Latest Telegram Update Uncaps Number of Live Video Stream Viewers

[MacRumors]

Telegram Messenger has received a major update that expands support for live video streams, allowing streams to be watched by an unlimited number of viewers.

Version 8 of the popular messaging platform uncaps the previous live stream audience limit of 1,000 viewers for groups and channels, and includes more customization options when forwarding messages, plus a shortcut to switch between channels.

The change makes the previous update that brought group video calls all the more powerful for live broadcasts. "The power to run your own TV station is here, right in your pocket," says Telegram in a blog post, underlining the possibilities.

When forwarding messages, there's a new option to remove captions, and sender names can now be hidden. Meanwhile, at the bottom of a text channel, there's a new option to quickly swipe up and jump to the next unread channel.

This update also makes stickers easier to find, with trending stickers now shown above the "Recently Used" sticker panel, and there's now an unread messages counter in comment threads.

Telegram is a free download for iPhone and iPad from the App Store. [Direct Link]

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[Bustycat]

Hope that Telegram can merge the two macOS clients into a single but better one in the future.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

As a fan of ape-reptilian chat shows, I shall be more than happy to download.

 

[Airforcekid]

Telegram is a great WhatsApp replacement still sticking with Signal for day to day stuff.

 

[Victor Mortimer]

Oh good. Now they can spread their idiotic conspiracy theories that are killing people even more.

 

[katbel]

Can’t a message app stay just a message app ?!

 

[larrylaffer]

Oh good. Now they can spread their idiotic conspiracy theories that are killing people even more.

Telegram is spreading conspiracy theories? Or conspiracy theorists are using Telegram? There's a difference.

If those whackos are using it for these things, that could be seen as a testament to the security of the platform.

 

[mannyvel]

It should be painfully obvious by now that there are substantial flaws in the idea of Direct Democracy. "A bathing ape" is probably a more apt description of our fellow humans than various historical figures would like to admit.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

It should be painfully obvious by now that there are substantial flaws in the idea of Direct Democracy.

I dunno. I quite like the cut of that ape's jib.

 

[mymacrumorsname]

Unlimited? Like 8 billion participants and even more? Wowsy. I guess limits will be reached due to unavailable bandwidth much sooner.

 

[peneaux]

Oh good. Now they can spread their idiotic conspiracy theories that are killing people even more.

people should post only things that align with your POV right?

 

[star-affinity]

Oh good. Now they can spread their idiotic conspiracy theories that are killing people even more.

I thought it was The Internet™ that's spreading conspiracy theories.

 

[MacBH928]

Telegram is spreading conspiracy theories? Or conspiracy theorists are using Telegram? There's a difference.

If those whackos are using it for these things, that could be seen as a testament to the security of the platform.

Telegram is even worse than whatsapp... it does not encrypt the messages unless you ask it to AKA Telegram employees can read everything.

 

[TimFL1]

Unlimited? Like 8 billion participants and even more? Wowsy. I guess limits will be reached due to unavailable bandwidth much sooner.

I think Telegram is doing distributed / p2p streams so it barely puts strain on their server infrastructure. Boils down to how congested your network is though (and that of the nodes you pingpong with).