Telegram X: January Update

Brief overview of new features available on Telegram X for Android.

Visible Votes: create polls that allow everyone in the group to see who voted for what.
Multiple Answers: create polls that allow people to select multiple answers.

Quiz Mode: such polls have one correct answer and can power anything from trivia games to public service exams. Check out a demo in the Quiz Bot:

Exclusive setting for channel readers: Batman-inspired Transitions option for polls in Settings — Interface.

If not chosen as default, you still might encounter this transition with 1:1000 chance.

Set a Linked Group in Channels for discussions or read-only admin group.
Access Linked Group in channels without interrupting full-screen chat viewing.

Precise control over who sees your phone number
Control whether people who have added your phone number can find you on Telegram, if you do not have them in your contacts list

Archive: separate list for chats that you do not wish to see in the main chat list
Pin unlimited number of chats inside the Archive
If chat is not muted, it will get unarchived when new message will arrive
Access archived chats via special filter
Filter Archived Chats by chat type
Special placeholder in case all of the chats have been archived

Edit messages and send new ones on the fly without waiting for changes to be saved.

Editing messages on the weak connection will not stop you from sending the new ones before it's saved

Whenever you use Chat Filter, global messages search results get filtered as well, giving you an ability to search for messages only in Private Chats, Groups, Channels, Archive, etc

Seamless web login via inline buttons
When you open a group or channel that you are not member of, and many messages have been posted since your last visit, scroll position will be saved and Unread Messages separator will be displayed
Reworked action bar in chats: controlled by TDLib and now shared between private and secret chats (when it's the same user)
New action bar actions: Add Contact, Block, Share My Phone Number and Report Unrelated Location
Specific error code & message is displayed in the failed message's menu
Better internal logic for reading incoming messages
Increased live location update frequency
Supported all new Recent Actions: linked group/channel updates, slow mode delay & group location changes (with viewing). That features will come in the next updates.
Custom admin titles in messages
Sorted some unsorted colors in theme editor

Crash when launching app under certain conditions
Crash caused by canvas under-reference in different views
Crash on profile screen in specific tabs when new message arrives to the chat
Crash caused by Google Play Services bug
"Settings" in Recent Actions do not open
Android 10: Incorrect order of screenshots in the attachment menu
Android 10: Incorrect timestamps in the attach > file > gallery
Android 4.x: crashes on the app launch
In rare cases some messages could become read even though they didn't appear on screen at all
Incorrect chat mute state if it setting it failed on server
Software keyboard does not hide when opening emoji/stickers keyboard after performing some actions
Link Preview does not display if link is just a domain name with slash on the end: example.com/
Search controls bar is not visible when follow/discuss bottom bar is present
After using chats filter, new chat button no longer reacts to chats list scroll (does not show/hide)
Adding account immediately after logging out may result in #7: setAuthPhoneNumber unexpected
Bold / uncolored color names for avatar*_big
Crash when trying to submit or retract poll vote

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