# Telegram Desktop changelog

> Telegram Desktop release notes.

- Vendor: Telegram Desktop
- Category: Communication
- Official site: https://desktop.telegram.org/
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop)
- Harvested from: GitHub (telegramdesktop/tdesktop)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### v7.0.8 — v 7.0.8

- Date: 2026-08-03
- Version: v7.0.8
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.0.8
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v7.0.8

- Fix launch on some Windows 7 machines.

### v7.0.7 — v 7.0.7

- Date: 2026-08-01
- Version: v7.0.7
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.0.7
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v7.0.7

- 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.

### v7.0.6 — v 7.0.6

- Date: 2026-07-27
- Version: v7.0.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.0.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v7.0.6

- 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.

### v7.0.5 — v 7.0.5

- Date: 2026-07-23
- Version: v7.0.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.0.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v7.0.5

- 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.

### v7.0.4 — v 7.0.4

- Date: 2026-07-21
- Version: v7.0.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.0.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v7.0.4

- 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.

### v7.0.3 — v 7.0.3

- Date: 2026-07-18
- Version: v7.0.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.0.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v7.0.3

- Fix media viewer freezes on macOS.

### v7.0.2 — v 7.0.2

- Date: 2026-07-17
- Version: v7.0.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.0.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v7.0.2

- 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.

### v7.0.1 — v 7.0.1

- Date: 2026-07-14
- Version: v7.0.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.0.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v7.0.1

- Rich Text Editor.
- Telegram Communities.
- Invisible Bot Messages.

### v6.9.4 — v 6.9.4

- Date: 2026-07-03
- Version: v6.9.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v6.9.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v6.9.4
- Labels: Pre-release

- Add rich message editor with media, tables and math formulas.
- Show rich message drafts with full formatting in chat compose area.
- Add text recognition with selection and copying to media viewer images.
- Add swipe navigation and pinch zoom gestures to media viewer.
- Support zoom and dragging files out in shared media photos.
- Allow adapting existing stickers into custom emoji.
- Add media viewer video playback to system media controls.
- Add alphabetical fast-scroll index to contacts box.
- Improve screen reader accessibility for chats list and folders.

### v6.9.3 — v 6.9.3

- Date: 2026-06-13
- Version: v6.9.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v6.9.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/telegram-desktop/releases/v6.9.3

- Fix possible crash in formula parsing.
- Fix field resize after Undo/Redo.
- Fix OpenGL in Windows build.