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Velocity0.0

Messaging and video calling platform with channels and bots

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Telegram's agent platform adds AI group admins, Communities and a rich text editor.

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◆Current state
Telegram keeps shipping large bundled updates every four to eight weeks. Since the May release of guest AI bots and bot-to-bot chats, it has added AI Guardians that screen new group members, smartwatch apps, a rich text editor that can also generate text, Communities linking groups, channels and bots, and Welcome Messages with buttons inside messages.
◆Where it's heading
The bot platform is still the direction, and recent updates give bots more formal roles. AI Guardians put automated admins in charge of group entry, rich text for bots improves their output, and Communities give bots a place alongside groups and channels. Consumer polish still ships in the same bundles.
◆Prediction
Expect the next bundle to extend automated group moderation or bot permissions. Paid access for guest AI bots is plausible, but no entry shows it yet.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2mo ago

    Welcome Messages, Buttons in Messages and Signed Gifts

    Welcome Messages, Buttons in Messages, Inline Documents and Signed Gifts make groups and channels easier to run. Interactive buttons extend what ordinary messages can do, which also suits automated flows.

  2. 3mo ago

    Rich Text Editor, Communities, Ephemeral Messages in Groups, 350 Million GIFs

    A rich text editor that formats and generates text, Communities linking groups, channels and bots, and ephemeral messages in groups. Communities is the structural piece, giving bots a defined place beside human spaces.

  3. 5mo ago

    Smartwatch Apps, Rich Text for Bots, AI Guardians for Groups, and Much More

    Smartwatch apps, rich text for bots, and AI Guardians that screen new group members. Handing admins' entry checks to AI is the step that continues the agent arc from May.

  4. 6mo ago

    Guest AI Bots, Bot-to-Bot Chats, Chat Automation, Custom AI Styles, 100M+ Emoji & Sticker Search and Much More

    ⚡ SPARK

    Guest AI bots can be pulled into any chat, bots can now talk to other bots, and chat automation lets those interactions run without a human in the loop. This is the clearest step yet in converting Telegram's bot API from a messaging integration into an agent orchestration layer.

  5. 7mo ago

    AI Editor, Mighty Polls, Live Photos, Bots Managed by Bots, and More

    An AI Editor for two-tap text translation and rewriting, richer polls, live photos, and the first pass at bots managing other bots. The bot-management piece reads as groundwork for the bot-to-bot chats that landed in May.

  6. 7mo ago

    AI Editor, Mighty Polls, Live Photos, Bots Managed by Bots, and More

    A duplicate row for the same March release covered above, captured from the feed a few hours apart. No distinct content; the release itself is classified on the canonical entry.