Chat app Telegram, which became profitable last year, released new updates to its apps, including improved sticker search, the ability to choose video covers, and the capacity to copy videos at the current time.

The company first introduced its AI-powered sticker search in December, which enabled users to look for stickers utilizing natural language, but it was limited to only 40,000 stickers. With the new update, query inputs like “Thinking monkey” or “Dog eyebrow raise,” yield results from millions of stickers across the platform.

The app also released features to enhance video consumption on the platform. Users can now share a link to a video hosted on Telegram with an exact time stamp, similar to YouTube. Users can also choose a frame for the video as the cover photo — like video thumbnails on other platforms. Furthermore, you can use the video editor to add text, stickers, and emoji to the cover.

Telegram is also adding support for saved progress for the video, meaning users can resume watching a clip from where they left off.

While there are channels that post content they own on the platform, Telegram is also notorious for hosting pirated video content. The company removed 15 million groups and channels last year, but not all of them were related to piracy.

In 2023, Telegram started to boost its channels feature by adding new discovery features, including suggesting similar channels when they join one. The company is now applying a similar concept to finding new bots. On the profile of a bot service, you will see a “Similar Bots” tab where you can find related bots.