Telegram improves its animated stickers

Telegram has just updated its application to version 5.9 that introduces juicy new features in relation to animated stickers, a function available in this instant messaging tool long before that in the most widely used WhatsApp. Animated stickers are increasingly used by all kinds of audiences as a kind of expanded and improved emoticon, both to continue a conversation and to reflect an emotion or feeling. The main problem with these stickers is that, in general, sending and receiving them requires a large amount of mobile data.And the update is directed in this direction.

Best animated stickers in the new available version of Telegram

Telegram 5.9 introduces, as the main novelty, a new format of animated stickers that makes data consumption much lower, as well as increasing autonomy time, another factor that is diminished when we use the animated stickers on a frequent basis. Thus, the Telegram team announced in a recent post on their official blog that they would start using the new .TGS format based on Lottie, an effects library for Android and iOS that renders After Effects animations in real time, allowing applications to use animations as effectively as static images. In this way, each sticker comes to occupy only between 20 and 30 kilobytes. This new format generally uses less battery than its GIF cousins ​​as well as being able to run at 60FPS as well.

Full list of changes in Telegram 5.9

As we say, these new animated stickers are now available in the new version of Telegram 5.9. Enter the Play Store and see if you have a new update to enjoy these new stickers. If you still see that the version available to update is not the correct one, you can wait for it to appear or go to a trusted repository such as APK Mirror and download and install it manually.

This is the full list of new features that comes with the new version 5.9 of Telegram.

• Send ultra-light and compact high-quality stickers to express emotions with movement
• Receive animated stickers quickly and with a weight between 20 and 30 KB for each sticker
• Enjoy better animations on stickers at 60 frames per second
• Create new sets of animated stickers and upload them to the @stickers Telegram group for everyone to use
• Try animated stickers in the 'Trends' tab of the stickers panel

How to send an animated sticker on Telegram

Open the Telegram application and enter the chat where you want to send the animated sticker. If you look at the bar where you write the message to send, an emoticon appears. Click on it and the application keyboard will appear. In turn, at the bottom, you will again see three emoticons, a smiley, a GIF icon and another of a sticker. Click on this third and next to the clock icon you will see the sticker packs that you have downloaded. If you don't have any, put a keyword in the search bar to download a new package.Now you just have to choose the one you like and send it.