Bot API 10.3
🔁 Button Revolution
• Buttons can now be placed right inside any rich message – with multiple native styles and custom alignment.
• Out of the box, these buttons support callbacks, Mini Apps, Login URLs, copying text and more.
• Bots can now mark inline buttons as disabled.
👻 Ephemeral Messages
• Bots can now replace their messages with an ephemeral overlay, then edit it with rich co…
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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…
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Bot API 10.1
📝 Markup Revolution
This update introduces native text styling tools to enable richly formatted messages in any chat. Bots can now deliver highly structured content like business reports or media slideshows, while AI agents can seamlessly stream complex replies in real time.
Supported formats include:
• Multi-level headings, paragraphs and dividers.
• Lists and task lists – with supp…
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…
🦀 AI Agents and Bot-to-Bot Communication
Historically, bot-to-bot interaction was restricted on Telegram to prevent infinite message loops.
Starting today, in specific contexts, Bot-to-Bot communication is allowed – unlocking complex agentic flows and AI-powered use cases.
Out of the box, this feature will work in groups and via business mode. To start using it, simply enable the Bot-to-Bot Commu…
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…
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…
Bot API 9.4
🎨 Custom Emoji and Buttons
• Bots can now use custom emoji in outgoing messages if their owner has Telegram Premium.
• Keyboard and inline buttons now support background colors and custom emoji.
💬 Private Chat Topics
• Bots can now create new topics in 1-on-1 chats.
• Via the BotFather Mini App, bot owners can also prevent users from creating or deleting topics.
🤖 Profile Info
• Bots…
Bot API 9.3
💪 AI Revolution
This release comes with new tools and native interfaces to easily integrate modern LLMs and AI features.
• Introduced topics in 1-on-1 chats, letting users organize bot chats into easily accessible threads.
• Topics in private chats support all send and forward methods, including chat actions.
• Out of the box, bots can edit or delete private chat topics, manage pinned…
Bot API 9.2
📭 Direct Messages in Channels
• Introduced Channel Direct Messages Chats, allowing bots to send and detect Direct Messages in channels they manage.
• Bots can now identify direct messages chats and their parent channel.
• Bots now additionally receive topic metadata for direct messages.
⭐️ Suggested Posts
• Introduced full support for Suggested Posts in channels, unlocking granular au…
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