Telegram's latest update lets you hide photos and videos behind a spoiler filter

• Telegram's latest update introduces new privacy features and emoji packs.
• The messaging app also adds new ways to make your profile photo visible only to your contacts while setting a separate public profile photo.
• You can also auto-delete media and documents from your phone's storage and re-download them when necessary.
• Additionally, Telegram introduces new drawing and text tools along with other minor features.

Telegram introduced a ton of new features that enhance your privacy and overall experience in the app, along with minor updates like fun new emojis as well as improved drawing and text tools in Telegram's last year.

Telegram's feature pack has recently added hidden media, which is something you won't find in other messaging apps. If you want to drum up excitement as family members open a picture of your gifts for them, you can hide a photo or video behind a spoiler filter. A single tap will reveal the picture.

Telegram introduced a way to hide text in messages in time for the New Year's celebrations in 2022. You can use the most recent feature to obscure sensitive media.

It's possible to make Telegram's files disappear from your phone's storage. You can remove media from private chats with the latest update. Certain conversations that matter to you can be exceptions.

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You can see the things that take up the most space. New tabs for media, files, and music can be used to clear space.

You can re-download Telegram files whenever you need to. The messaging service already allows you to set a maximum cache size and have unused items deleted, but the new feature gives you more control over your phone's storage.

More privacy options

Telegram has added a way to keep your profile photo out of the public eye while setting a separate photo for public view. It's possible to hide your image from everyone except a few people.

Setting a profile picture for any of your contacts is also possible. Only you can see the photo you have assigned to them. If you want to suggest the same picture to them, you can.

Telegram groups that manage more than 100 members now have a new feature that makes it easier to hide the members list. Anyone can send unwanted messages to group members who post a message in the community.

Minor changes to the app were also snuck in. A blur effect to hide sensitive data is one of the new drawing and text tools.

Adding text to an image or video can now be adjusted in a number of ways. Even if you aren't a Premium user, you can add animated emoji to text.

New animations have been added for when you jump to a reply in a crowded chat as well as to other pages in the app. Premium users can get 10 new packs of custom animation.

"Topics" is now available for all groups. The feature used to only apply to large groups.

Telegram's way of ending the year in style is the latest update, and it's worth a try.

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