Telegram updates with 2.0 payments, scheduled voice chat and more

Telegram has become the main focus of the different ways of understanding digital commerce here in Europe. And now with the new update that includes 2.0 payments, the experience will be improved so that third parties can even be included.

Third parties like Stripe has become a benchmark in online payments thanks to the flexibility and ease of integration it allows in online stores. There is more news that caught our attention.

Paid 2.0 for Telegram

In 2017, payments were first added on Telegram. These payment bots have allowed us to do things that were previously unimaginable from a chat app, so now with Payments 2.0 we can accept credit card transactions natively.

There are 8 payment providers here and that is The most famous stripe thanks for being one of the most used in online stores around the world.

Even Telegram allows us to tip when we make payment so that the entire ordering and purchasing process runs in the best possible way. All this without commissions and with an emphasis on confidentiality so as not to store any transaction data.

Another great novelty: programmed voice chats

Besides Telegram’s 2.0 payments, this update brings another very important new feature: scheduled voice conversations. As can happen with the broadcast or premiere of a video on YouTube, the channel or group administrators will be able to create those voice conversations.

On a specific date and time, you can notify all participants of a channel or group a scheduled voice chat. The countdown will appear at the top of the chat as a pinned message.

Telegram allows us to receive notification of the start of voice chat if we do not want to be aware of the chat in question. Yes the the group or channel administrator must start voice chat manually.

How to save all your chats on Telegram

If you want to protect your Telegram chats, you can download a backup of all or only a few by following these steps.

Mini profiles and 2 web applications

A detail that improves the experience of using voice chat has arrived with this new update. You can enlarge profile pictures so that a mini user profile appears which will prevent us from having to press too many keys.

The interesting thing about this novelty is that we can configure our profile information from this mini window that is generated, so everything has been shot perfectly by Telegram with this new update.

Telegram also released two new versions of its web application. You can try them out from here:

These web applications are characterized by the fact that they are supports animated stickers, dark mode, folders and to be completely autonomous. They have more features, so we encourage you to give them a try as they are no larger than 400KB.

Listen to voicemail messages faster on Telegram

If you want voicemail messages someone sent you on Telegram to read twice as fast, there is an easy way to do it.

No more news

A new gesture that we can use from the chat with a friend or family member. We make a pinch on the photo or picture and it will be enlarged so that we have all the control with our fingers.

the double-tap YouTube to skip forward or backward 10 seconds is now available in play mode, so you can do it continuously with a long press.

As a last detail, the new animations appearing in the new version of this chat app we have for android.

How to download the new Telegram update now

A few weeks ago we learned that we can now download the chat app apk with the blue logo from the same website and go through the Google play store. In this case, it seems that the update is not yet available, so you can download the new version from the Telegram website.

Other great Telegram update to keep improving and prove that it is more and more difficult to follow your chat experience.