Telegram launched a brand new replace on Frida,y simply at some point after Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov stated the replace had been in Apple’s app overview for 2 weeks with out rationalization. The replace is filled with emoji-related options, however one is lacking as a result of Apple particularly requested its elimination, in response to Durov.

“After 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 — higher quality vector-animated versions of the standard emoji,” Durov wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday. “This is a puzzling move on Apple’s behalf, because Telemoji would have brought an entire new dimension to its static low-resolution emoji and would have significantly enriched their ecosystem.”

You can see the Telemoji in a brief video included with Durov’s publish (and I’ve made a GIF of the video he shared). Personally, I feel the Telemoji appear like lots of enjoyable — I really like how they add some life to static emoji faces I’ve gotten fairly acquainted with. But I’m guessing Apple took difficulty with one other firm modifying its designs on this manner, which is perhaps why it requested Telegram to take away Telemoji from the replace. Apple and Telegram didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The replace is loaded with different new emoji enhancements, although. Users who subscribe to Telegram’s recently-launched $4.99 Premium service will be capable to add and use customized emoji in chats with pals, and Telegram is providing 10 customized packs with greater than 500 emoji to start out. Free customers will be capable to see any of the animated emoji and use them of their saved messages.

Telegram has additionally up to date the sticker panel on iOS by creating separate tabs for stickers, GIFs, and emoji, like what you is perhaps acquainted with in Telegram on Android, desktop, or the online. You can learn the complete checklist of updates in Telegram’s blog post.

There are extra enhancements on the way in which. In “a few weeks,” Telegram will let customers add any customized emoji as a message response, Durov says, although this shall be a Premium-only characteristic to start out. I’m of the opinion that emoji reactions are literally good — the extra methods to make use of emoji, the higher.