Telegram for Android missing features
🎗 GensettiThis list will be updated with Telegram for Android missing features compared to Telegram X for Android.
Please report everything missing or wrong to @Gensetti. Thanks to @SajilCK for inspiring me with his work. Some "missing features" are simply consequences of different designs, but I wanted to report everything different in order to offer you a complete overview.
- Forward as copy
- Log in with more than 3 accounts
- Automatic data saver
- More options for passcode locks (Pattern, gesture)
- Ability to directly set every lock method without starting with PIN or password
- Enable/disable passcode invisibility
- Enable/disable Bubbles mode (and the ability to set bubbles mode only for chats or channels)
- More built-in themes
- Scroll the chat while holding to preview
- Custom vibrations option
- Reduce motion option (not clear whether "enable animations" does the same in Telegram for Android)
- Enable/disable swipe to reply/share
- Enable/disable hiding keyboard on chat scroll
- Customize markdown settings
- Open all supported link in Instant View (with customization)
- Enable/disable incognito keyboard in secret chats
- Enable/disable HQ Round Videos
- Enable/disable start Round Videos with rear-facing camera
- Enable/disable prompt before calling
- Different forwarding behaviour
- "select" option by tapping a message
- "share" button when long click an URL
- "view message" button in preview for t.me links containing a picture
- Camera button in chat to quickly shoot and send a picture
- Swipe on camera/attachment button to open in-app camera
- All chats (sort by cache dimension) shown in storage settings
- Share, archive or copy stickers pack link by tapping on a sticker in chat
- Scrolling right and left in a full screen GIF will make you navigate through all GIFs in chat
- Icon for trending stickers is always shown at the start in stickers menu (in chat). Legacy client shows it at starts only when new trending packs are available.
- Full screen preview (with long tap) for GIFs (saved and inline)
- Sticker preview shows all the emojis associated with the sticker (like TDesktop)
- Opening a media from the media tab, you can see at the bottom the preview for the other media, like albums (carousel)
- Faster in downloading messages and some other cases
- "copy", "copy link" and "share" options for the username in every profile
- Double timestamps (action timestamp and message timestamp) in recent actions
- Clear cache (delete from internal memory) for singular media
- In private chats (and basic groups) the option for deleting the message for the other is selected by default
- "copy link", "archive pack" and "delete pack" options with long press on a sticker in the stickers bar
- Button to avoid sending pictures/videos as albums without opening the gallery from attachment menu
- When you share some types of files from other apps (like PDFs), Telegram X sends the title as the caption, while legacy client sends two separate messages
- Full screen pictures in channels (without bubble mode)
- Choose separate themes for different accounts
- See unread messages for other accounts logged in
- Hold accounts to preview chats list, without triggering online status
- Hold accounts to quickly sign out, without triggering online status
- Hold & swipe up to change account position in the list
- Night theme for map with Auto-Night mode support
- Foursquare button in message menu
- Realtime distance between you and other party when sharing live location to each other
- Animated typing, upload and other actions
- Swipe up an emoji to apply Skin Tone to all other emojis
- Preview images and GIFs before sending in the inline bot results
- Hold or tap chat picture to open without need to open profile
- Options to choose "None", "All chats", "Non-muted only" at Settings > Notifications > Unread messages count badge
- Option to choose "Number of messages", "Number of chats" for the badge
- Chat Admins can dismiss pinned message only for themselves
- Undo pinned message dismiss via Three-dot menu > Pinned Message
- People suggestions on calls tab
- If last seen doesn't fit, you will be able to see most important part anyway
- Hold inline buttons with links for fast copy/share
- See the preview for a public group/channel even clicking on the group/channel private link (like TDesktop)
- "select in between" button to select all messages between two posts
- Clickable links/usernames in bio
- Exact number of contacts
- Select and report more messages at once
- Preview for images and videos in chat media tab, with quick actions available
- Download icons have different colours for different type of files (tested .zip files)
- Images in link preview show the original URL source
- When you reply to a sticker, you can see the sticker thumbnail in the reply (instead of the emoji)
- You can see download percentage while downloading a GIF
- Show exact number of members for groups and channels above 1.000.000 members/subscribers
- You can see last seen status even without connection
- Enable/disable pinned message notifications on specific chats
- Ability to directly invite back to channel/group when unban a user
- Ability to remove from supergroups with or without banning the user (putting him in the blacklist)
- "Inactive group" status for inactive groups
- The app shows a confirmation dialog before reset notification settings
- Number of lines when open text files (txt, xml...)
- Full support to notification channels
- There is a cue ball next to profile pics for online contacts in direct share
- GIF tab in saved messages
- Separated tabs for audio and video messages
- Original timestamp for forwarded messages
- Cursor for GIFs (you can see duration, move among frames, play/pause)
- Drawing on pictures doesn't have any lag
- You can confirm and then undo drawing steps (legacy client fuses pic and drawing layers after the confirmation)
- See original sender for stickers
- Show when the partner is choosing a location/contact
- "Pinned message changed" service message
- "Hide phone number in drawer" debug option
- Full logs management from debug menu
- Full playlist control in music player
- Coloured navigation bar on attachment menu
- Different last seen information in chat and profile screen
- Create hyperlink with markdown
- When you tap a hashtag in channels, you will see all messages containing this as list. Tap header to toggle to global search.
- See only messages from a single user in groups
- Play through earpiece settings, both audio and video messages
- /help and /settings shortcuts in bot's three-dot menu, when available
- When deleting a secret chat, specify if you'd like to delete history on other party's side
- Collapsed some message menu items to "More" in order to reduce its size
- Fingerprint-only passcode
- Set passcode of any type & settings for secret chats
- Navigation bar color matches Passcode color when app is locked
- "Delete from archive" in three-dot menu for archived sticker sets to remove them completely
- Passcode bruteforce protection, resistant to any time settings modifications, application restarts, etc
- See if Telegram is available without proxies in your region
- Tap description for quick set-up or edit in channels and supergroups profile
- Long-press mentions to use them without username, even if mentioned user has one
- Option to remember media grouping settings
- Option to automatically save edited photos to gallery
- See date timestamp when viewing someone's profile photos
- "invite friends" works without network connection
- Option to have separate tabs for videos and pictures in media tab
- Server connection check. If app is unable to establish connection, it will suggest you to add proxy or ask for help.
- Full language packs management: create and edit localizations in-app
- Create your own localizations without leaving the app
- Plenty of useful tools for translators
- Quick group/channel description & link editing
- Added access to the application directories when sending files (this way you also can find where those files are located, when needed)
- App will simply suggest you to switch to your language once it becomes officially available
- Share installed or unreleased translations as XML files
- Quickly view which strings are untranslated by tapping switch in the header while viewing strings list.
- Inline high-resolution photos & stickers in notifications: Settings > Notifications > Image Preview
- Text sizes preview + reset default option
- Access invite link through group/channel management three-dot menu (even if it's public)
- Number of messages in chats list and search is displayed fully
- Set wallpaper while using dark themes. This wallpaper will be used only while using dark themes, and changed accordingly, when switching to light themes and back
- Saved Messages chat always found by "Saved Messages" query like in macOS client, regardless currently active language
- Report messages through media viewer
- Share externally multiple media, available when selecting media in private chats from different senders as well
- App automatically detects language in your system and proposes to change it
- You can make your own scenes in chat preview
- Send stickers in a chat even starting from a channel (tap on the sticker > send sticker > choose destination chat)
- You can forward a post in another chat and open it simultaneously with a long press on "send" button
- Copy username with long press on it
- Remember position for chat you don't partecipate, even showing unread messages from the last time you visited it
- Remove single chats from recents
- Support for other in-app browsers, not just Chrome
- Easily share a publich chat link to another Telegram chat