The Most Helpful Telegram Features

10.09.2023

Telegram is not only one of the most popular messengers in the world but also a full-fledged tool for work among a huge number of users. Speed, convenience, reliability — the messaging service has long established itself on the market. But not all users know about half of the useful and interesting features of the app, installed on your smartphone for the sake of chatting with relatives or sending funny stickers to friends. Here are useful features of Telegram that you probably didn't know about.

Sending anonymous messages in Telegram is possible only for administrators of groups and channels, be this a group about 20Bet live betting or beauty trends. In this case, the owner will write on behalf of the group or channel, and the signature with the author's name won't appear in the chat window. To do this, you need to enable the anonymity preservation function in the group administrators' rights settings, and in case of channels — disable message signing.

If you want to send anonymous messages to other users, you can use a few tricks:

• Hide your number and any other profile information in the "Privacy" settings. There you can also customize the visibility of your online activity and more.
• Hide the sender's name when forwarding an existing message by clicking on the message itself in the forwarding window and selecting the desired action.

In these cases, the recipient will only see your nickname, which can be absolutely any, and won't be able to see the name of the author of the forwarded message.

Sending a self-destructing or disappearing photo, as well as a message or video is possible in secret Telegram chats. To do this, you first need to create a secret chat, set an interval for automatic deletion and choose what you want to send — photos, messages or videos will disappear after the timer is set. If your conversation partner takes a screenshot, you will receive a notification.

In Telegram, you can actually read a message without notifying your interlocutor about it, without entering the chat or group. To do this, just hold your finger on the desired chat, open the preview window and read the message in this window. If you have already read the message but want to leave it unread to return to it later, holding your finger on the selected chat will mark it as new.

Telegram has a built-in image editor, the functionality of which can be enough for both basic photo processing (like cropping or alignment) and more serious, including adjusting shadows, background blurring or color tone curves. To do this, when sending a photo or picture, look at the bottom of the screen and select one of the desired actions.

Few people know, but in Telegram there is a function of translation of messages. To activate it, you need to go to the application settings, then to the "Language" section and enable the display of the "Translate" button. There you can also choose which languages should not be translated. Then you have to go to any chat, select the desired message and press "Translate" in the drop-down menu.

If you are lost or want to be found faster, then instead of sending photos or videos of the nearest buildings and long explanations, you can send a specific location. All you have to do is click on the "paperclip" in the sending menu, but instead of photos, select the "Geoposition" section. Then you can choose to send a geoposition with an accuracy of up to 10 meters, real-time display or any location from the list of recently visited places.