In an announcement published this Friday (30), the Telegram released a series of new features for users of the app. The main ones are the ability to include up to 1,000 people in a video call, sending video messages and the ability to share your screen. smartphone during a video call.
In addition to these features, Telegram also announced a series of small improvements to the service, such as animated emojis for Android, automatically deleting content after a month and greater precision in drawing on images, with the possibility to adjust the brush thickness.
Up to 1,000 people in the video call, but there’s a catch
What stands out most about the Telegram updates is the possibility of having up to 1,000 people in a video call. However, in order not to become a mess, only 30 can actively participate – the rest remain as a spectator of what is going on. O WhatsApp, in comparison, allows the participation of up to 8 people.
Telegram allows up to 1,000 people to participate in a video call
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O blog post from Telegram points out that the option can be interesting from online classes to even rap battles.
To create a video call, create a Voice Chat on the info page (or three dots menu on Android) of any group you are admin for. Then just activate the video.
video messages
After audio messages, Telegram apparently wants to popularize video messages. It’s not necessarily a new feature in the app, but now the captured images are in better quality.
—After voice messages, Telegram has video messaging functionality
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The curious thing is that when capturing the video, the system also captures the phone’s audio. So, it is possible to put a song not to touch cell phone and record a video, which the music will serve as a “backdrop”. In addition, it will be possible to pause, or fast forward or rewind, a video message.
To record a video message, tap the microphone icon in the message bar to switch from voice message recording mode to video message mode. Tap and hold to record. If you want to return to voice mode, tap the camera icon.
Screen sharing with sound
In PC video calling systems it is relatively simple to share your own screen, now Telegram is bringing the same feature to smartphones. For now, this feature is only available for one-to-one calls.
—In one-to-one video calls, Telegram enables mobile screen sharing
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The feature also captures audio from your smartphone. So, if music is playing it is recommended to stop it before sharing the screen.
To share your screen during a video call, tap the camera button during a call and select your screen with video source.
If you want to check out all the new features of Telegram, go to platform blog (in Portuguese).
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