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Bot API 9.0
Announcing the largest Bot API update of 2025 (so far π)
πͺ Telegram Business 2.0
β’ Bots can now fully customize the branding of Business Accounts β managing their name, username, bio and profile pictures.
β’ Introduced support for managing Paid Gifts π, including conversions, transfers and upgrades.
β’ Bots can now check βοΈ Telegram Star balances and transfer Stars from managed businesses.
β’ Bots can now easily mark Business messages as read or delete them.
β’ Added extensive support for managing stories on Business accounts β featuring photos, videos and interactive elements like links, locations, reactions, weather info and even Gifts.
β’ All stories posted by bots can also be edited or deleted.
β’ Introduced granular Business permissions, giving users even finer control over connected bots.
ποΈ Mini App Storage
β’ Mini Apps can now store data locally on the user's device.
β’ Sensitive tokens can be safely persisted in a specialized secure storage.
π Telegram Gifts
β’ Introduced support for unique Gifts β with detailed model, symbol and backdrop info.
β’ Bots can also check which Gift types are accepted by users and chats.
βοΈ Paid Messages
β’ Bots can now track how many Stars users paid to send a message.
β’ This includes out-of-the-box support for paid messages in both groups and business accounts.
βοΈ Telegram Premium
β’ Bots can now gift a Telegram Premium subscription paid in Stars.
β’ And more, see the full changelog for details:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#april-11-2025
Announcing the largest Bot API update of 2025 (so far π)
πͺ Telegram Business 2.0
β’ Bots can now fully customize the branding of Business Accounts β managing their name, username, bio and profile pictures.
β’ Introduced support for managing Paid Gifts π, including conversions, transfers and upgrades.
β’ Bots can now check βοΈ Telegram Star balances and transfer Stars from managed businesses.
β’ Bots can now easily mark Business messages as read or delete them.
β’ Added extensive support for managing stories on Business accounts β featuring photos, videos and interactive elements like links, locations, reactions, weather info and even Gifts.
β’ All stories posted by bots can also be edited or deleted.
β’ Introduced granular Business permissions, giving users even finer control over connected bots.
ποΈ Mini App Storage
β’ Mini Apps can now store data locally on the user's device.
β’ Sensitive tokens can be safely persisted in a specialized secure storage.
π Telegram Gifts
β’ Introduced support for unique Gifts β with detailed model, symbol and backdrop info.
β’ Bots can also check which Gift types are accepted by users and chats.
βοΈ Paid Messages
β’ Bots can now track how many Stars users paid to send a message.
β’ This includes out-of-the-box support for paid messages in both groups and business accounts.
βοΈ Telegram Premium
β’ Bots can now gift a Telegram Premium subscription paid in Stars.
β’ And more, see the full changelog for details:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#april-11-2025