Telegram messenger has introduced Voice Chats 2.0 for conducting live voice chat sessions in Channels with support for unlimited participants. This feature was earlier available only for Telegram Groups and was launched in December 2020.

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More on the update itself, it also brings recordable voice chats, rich lists of participants, raises hand feature, invites links for speakers and listeners, voice chat titles. Additionally, to this public figures, will now be able to join voice chats as their channels as well. They would not need to come with their personal accounts to maintain their privacy.

All the features of this new update have been mentioned below, for readers to have a better overview-

  • Limitless Voice Chats-
    Admins of channels and public groups can now host voice chats for millions of live listeners. To start a Voice Chat, they would need to open the profile of any group or channel where they are an admin, they can tap on ⋮ or ⋯ and select Start Voice Chat.
  • Record Voice Chats-
    Admins can record the live voice chat sessions, and the audio file will be automatically saved in their ‘Saved Messages’ window right after the session would end. Now that recording can be provided to other members who may have missed the live session.
  • Raise Hands-
    In a live chat session where the participants are muted, listeners can give an alert to the admins if they want to speak by raising their hand. By that, admins can easily recognize a particular participant.
  • Speaker and Listener Links-
    The admins of public groups and channels can now create invite links that would open the voice chat right away on clicking. In addition to this, separate links can be made for speakers and listeners. Users can also share the listener’s link in different community groups for better reach of the session. Voice chats also have a separate title to better explain the topic of discussion or a particular voice chat session.
  • Join As in feature-
    Celebrities can join a voice chat with the name of their dedicated public Channel on Telegram instead of their personal accounts. This overall helps to maintain their privacy of the personal accounts, and their Channel can be promoted in mass as well.

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