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Bot API 10.0
Today's update reshapes how bots communicate on Telegram ā unlocking cooperative multi-bot agentic flows, seamless integration in any chat, granular access controls and more.
š¦ Guest Mode and Agentic Flows
⢠Introduced guest mode, allowing bots to easily participate in any chat without joining it.
⢠Users can summon up to 3 guest bots per message ā unlocking complex agentic flows in any chat. Guest bots receive only relevant messages and can inspect caller context or send replies.
⢠Bots can now message each other by username if they enable bot-to-bot communication.
⢠Account automation via Business Bots no longer requires a Premium subscription.
⢠Business Bots can now interact with other bots on behalf of the user.
š” Chat Management
⢠Admin bots can now remove individual message reactions, clear all recent reactions from a user or restrict them from issuing more.
⢠The list of chat admins can now optionally return bot administrators.
š¶ Live Photos
⢠Introduced support for live photos ā images enhanced with short built-in motion and sound.
⢠Bots can now detect, download and send live photos to any chat, including as paid media.
š Polls
⢠Bots can now detect and attach media in both polls and individual poll options.
⢠Polls can now be limited to existing chat members or voters from specific countries.
ā General
⢠Users can now set a granular access whitelist for their bot via @BotFather, while Manager Bots can set one via the API.
⢠Bots can now fetch recent messages from the channel pinned to a user's profile.
⢠And more, see the full changelog for details:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#may-8-2026
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Bot API 9.6
š¦ Managed Bots
⢠Manager bots are used to bootstrap and control other bots on behalf of their owners ā easily orchestrating any number of AI agents, Business Accounts and custom tools.
⢠Out of the box, manager bots can prompt users to create a bot in one tap and easily fetch their token to start piloting them.
š Poll Revolution
⢠Polls now support multiple correct answers, re-issuing votes, hidden results and richly formatted descriptions.
⢠Poll options now have persistent ids and can be shuffled or dynamically added by users.
⢠Bots can now additionally reply to a specific poll option.
ā General
⢠Mini Apps can now natively request users, chats and managed bots in one tap via prepared keybord buttons.
⢠Expanded support for date and time entities in checklists, quotes and gift texts.
⢠And more, see the full changelog for details:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#april-3-2026
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Bot API 9.5
š Date and Time Formatting
⢠Introduced date and time formatting, allowing bots to show a formatted date and time to the user.
⢠Out-of-the-box support for relative times, localized weekdays and more.
š Custom Member Tags
⢠Introduced support for custom group member tags.
⢠Bots can now detect member tags, assign them, or allow admins to manage them.
š Message Streaming
⢠With today's update, every bot on Telegram can freely use the message streaming feature.
⢠And more, see the full changelog for details:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#march-1-2026
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