Telegram 8.0 beta version released: news feed, GIF selection via emoji, promotional posts with marker and more

The Telegram team has released a new beta version of its signature app.

What's known

The new build gets the number 8.0 and quite a few changes. First of all, the messenger has added a news feed. It means that all incoming messages from the channels will now be in one place. Also, the developers have added the Sponsored tags to promotional posts, the ability to search for GIFs using emoji, message animations with four different gradients, and forwarding messages without an author.

Another interesting feature is the ability to record videos of different formats in voice chats. In addition videos can be in portrait or landscape orientation.

Telegram 8.0 beta has only been released so far for Android users. For iOS, the application will appear a little later. No information on when the stable release will take place.

Source: Kod