Telegram messenger has “taken the first step” towards becoming a video platform. me on this one telegram channel wrote the founder of this messenger, entrepreneur Pavel Durov.
According to the businessman, until now, in various chats and channels on Telegram, videos were shown in the format in which they were published. Therefore, users had to wait for gigabytes of information to be downloaded to their phones and for the videos to be fully loaded. The founder of Messenger also emphasized that problems arise even when viewing short entries.
“With today’s update, Telegram servers will compress popular videos to various quality options and optimize them for streaming,” Durov said.
He explained that thanks to this innovation, the messenger will automatically start choosing in what quality to play a particular video. The speed of the Internet connection on each user’s device will play an important role in this process.
8 October Durov statedTelegram will have new features. This includes the ability to view the editing time of posts and, if necessary, send media files after sending the first message.
Previously Telegram messenger extended List of grounds for complaints regarding content in chats and channels.