Last Updated: June 27, 2023, 13:52 IST
Stories have been an enormous hit on most social media platforms
The non-public messaging app will present the Stories in your profile picture with an lively ring identical to different social media apps.
Telegram Founder and CEO Pavel Durov on Tuesday launched a brand new ‘Stories’ characteristic and stated will probably be obtainable in early July.
“For years, our customers have been asking us to implement Stories in Telegram. More than half of all characteristic requests that we obtain are associated to Stories,” Durov posted on his Telegram channel.
Users will be able to choose who can see their stories with granular precision — Everyone, only their contacts (with exceptions), a few selected contacts or a list of Close Friends.
Users will also be able to hide stories posted by any contact by moving them to the ‘Hidden’ list in the Contacts section instead of the main screen.
In addition to using photo and video-editing tools, users will be able to provide captions for their stories to add more context or links and tag other people.
“Building on the success of Telegram’s Video Messages, we’re adding the option to post photos and videos taken by the front and the rear cameras simultaneously,” Durov stated.
Moreover, customers can have the power to decide on when a narrative expires- in six, 12, 24, or 48 hours- or in the event that they wish to completely show tales on the profile web page, with particular person privateness settings for every.
“Speaking of channels, they’ll profit from extra publicity and subscribers: as soon as we launch the power to repost messages from channels to tales, going viral on Telegram will develop into rather a lot simpler,” Durov added.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – IANS)
