Telegram launched a brand new replace on Frida,y simply someday after Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov stated the replace had been in Apple’s app assessment for 2 weeks with out rationalization. The replace is filled with emoji-related options, however one is lacking as a result of Apple particularly requested its elimination, based on Durov.
“After in depth media protection of my earlier submit, Apple obtained again to us with a requirement to water down our pending Telegram replace by eradicating Telemoji — greater high quality vector-animated variations of the usual emoji,” Durov wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday. “It is a puzzling transfer on Apple’s behalf, as a result of Telemoji would have introduced a whole new dimension to its static low-resolution emoji and would have considerably enriched their ecosystem.”
You’ll be able to see the Telemoji in a brief video included with Durov’s submit (and I’ve made a GIF of the video he shared). Personally, I feel the Telemoji appear to be quite a lot of enjoyable — I like how they add some life to static emoji faces I’ve gotten fairly conversant in. However I’m guessing Apple took concern with one other firm modifying its designs on this approach, which is perhaps why it requested Telegram to take away Telemoji from the replace. Apple and Telegram didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The replace is loaded with different new emoji enhancements, although. Customers who subscribe to Telegram’s recently-launched $4.99 Premium service will be capable to add and use customized emoji in chats with associates, and Telegram is providing 10 customized packs with greater than 500 emoji to start out. Free customers will be capable to see any of the animated emoji and use them of their saved messages.
Telegram has additionally up to date the sticker panel on iOS by creating separate tabs for stickers, GIFs, and emoji, like what you is perhaps conversant in in Telegram on Android, desktop, or the net. You’ll be able to learn the total listing of updates in Telegram’s weblog submit.
There are extra enhancements on the way in which. In “a couple of weeks,” Telegram will let customers add any customized emoji as a message response, Durov says, although this will likely be a Premium-only function to start out. I’m of the opinion that emoji reactions are literally good — the extra methods to make use of emoji, the higher.