What changed in Telegram Desktop from 6 to 7
16 releases numbered after v6.9.3 up to and including v7.2.5, stable releases only. v6.9.3 and v7.2.5 are the newest stable releases of 6 and 7 we track; this page follows them as new ones ship.
57 changes across 16 releases · 2 landed on more than one version
Added 22
- Choose fitting quality for video autoplay in channels
- Add emoji status actions to the custom emoji context menu
- Add slash menu with insertable blocks to the article editor
- Add ban and unban of users in channel direct messages
- Show who reacted preview next to the cursor
- Welcome messages for groups and channels
- Buttons and file blocks to rich messages
- Self-destruct timers and single view for photos and videos
- Video profile photos for yourself, chats and channels
- Video editor with trimming, quality and cover frame
- Restoring of opened windows and chats on relaunch
- Sending of music files in the attach menu
- New WEB proxy type to connection settings
- Save rich messages to HTML and import them back
- Add custom prompt tab to AI editing in the article editor
- Add experimental Vulkan rendering option on Linux
- Geometric shapes to the image editor
- Better passkeys support on Windows, macOS and Linux
- Undo for moving and resizing items in the image editor
- Allow muting forever by left click on the profile mute button
- Enable rich text editor for scheduled messages and quick replies
- Allow forwarding to chats hidden inside a community
Changed 13
- Widen rich message bubbles to fit wide content
- Disable gift messages for recipients who charge for messages
- Show reaction preview above the menu of who reacted list
- Highlight the search query when jumping to a found message
- Convert QuickTime videos to mp4 when sending them as GIFs
- Improve restoring of opened windows and chats on relaunch
- Don't hide content from screenshots while the app is passcode-locked
- Improve lists, tables and markdown pasting in the rich editor
- Extend chats list pull gesture to unread forum topics
- Improve tables, tasks and titles in rich message previews
- Improve slideshow preload, animation, and swipes in rich messages
- Upload rich message photos in high quality
- Improve rich messages editor with drag-n-drop and table changing capabilities
Fixed 21
- Fix glitches in the call panel, profile info and chat list menu
- Fix self-destructing media appearing in previews and downloads
- Fix unneeded re-encoding and quality issues when sending edited videos
- Fix sponsored messages hiding the userpic of the post above them
- Fix TON transactions history showing Stars entries after the first page
- Fix stealth mode not opening the chosen story from a profile
- Fix window activation from the tray on X11
- Crash fixesalso inv7.1.3v7.1.2v7.1.0
- Fix saving of words with the system spellchecker
- Fix sorting of unmuted unread chats in folders
- Fix quote staying above the field after sending a message
- Fix some WEB proxies not working on Windows
- Mini App cookies on Linux
- Fix adding admins in communities
- Fix stories leaving empty space on chats list top
- Fix custom emoji frame size in favorite reactions
- Fix crash in some video files viewer
- Fix crash in shared files section
- Fix editing existing rich messages
- Fix editing scheduled rich messages
Security 1
- Warn about possible risks when adding a WEB proxy
6 releases in the range carry no categorized changes yet: v7.2.5v7.1.5v7.1.1v7.0.8v7.0.3v7.0.1. Their original notes, where the vendor published any, are below.
Original release notes, newest first
The list above is our reading of these notes; the originals from Telegram Desktop are here, one fold per release.
v7.2.5v 7.2.5
- Switch to new autoupdate manifest source.
v7.1.5v 7.1.5
- Fix crash on Linux.
v7.1.4v 7.1.4
- Widen rich message bubbles to fit wide content.
- Choose fitting quality for video autoplay in channels.
- Disable gift messages for recipients who charge for messages.
- Fix glitches in the call panel, profile info and chat list menu.
- Fix self-destructing media appearing in previews and downloads.
- Fix unneeded re-encoding and quality issues when sending edited videos.
- Fix sponsored messages hiding the userpic of the post above them.
- Fix TON transactions history showing Stars entries after the first page.
- Fix stealth mode not opening the chosen story from a profile.
- Fix window activation from the tray on X11.
- Crash fixes.
v7.1.3v 7.1.3
- Add emoji status actions to the custom emoji context menu.
- Add slash menu with insertable blocks to the article editor.
- Add ban and unban of users in channel direct messages.
- Show reaction preview above the menu of who reacted list.
- Highlight the search query when jumping to a found message.
- Convert QuickTime videos to mp4 when sending them as GIFs.
- Crash fixes.
v7.1.2v 7.1.2
- Show who reacted preview next to the cursor.
- Improve restoring of opened windows and chats on relaunch.
- Don't hide content from screenshots while the app is passcode-locked.
- Fix saving of words with the system spellchecker.
- Fix sorting of unmuted unread chats in folders.
- Fix quote staying above the field after sending a message.
- Fix some WEB proxies not working on Windows.
- Warn about possible risks when adding a WEB proxy.
- Crash fixes.
v7.1.1v 7.1.1
- Fix broken chats loading for some users.
- Minor bug fixes.
v7.1.0v 7.1.0
- Add welcome messages for groups and channels.
- Add buttons and file blocks to rich messages.
- Improve lists, tables and markdown pasting in the rich editor.
- Add self-destruct timers and single view for photos and videos.
- Add video profile photos for yourself, chats and channels.
- Add video editor with trimming, quality and cover frame.
- Add restoring of opened windows and chats on relaunch.
- Add sending of music files in the attach menu.
- Add new WEB proxy type to connection settings.
- Crash fixes.
v7.0.9v 7.0.9
- Add saving rich messages to HTML and importing them back.
- Add custom prompt tab to AI editing in the article editor.
- Add experimental Vulkan rendering option on Linux.
- Crash fixes.
v7.0.8v 7.0.8
- Fix launch on some Windows 7 machines.
v7.0.7v 7.0.7
- Add geometric shapes to the image editor.
- Add better passkeys support on Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Add undo for moving and resizing items in the image editor.
- Extend chats list pull gesture to unread forum topics.
- Fix Mini App cookies on Linux.
- Crash fixes.
v7.0.6v 7.0.6
- Allow muting forever by left click on the profile mute button.
- Improve tables, tasks and titles in rich message previews.
- Fix adding admins in communities.
- Crash fixes.
v7.0.5v 7.0.5
- Improve slideshow preload / animation / swipes in rich messages.
- Fix stories leaving empty space on chats list top.
- Fix custom emoji frame size in favorite reactions.
- Crash fixes.
v7.0.4v 7.0.4
- Enable rich text editor for scheduled messages and quick replies.
- Upload rich message photos in high quality.
- Fix crash in some video files viewer.
- Fix crash in shared files section.
v7.0.3v 7.0.3
- Fix media viewer freezes on macOS.
v7.0.2v 7.0.2
- Fix editing existing rich messages.
- Fix editing scheduled rich messages.
- Improve rich messages editor (drag-n-drop, changing tables).
- Allow forwarding to chats hidden inside a community.
v7.0.1v 7.0.1
- Rich Text Editor.
- Telegram Communities.
- Invisible Bot Messages.