Telegram’s big update: a built-in AI text editor, 10 new voting features, and bots that can manage bots

Telegram released a new version on March 31, bringing multiple AI-driven feature upgrades. Below is the full breakdown of this update:

AI text editor: rewrite, translate, and fix with two taps

The most talked-about new feature is an AI text editor built into the message input field, supported by Telegram’s own Cocoon AI. When the input text is more than 3 lines, an “Ai” icon will appear next to the “Send” button—tap it to:

Fix grammar errors

Rewrite in different styles (Formal, Short, Tribal, Corp, Zen, Biblical, Viking)

Translate into other languages, and you can also apply specific styles during translation

Telegram emphasizes that this feature uses Cocoon’s privacy network for processing, running computations in secure environments with zero access to user data.

More than 10 new voting features

The voting feature has received a comprehensive upgrade, including:

Add media or locations to questions and options

Add a question description field

Allow users to add new options during an ongoing poll proposal

Show the voters next to each option

Lock the poll (no re-voting allowed) to ensure results remain fixed

Randomly order options for each user

Set a poll time limit

Hide results before the time is up

The poll creator can view results without voting

Group and channel profile pages also add dedicated poll tags, making it easier to find ongoing and ended polls.

Platform-wide support for Live Photo and Motion Photo

Telegram now natively supports iOS Live Photos and Android Motion Photos, allowing dynamic photos to be viewed normally across Telegram apps on all platforms. Before sending, in the media editor you can choose one of three playback modes: Live (play once when enabled), Loop (continuous loop), and Bounce (forward-backward loop).

Managed Bots: bots can be created and managed by other bots

Telegram Bot API adds the Managed Bots feature, allowing bots to create and manage other bots on behalf of users. This means developers can deploy their own bots easily through AI bots without writing code. Telegram’s official site provides detailed developer documentation for reference.

iOS document scanning + unofficial app security warning

Telegram for iOS adds a document scanning feature, letting you scan documents with the camera and automatically remove the background, crop, and convert them into PDF, supporting multi-page merging into a single file. Operation path: tap the attachment menu → Files → Scan documents.

In addition, Telegram also added another security measure: for users of third-party (unofficial) Telegram apps, when others view their profiles, they will see a security prompt warning that the encryption level of the warning message may be lower. Telegram’s official apps are open source and provide verifiable build versions.

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