
Telegram adds over 10 new features, including ways for users to access AI services from any chat, automate chats and search stickers at a massive scale.
AI assistants and automated tools built as Telegram bots can be mentioned from private chats and groups, even when they are not members.
A guest bot can answer questions, fact-check, generate text or images and complete small tasks directly where it was mentioned.
Bots only receive the message where they are tagged and related replies, keeping the rest of the conversation out of scope.
Bots can now respond to other bots, opening the door for automated workflows that chain specialized assistants together.
Developers can build agent-like systems where one bot gathers information, another transforms it and a third posts the result.
Bots can stream responses while they are being generated, which makes long answers feel faster and more natural.
Recent Bot API improvements also make generated responses more efficient and visually smoother.
Users can connect a bot to their profile and allow it to respond on their behalf in selected chats.
The configuration can exclude contacts, limit responses to new chats or use other scoped rules for personal automation.
Users can create custom prompts for the AI text editor, making it easier to standardize posts, announcements or community content.
Each style has a shareable preview link, so teams can distribute the same writing style to multiple editors.
Search now covers a massive library of emoji and stickers created by Telegram users, with keyword support across many languages.
The search system is powered by AI models that label public sticker collections and make them easier to discover.
Polls in groups and channels can show admins an interactive graph with vote activity over time.
The chart becomes available once a poll reaches enough votes to make the trend useful.
Channel admins can limit who participates in polls, including subscriber-only voting or country-based restrictions.
These controls help public communities run polls for the right audience.
Scheduled messages can be delivered silently, so reminders and updates arrive without disturbing the recipient.
The silent option is available when scheduling from the send button.
Group admins can delete reactions from specific users, making moderation easier in large communities.
Admins can also remove all reactions from the same user when cleaning up a thread.
This release includes hundreds of fixes across Telegram apps, based on user reports and platform testing.
The improvements polish performance, interface details and edge cases across supported devices.
May 7, 2026
The Telegram Team



