TGBlogLeaks

https://telegram.org/blog/communities-editor-invisible-messages

Bot API 10.2 👻 Ephemeral Messages • Bots can now send ephemeral group messages that are visible only to a specific user – ideal for welcome messages, whispers, summaries and more. • Out of the box, ephemeral messages support most media types. • Bot commands can now be marked as ephemeral, letting users discretely reach out to bots in groups. • Bots can easily reply to ephemeral messages or delete them before they expire. 📝 Rich Messages • Bots can now build outgoing rich messages directly from structured entity blocks, as an alternative to Markdown or HTML. • Rich messages using Markdown or HTML can now explicitly attach embedded media like photos, videos, animations and more. 💬 Communities • Introduced initial support for Communities — several groups, channels, and bots linked together around a shared topic or audience. • Bots can already check which Community a chat belongs to and detect relevant service messages. • And more, see the full changelog for details: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#july-14-2026 ⚠ Warning: Starting July 20, 2026, Mini App methods will be restricted to the respective Mini App domain. Developers can opt out through the @BotFather Mini App. Read more here.

Bot API 10.0 Today's update reshapes how bots communicate on Telegram – unlocking cooperative multi-bot agentic flows, seamless integration in any chat, granular access controls and more. 🦀 Guest Mode and Agentic Flows • Introduced guest mode, allowing bots to easily participate in any chat without joining it. • Users can summon up to 3 guest bots per message – unlocking complex agentic flows in any chat. Guest bots receive only relevant messages and can inspect caller context or send replies. • Bots can now message each other by username if they enable bot-to-bot communication. • Account automation via Business Bots no longer requires a Premium subscription. • Business Bots can now interact with other bots on behalf of the user. 🛡 Chat Management • Admin bots can now remove individual message reactions, clear all recent reactions from a user or restrict them from issuing more. • The list of chat admins can now optionally return bot administrators. 🚶 Live Photos • Introduced support for live photos – images enhanced with short built-in motion and sound. • Bots can now detect, download and send live photos to any chat, including as paid media. 📊 Polls • Bots can now detect and attach media in both polls and individual poll options. • Polls can now be limited to existing chat members or voters from specific countries. ✈ General • Users can now set a granular access whitelist for their bot via @BotFather, while Manager Bots can set one via the API. • Bots can now fetch recent messages from the channel pinned to a user's profile. • And more, see the full changelog for details: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#may-8-2026

https://core.telegram.org/bots/features#guest-bots

https://telegram.org/blog/ai-bot-revolution-11-new-features

Bot API 9.6 🦀 Managed Bots • Manager bots are used to bootstrap and control other bots on behalf of their owners – easily orchestrating any number of AI agents, Business Accounts and custom tools. • Out of the box, manager bots can prompt users to create a bot in one tap and easily fetch their token to start piloting them. 📊 Poll Revolution • Polls now support multiple correct answers, re-issuing votes, hidden results and richly formatted descriptions. • Poll options now have persistent ids and can be shuffled or dynamically added by users. • Bots can now additionally reply to a specific poll option. ✈ General • Mini Apps can now natively request users, chats and managed bots in one tap via prepared keybord buttons. • Expanded support for date and time entities in checklists, quotes and gift texts. • And more, see the full changelog for details: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#april-3-2026

https://telegram.org/blog/ai-editor-mighty-polls-and-more

Bot API 9.5 🗓 Date and Time Formatting • Introduced date and time formatting, allowing bots to show a formatted date and time to the user. • Out-of-the-box support for relative times, localized weekdays and more. 👑 Custom Member Tags • Introduced support for custom group member tags. • Bots can now detect member tags, assign them, or allow admins to manage them. 📝 Message Streaming • With today's update, every bot on Telegram can freely use the message streaming feature. • And more, see the full changelog for details: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#march-1-2026