Top 10 Telegram Secrets

 

Telegram is one of the social media platforms that most people in the world use today. But Many People don't know much about what this can do. Then let's see if you know these telegram tricks.

1.separate your work & and personal chats with folder.

Do you know that the personal and work chat on your telegram can separate other folders?

Step 1: Go to settings > chat folders > create new folder.

Step 2: Apple users can also directly edit folders by tapping and holding the chat icon at the bottom of the screen.

And if you want to send an uncompressed picture or video from its original file size, you can select send as file from the three dots when you select the attachment.

2. Add animated hearts & confetti to your video messages

You can send animated hearts, confetti, rain, clouds by showing different types of hand signs during a video call on telegram like snapchat.

Step 1: Click on the video message button and slide your finger up – this will allow you to record with both hands free.

Step 2: Hold up a hand sign and wait for your camera to detect it.

Step 3: Press the “stop” button to stop recording, then the “arrow” button to send the video message.

Here are those hand signs,

Hearts: Use 2 hands to make a heart shape. 🫶
Laser beams: Make the rock on sign with both hands. 🤘🤘
Thumbs Up/Down: Use 1 hand to do a thumbs up or thumbs down sign. 👍👎
Fireworks: Show thumbs up on both hands. 👍👍
Rain clouds: Show thumbs down on both hands. 👎👎
Balloons: Use 1 hand to show a peace sign. ✌️
Confetti: Show the peace sign on both hands. ✌️✌️

Unfortunately, it's still only available for apple iOS 17. Let's see if android users will find this.

3. Stop getting added into spam chat groups

If you want to stop adding to the spam chat group, you can make it up with these settings.

Step 1: Go to settings > Privacy & Security > Groups
Step 2: Under “who can add me”, select “my contacts"

4. Hide your ‘last seen’ status from selected contacts

This way you can make your last seen not only visible to selected chats,

Step 1: Go to Settings > Privacy & Security
Step 2: Click ‘Last Seen’ and select an option under ‘Who Can See My Timestamp’
Step 3: To disable last seen from specific contacts, click ‘Never Share With’ and select contacts

5. Set a Telegram passcode to keep kaypoh people away

If you want to sneak a chat with someone, put a passcode on the chat like this,

Step 1: Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Passcode Lock > Turn Passcode On
Step 2: Apple users have the option of Touch ID

6. Watch YouTube/Vimeo videos & chat at the same time

If your friend sends you a video like YouTube/Vimeo, you can chat with your friend as soon as you watch it. This is very valuable.

Step 1: Click on the thumbnail of the video link
Step 2: Select the ‘fullscreen’ icon to watch in fullscreen within the app itself
Step 3: If you want to chat at the same time, click the ‘picture-in-picture’ icon.

And as soon as you're on a chat with your friend, you can send him/her gif/YouTube search. If you want to send a gif, you have to type @gif and if you want a YouTube video, you @youtube.

7. Edit your messages after sent it.

After you send a message to someone and you think it's not right again, you can edit it again. A lot of people know this.

8. Create supergroups of up to 200,000 members

This is one of the most valuable features on any other platform. Your telegram group can now add up to 200,000 members. This is very valuable to a business person. And once a lot of messages come and your app can stop slowing down once you keep the group's slow mode on. You can also create and share your group's polls and quizzes.

9. Edit your photos Snapchat-style before sending them

Do you know your photos can be edited the same way as Snapchat through this telegram app. It's worth it too.. 

Step 1: Attach/take a photo in the Telegram app
Step 2: Click the sticker icon
Step 3: Select preferred mask and it will detect the facial features and auto-align it

10. Play Cards Against Humanity or Werewolf with friends

You look bored. It would have been nice to play a game. But who are you playing with? Don't worry, let's play a card game on telegram. If you like with a friend or a computer. Not only card games, but many other games can be played on this telegram.

Emoji games – send the basketball, soccer, darts, dice or slot machine emojis to test your luck
Quizarium
Unobot
Cards Against Humanity
Poker
Blackjack
Hang-Man
Sudoku
Werewolf

Look at how many types of games there are. Now find it this way.

Step 1: Type [name of game] in the search bar
Step 2: Send the message /start to the bot
Step 3: Add the bot into a Telegram group with your friends
Step 4: Follow instructions given by the bot, on how to proceed with game.

Bonus Tips,

11. Crete aa custom sticker pack to troll your friend.

Let's make your friend's custom sticker and troll his friend a little. Make it this way.

Step 1: Type @stickers in the search bar
Step 2: Send the message /newpack to the bot
Step 3: Send a message of what you want the sticker pack to be named
Step 4: Upload the image you want to convert into a sticker
Step 5: The image file should be in PNG format with a transparent layer and must fit into a 512×512 square (one of the sides must be 512px and the other 512px or less).

But before sending your photo to the bot, make sure it's as it's listed below,

- Save image and open in Preview, for Mac users, or any other photo editing app.
- Using the markup tool, pick the smart lasso option and trace the photo accordingly and crop.
- Go to www.garyshood.com to resize and convert image to 512×512 in PNG format.
- Send to the @stickers bot as a file NOT a photo.

12. chat with someone even if you don’t have their number.

You can't find the number of someone you need in an emergency. Don't worry, you can type the person's username on the search bar and find him. Unlike any other platform, telegram uses users' phone number and username for a chat. That's why we got this feature.