These are special chats where chats can take place of up to 25 thousand participants at the same time. A user can hide their phone number from other participants there is an advanced polling feature there is the possibility to see which group members have read a message, and notifications can be switched off for messages from specific group members.Īn alternative to blogs. Channel authors can publish posts as text messages and also attach media files. Once the post is published, subscribers receive a notification as they would from regular and group chats. The channel author can remain anonymous and does not have to show any information in the channel description.Ī special API-bot is available and can be used by anyone to create a bot, i.e. a small program which performs specific actions and interacts with the user. Bots can be used in a variety of ways ranging from entertainment to business services. Stickers (small images or photos expressing some form of emotion) are available to make communication via the application more emotive and personalized.

Users can use the sticker library already available or upload their own.

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