⭐️ Custom Emoji. Premium users can include 😎 unique animated emoji in messages and captions to add even more expression to chats.

Open the 🙂 emoji tab of the 🏷 sticker panel to browse your packs or add new ones. You can tap a message to view and add the packs it's using (press and hold on iOS).

Emoji are an open platform – anyone can upload custom packs with their artwork. All users can 🤓 see any custom emoji and use them in their Saved Messages.

Interactive Custom Emoji. Many custom emoji are also interactive when sent in 1-on-1 chats – anyone can ❤️ tap to play synchronized full-screen effects.

Try it with common emotions like 😂😍😁😱👍🥳🔥 and more.

All custom emoji are included in emoji suggestions – you’ll also see suggestions from your custom packs after typing static emoji.

⭐️ Restrict Voice Messages. Premium subscribers can control who is able to send them voice and video messages.

Like other privacy settings, this supports exceptions – choose specific people or groups with different permissions.

The 🎤 voice and 📷 video buttons fade out for anyone who you don’t allow, letting them know you prefer text.

⭐️ Gifting Telegram Premium. Anyone with Premium can send a prepaid subscription for 3, 6 or 12 months to another user – at a discount.

Open a user’s profile, tap ➕ or ➕ and choose Send a Gift > Gift Premium. The subscription will instantly arrive as a special animated message in your chat with that user.

⭐️ Emoji Statuses. Show what you’re up to with Telegram Premium – replacing your ⭐️ badge with an unlimited number of emoji options.

Statuses appear in chats and interfaces throughout the app, letting others know that you’re at work 👨‍💻 in class 🧑‍🎓 and more 🏖️

Tap your badge in the chat list or Settings to add a status, and hold an emoji to set the status for a specific duration.

⭐️ Transcribe Video Messages. Premium users can tap the →A button next to video messages or voice messages to generate a transcription of its audio.

After transcribing, you can switch back to the video view by tapping the 🔼 button.

Spoiler Media. Photos and videos can be sent with a shimmering spoiler effect in any chat – hiding the contents until your recipient taps to view it.

To apply spoiler effects, select your media in the 📎 attachment menu, tap ➕ or ➕ and Hide With Spoiler.

You can also apply the same spoiler effect to text in messages or captions.

Storage Usage. Telegram needs zero extra space to run on your device. You can clear cached media from your phone, while keeping it in your chats – ready to be re-downloaded at any time.

Just head to Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Usage and try one (or all 💪) of these options:

1) Set up Auto-Remove to clear cached media after a certain period with separate settings for Private Chats, Groups and Channels – and exceptions for individual chats.

2) Set a maximum cache size – if your cache reaches this limit, the oldest media will be removed.

3) Find the largest media items with dedicated tabs and detailed pie charts and manually clear them from your cache or select specific chats that take too much space.