{"id":12263,"date":"2022-08-13T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T14:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/13\/apple-held-up-telegrams-latest-update-over-emoji\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T14:52:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T14:52:43","slug":"apple-held-up-telegrams-latest-update-over-emoji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/13\/apple-held-up-telegrams-latest-update-over-emoji\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple held up Telegram\u2019s latest update over emoji"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/12\/23303446\/telegram-update-apple-emoji-telemoji<\/a>
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Telegram released a new update on Friday, just one day after Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov said the update had been in Apple\u2019s app review for two weeks without explanation<\/a>. The update is packed with emoji-related features, but one is missing because Apple specifically requested its removal, according to Durov.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter extensive media coverage of my previous post, Apple got back to us with a demand to water down our pending Telegram update by removing Telemoji \u2014 higher quality vector-animated versions of the standard emoji,\u201d Durov wrote on his Telegram channel<\/a> on Friday. \u201cThis is a puzzling move on Apple\u2019s behalf, because Telemoji would have brought an entire new dimension to its static low-resolution emoji and would have significantly enriched their ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can see the Telemoji in a short video included with Durov\u2019s post (and I\u2019ve made a GIF of the video he shared). Personally, I think the Telemoji look like a lot of fun \u2014 I love how they add some life to static emoji faces I\u2019ve gotten quite familiar with. But I\u2019m guessing Apple took issue with another company modifying its designs in this way, which might be why it asked Telegram to remove Telemoji from the update. Apple and Telegram didn\u2019t immediately reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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Now I wish Apple would animate the standard emoji.<\/em><\/figcaption>Video from Pavel Durov<\/a>, which I turned into a GIF<\/cite><\/p>\n

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The update is loaded with other new emoji improvements, though. Users who subscribe to Telegram\u2019s recently-launched $4.99 Premium service will be able to upload and use custom emoji in chats with friends, and Telegram is offering 10 custom packs with more than 500 emoji to start. Free users will be able to see any of the animated emoji and use them in their saved messages.<\/p>\n

Telegram has also updated the sticker panel on iOS by creating separate tabs for stickers, GIFs, and emoji, like what you might be familiar with in Telegram on Android, desktop, or the web. You can read the full list of updates in Telegram\u2019s blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are more improvements on the way. In \u201ca few weeks,\u201d Telegram will let users add any custom emoji as a message reaction, Durov says<\/a>, though this will be a Premium-only feature to start. I\u2019m of the opinion that emoji reactions are actually good<\/a> \u2014 the more ways to use emoji, the better.<\/p>\n