The full list of changes is available on the official website.

#update #BotAPI