Telegram’s latest update brings a redesigned call interface that uses less of your phone’s battery
Telegram’s latest update brings a redesigned call interface aimed at reducing battery consumption on phones. The update features dynamic call status-based backgrounds, improved call quality, and overall reduced resource usage, benefiting older devices.
Telegram is releasing a new update that includes improved calls with a new design that consumes less battery power on your phone. The update also includes new animations, improvements to the app’s bot platform, and other improvements.
According to the company, it has redesigned calls and added backgrounds that change dynamically based on the status of the call: ringing, active, or ended. The new interface uses fewer resources than before, which saves battery life and makes older devices work better. Call quality has also been improved because of the update. Telegram says it will continue to improve connection and audio quality in 2024.
Telegram is also updating its bot platform, which allows developers to integrate services into the Telegram ecosystem. Bots can now respond to messages and manage reactions, quotes, and links, as well as send replies to other chats or topics. Bots can also learn about giveaways and boosts in channels where they are administrators.
Furthermore, Telegram is bringing it vaporize animation to iOS and Android users after previously testing it with a small group of users. The new effect appears whenever you delete a message and is intended to add some levity to the app.
The new features are available a month after Telegram announced improvements to channels, emoji customization for reactions, and story stats to compete with WhatsApp, which launched its broadcast channels features to all users in September 2023. Although Telegram has had channels for quite some time, the app must continue to innovate to compete with WhatsApp.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced in his WhatsApp broadcast channel that the channels feature had reached 500 million monthly active users. In comparison, WhatsApp has over 2 billion monthly active users, while Telegram has over 800 million.
