The battle between internet messengers saw a lot of action in 2020 as more people began to communicate with friends and colleagues during the Covid-19 led lockdown. With Facebook powering WhatsApp and Messenger, Telegram could not be left behind, as it has shown by launching voice chat rooms. After launching video calls and a host of emojis in August, Telegram's new group voice chats allow users to engage seamlessly while working on other in-app activities in parallel. So any Telegram user can now use this new feature as a voice chat room. In a blog post, a Telegram says that while the latest feature isn't just for group calls, they could achieve similar goals. Voice chats work alongside existing text editions, giving users the ability to chat live with friends, family, or co-workers. They can receive or cancel these calls at will. Since voice chats are a side activity to texting, the goal is to add another layer of "group ephemeral chat" that gives users the ability to join the voice whenever they want, while still keeping things running. . 'other activities such as browsing. conversations, texting and/or media. Voice conversations can be muted via the phone's microphone controls. Therefore, if a user joins a business conversation via voice chat, they may be briefly interrupted to answer a call or other activity and return to it later. Interestingly, his blog says the feature would be perfect for carols, which saw a slight drop off due to physical distancing standards.
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In some ways, the video chat features remind us of Discord, the community-focused instant messaging and digital distribution platform. So any Telegram group can become a permanent voice chat room. And groups that have one of these rooms display a bar at the top that tells members who is currently speaking. On-screen microphone controls allow users to perform various functions such as end conversations, mute and unmute, etc. Android users have a system-wide floating widget that displays microphone controls while the app is running in the background. Users can also invite members to such groups, and Telegram says that a few thousand can actively participate in such rooms. The new group voice chat feature has been rolled out to the Telegram app on Android and iOS. In addition, it would also be available on the desktop, as well as in the native macOS application.
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(Image credit: Telegram) But that's not all that Telegram has brought in its twelfth update this year. Other additions include the ability for users to move app data from internal storage options to external storage options, such as SD cards. There are also a bunch of updated animations for the message button, chat folders, and more in the Android version. Telegram claims that animated stickers will deliver 180 infinite resolution image animations in less than 50KB, which would make them faster than before. Another welcome feature in Telegram is that users can edit a picture they received via messenger, while iOS users can allow Siri to read incoming messages out loud on their headphones. The company said that most of these features have started rolling out and will be completed sooner rather than later.