Telegram has unveiled a substantial upgrade to its calling functionality in the latest release, emphasizing enhanced battery efficiency and overall performance. The revamped interface now boasts dynamic backgrounds that change based on call status, delivering a visually captivating user experience. Notably, this update is particularly advantageous for users with older devices due to its reduced resource consumption.
Telegram remains dedicated to elevating call quality and has outlined plans for ongoing enhancements to connection and audio quality throughout 2024. Alongside these calling improvements, the popular vaporization animation for deleted messages is now available for both iOS and Android users, injecting a playful interactive element into the app.
The bot platform has not been overlooked, with developers now able to seamlessly integrate services into the Telegram ecosystem. Bots can react to messages, oversee various interactions, and gather information about giveaways and upgrades in the channels where they serve as administrators.
These updates build upon Telegram’s recent enhancements to channels, the ability to customize emojis for reactions, and the introduction of story statistics. This continuous innovation is crucial for Telegram to maintain competitiveness with WhatsApp, particularly following WhatsApp’s rollout of the broadcast channels feature to all users in September 2023.
In a broader context, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reported on his WhatsApp streaming channel that the channel feature has surpassed 500 million monthly active users. While WhatsApp boasts over 2 billion monthly active users, Telegram maintains a robust user base with over 800 million monthly active users, underscoring the intense competition within the messaging platform landscape.