Telegram Tips

Creating Affiliate Programs. Bots and mini apps can host affiliate programs – a transparent way to quickly scale with organic growth from user referrals.

Developers set a custom commission rate and duration for their affiliate program – dictating what percentage affiliates will receive from qualifying purchases, and for how long.

To start an affiliate program, open the profile page of your mini app, then tap Edit > Affiliate Program.

For more information on creating and managing affiliate programs, see our detailed guide.

Affiliate Programs. Any Telegram user can earn Stars by joining affiliate programs launched by developers.

In Settings > My Stars you can explore the list of available programs and sort them by their start date, total revenue or potential profit.

Tap a program to join it and generate your unique referral link to share with other users. Each time someone you referred makes a purchase in the mini app, you will receive a percentage of the Stars used.

More details on affiliate programs can be found in this guide.

Mini Apps: Media Sharing. Media and files can be shared directly from mini apps – sending referral codes, custom memes and more to any chat.

Mini Apps: Creating Files. Mini apps are able to generate files and media that you can save to your device or share to other chats.

Mini Apps: Setting Emoji Status. Premium users can set an emoji status inside mini apps – or give apps permission to automatically change their status.

Mini apps can also integrate APIs from other services – updating your status when you're in a game 🎮 or watching a movie 🍿.

Similarly, location permissions can be used to instantly change your status from at work 💼 to on vacation 🧳.

Mini Apps: Gifts from Apps. Mini apps can use Telegram Stars on their balance to send gifts to users – for notable achievements and milestones.

Mini Apps: Geolocation Access. You can choose to share your location with mini apps – allowing developers to make location-based games with points of interest or interactive maps for events.

Access to location data is disabled by default – you must specifically give permission to each individual mini app in order to share your location.

Mini Apps: Home Screen Shortcuts. Mini apps allow users to place direct shortcuts to specific apps on the home screen of their device.

Tapping a shortcut instantly opens its mini app in Telegram – to access your favorite games and services even faster.

Mini Apps: Motion Tracking. Developers can use motion information from devices to add unique controls to games or build immersive VR experiences.

Mini Apps: Full-Screen Mode. Mini apps are able to use the entire screen in portrait or landscape orientation.

Full-Screen Mode is supported in both Telegram's desktop apps and mobile apps – allowing for powerful games and interactive media on every platform.

Chat-Specific Hashtags. Groups and channels can use the format #hashtag@username for hashtags to make their content more accessible.

These hashtags automatically filter search results when tapped and only show posts and stories from the specified chat.

Last Edit Timestamps. Edited messages show a timestamp, displaying when the message was last edited.

Messages in private chats and small groups also display detailed read receipts.

Add Media to Sent Messages. Messages sent without an attachment can be edited to add media and files – from any of your devices.

You can also edit sent media to re-edit photos or replace media in a message.

Adjust Video Playback Speed. While watching a video, press and hold to quickly speed up playback – and slide right to gradually increase the speed up to 3x.

You can also set videos to always play at any speed from 0.2x to 2.5x by tapping the ⚙️ gear icon in the video player.

Optimized Videos in Channels. In large channels, Telegram optimizes videos when they are posted – offering subscribers multiple quality settings for the video.

This allows channel owners to post videos in better quality – without impacting subscribers on weaker connections.

Dynamic Video Quality. In large channels, the video player automatically selects a quality level based on your connection – saving data and loading videos faster.

You can also manually select your preferred quality level – High, Medium or Low. To adjust video quality, tap the ⚙️ gear icon in the video player.

Detailed User Reports. If you come across a message that violates Telegram's Terms of Service, you can quickly report it to our moderators from any Telegram app.

To report a message, tap on Android, hold on iOS or right-click on Desktop and Web.

The reporting menu has detailed options for every category – improving reports for moderators and helping scale Telegram's AI moderation tools.

Verification Platform. Any business, app or website can use Telegram to send verification codes to their users – for just $0.01 per message.

Users receive verification codes for other apps in a special chat called 'Verification Codes' – where they can copy the code in one tap.

Telegram codes are also faster, more secure and more reliable than other services. Interested developers can learn more in our detailed guide.

More information on verification via Telegram is also available in our FAQ.

Gifts. Users can send gifts to each other – celebrating holidays and achievements with animated artwork and custom messages.

Gifts are purchased with Telegram Stars – recipients can choose to display gifts on their profile or convert them back to Stars for their own balance.

To send a gift, open the user's profile and tap ➕/➕> Send a Gift. When sending a gift you can hide your name – making it so only the recipient is able to see who sent it.

Instant View for Telegram Browser. Any site you open in the Telegram Browser can be converted to Instant View – optimizing articles into a lightweight layout.

To convert a page, open the browser settings ➕➕ and select 'Instant View' or 'Show Instant View'.