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The Russian-born CEO of  Telegram, Pavel Valeryevich, addressing telegram investors and users.

Valeryevich said the launch of Telegram Mini App Store, Browser, and Gifting Stars will help support businesses run on the messaging application across multiple countries.

The  messaging App said the Mini App Store, Browser, and Gifting Stars will help support businesses run on the messaging application across multiple countries.

EPICSTORIAN NEWS – The Russian-born CEO of  Telegram, Pavel Valeryevich, has announced the official launch of telegram Mini App Store, Browser, and other New exciting innovations Sunday, August 4, 2024.

Valeryevich, 39, said this innovative achievement by the telegram team marked a big day in the company’s journey since the telegram social media application was co-foundered in 2013.

The instant messaging application, which is today popular in most countries of the world, such as Europe, Asia, and Africa, was co-foundered by by Nikolai and Pavel Durov Valeryevich in 2013.

Headquartered in Dubai and United Arab Emirates, Telegram’s servers are distributed worldwide with several data centers.

Announcing the new innovations launch, Valeryevich said: “Big day! Today we introduce the Telegram Browser and Mini App Store, plus many other innovations.

“The Browser lets users switch between viewing websites and messaging, merging communication with news consumption. It is equipped with all the features you would expect from a browser — like search, bookmarks, and multiple tabs.

“Most importantly, the Browser allows people to view decentralized websites called TON Sites. This opens the world of blockchain-based web (often called Web 3.0) to almost a billion users. To try it out, update the app and open a link (like tonsite://getting-started.ton).tonsite://getting-started.ton).”

Telegram Users can now gift stars to creators or Friends on the application.

 

Valeryevich said the application, as a way to allower users to support creators, now has star gifting enabled.

“Users can now gift Stars to their friends, who will be directed to the Mini App Store for examples of apps that accept Stars. To check out the mini app catalog, go to the ‘Apps’ tab in Search .

“Speaking of mini apps, they have a whole new way to spread virally across the Telegram ecosystem — via Stories, which also got an upgrade today with covers and smart animated weather widgets.

“We’re proud to ship this. Try it all yourself or check out the video demos on the blog. Enjoy your summer holidays — we’ll keep building,”  Valeryevich added.