A new Telegram update allows up to 1,000 people to join a group video call at once, and the company doesn’t seem inclined to stop there.
“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 says, 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—arrives with the update as well. It also increases the maximum resolution of video messages.
The update introduces screen-sharing in one-on-one calls, too, and 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.
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Telegram says the latest update also introduces the ability to have messages automatically delete themselves after one month, adds a password-recovery option that doesn’t rely on an email account, and makes numerous changes to its apps for Android and iOS devices.
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