Telegram released an update to allow up to 1,000 people to join a group video call at once, and it doesn’t seem inclined to stop increasing the maximum number of participants any time soon.
“We will keep increasing this limit until all humans on Earth can join one group call and watch us yodel in celebration (coming soon),” the company said, though it seemed content to maintain the 30 broadcaster maximum it set when it added group video calls to the service in June.
Numerous video-related changes such as the ability to control playback speed, share links to particular timestamps, and continue to play audio from the device being used to record a video arrived with the update as well. It also increased the maximum resolution of video messages.
The update introduced screen-sharing in one-on-one calls, too, and introduced the ability to capture device audio while sharing the screen. All told, these changes make video-related content a far more prominent aspect of the previously text-focused messaging platform.
Telegram said the latest update also introduced the ability to have messages automatically delete themselves after one month, added a password recovery option that doesn’t rely on an email account, and made numerous changes to its apps for Android and iOS devices.
