New Delhi: Encrypted messaging app Telegram has introduced live streams with unlimited viewers to groups and channels with its version 8.0 update.
The update has enabled options to remove captions from media and hide sender names when forwarding, easy switch to unread channel without going back to chat list, and an improved sticker panel along with new animated emoji.
The live stream feature supports unlimited viewers along with allowing them to raise hand and join broadcast.
Users can preview and edit how the message will look along with several customisation options. Also Read WhatsApp fined $267mn for breaching EU privacy law Users can hide the sender’s name or hide captions on media messages, deselect messages that they don’t want to send, and even change the recipient if they tapped the wrong chat.
Users now also have the flexibility of scrolling through the channels followed without getting back to the chat list.
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