Telegram Now Lets Users Send Messages Without Making a Sound

The secured messaging platform has been adding new features regularly to appeal more users to join up.

This feature will make sure you don’t disturb people while sending messages.

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After letting users unsend messages within a time limit, secured messaging platform Telegram is adding a new feature for its users this week.

The Russia-orgin app has rolled out updates that bring the ability to send silent messages and animated emojis for the users.

The ability to send messages silently essentially means if the users want to message to someone but don't want their device to make a sound, they can now choose to send without sound.

"Just press and hold the send button to choose the send without sound option," GSMArena reported on Saturday.

This means if the person receiving the message is in a meeting or is asleep would just get a notification on their display, but the app would not make a sound.

People might actually find this feature useful, especially if the user forgets to put his smartphone on silent mode while sleeping.

"Another awesome new feature is video thumbnails and timestamps. When you scrub through a video, it will show a thumbnail so you know where you are in the video. Also, if you add a timestamp to a message with a video then clicking that timestamp will take you to that exact spot in the linked video," the report added.

Few weeks back, the messaging platform was in the news for security concerns.

Researchers from cyber-security firm Symantec in July revealed vulnerabilities that allowed hackers to manipulate the images and audio files you receive on these platforms.

The security flaw, dubbed "Media File Jacking", affected WhatsApp for Android by default, and Telegram for Android if certain features were enabled, Symantec researchers said in a blog post.