Telegram Stories feature is coming in July 2023: Here’s the first look

Telegram is one of the most popular messaging platforms. Since its initial version, Telegram always remains feature-packed and became an inspiration for competitors. Well, this time, Telegram is about to copy the Stories feature to the platform, which will roll out in July 2023.

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram confirmed that the Stories will be launching soon in the Telegram way. At the same time, Durov shared graphics showcasing the final testing variant of the Telegram Stories feature on an iOS device, which could release in July 2023.

Through his Telegram channel post, Durov quoted that for years, users have been asking the team to implement Stories in Telegram. More than half of all feature requests that we receive are related to Stories. Initially, they were against this since Stories are already everywhere.

Telegram wouldn’t be Telegram if we didn’t listen to our users and didn’t innovate on existing formats.

The ability to save your stories to the profile page will make Telegram profiles more informative and colorful. You will not only be able to explore more content from your closest contacts but finally discover more information about users you connect with in groups or channel comments.

Stories are in their last testing phase and will become available in early July 2023.

First look at Telegram Stories

Telegram Stories Features

• Privacy. You will be able to define who can see each of your stories with granular precision: Everyone, only your contacts (with exceptions), a few selected contacts, or a list of Close Friends.
• Compact UI. Stories will be placed in an expandable section at the top of your chat list, which makes them easily accessible without taking away valuable space.
• Flexibility. It will be easy to hide Stories posted by any contact, moving them to the ‘Hidden’ list in your Contacts section instead of the main screen.
• Captions. In addition to making use of dozens of powerful photo and video-editing tools, you will be able to provide captions for your stories to add more context or links and tag other people.
• Dual Camera Support. 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.
• Optional Ephemerality. You’ll be able to choose when a story expires – in 6, 12, 24, or 48 hours – or permanently display stories on your profile page, with individual privacy settings for each.
• More suprises!

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