BotNews

Bot API 10.1

Markup Revolution

This update introduces native text styling tools to enable richly formatted messages in any chat. Bots can now deliver highly structured content like business reports or media slideshows, while AI agents can seamlessly stream complex replies in real time.

Supported formats include:

• Multi-level headings, paragraphs and dividers.
• Lists and task lists – with support for custom numerals and ordering.
• Deeply nested inline formatting, including all common styles plus spoiler, code, subscript, superscript and more.
• Tables with alignment, captions, borders, striped styling and customizable cells.
• Media blocks for photos, videos and audio files, with captions and credits.
• Block and pull quotes, collapsible details blocks, anchors and in-document links.
• Full LaTeX support – including both inline and multi-line expressions.
• Maps with custom coordinates.
• Polished media collages, smooth slideshows.
• And more! Check out the list here or play around with our interactive demo.

Guardian Bots
• Bots can now process join request queries as guardian bots and approve, decline or queue them – or simply open a Mini App to show the user a captcha or ask for extra info before deciding.

Polls
• Poll option media now supports external links to any website.

• And more, see the full changelog for details:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#june-11-2026

Bot API 10.0

Today's update reshapes how bots communicate on Telegram – unlocking cooperative multi-bot agentic flows, seamless integration in any chat, granular access controls and more.

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 – 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.

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.

Live Photos
• Introduced support for live photos – 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.

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.

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

Verification from Third Parties and Bot API 8.2

With today's update, official Bots and Mini Apps can verify

users and chats on behalf of other organizations, assigning them a custom badge and a brief description.

This decentralized verification platform proactively prevents spam and misinformation – setting a new safety standard for social platforms

Additionally, Bot API 8.2 comes with out-of-the-box support for Collectible Gifts

– allowing Bots and Mini Apps to prepay

for Gift Upgrades.

Check out the full Bot API 8.2 changelog for more details.

Happy Holidays from the Telegram Team