Telegram Business
• Bots can now manage private chats of Telegram Business subscribers who connect them to their account – check out BusinessConnection.
• Connected bots will receive updates about new messages, message edits and deletions in business chats they manage.
• Added the parameter
business_connection_id to most send methods – to send messages on behalf of business users.• Bots can now see business account details, such as their intro, opening hours and location.
Request Names, Usernames and Photos
• Bots can now request names, usernames and photos via new fields in the KeyboardButtonRequestUsers class.
• Likewise, bots can now use KeyboardButtonRequestChat to request chats' titles, usernames and photos.
Stickers
• Introduced support for mixed-format sticker packs.
• Regular sticker sets now support up to 120 stickers.
• Bots can now upload WEBM stickers using sendSticker.
• Simplified sticker replacement via the new replaceStickerInSet method.
General
• Mini Apps now support biometric authentication.
• The Chat class may now contain the user's birthday and personal channel.
• And more, see the full changelog for details:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#march-31-2024
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