In the challenge between messaging apps, Telegram always seems to be one step ahead of the more popular WhatsApp. Or, at least, it is when it comes to stickers. The Russian messaging platform was the first to include them among the various multimedia formats, closely followed by the various WhatsApp and Messenger with a few years of delay.
With the latest update, Telegram takes a further step forward by introducing animated stickers. It is, in fact, a sort of cross between "fixed" stickers and GIFs, even if they guarantee a quality and fluidity superior to animated images. The sticker packs are already available for download and use on the messaging platform designed by developer Pavel Durov. More packages will be added in the coming days and weeks, when the publishing platform will also be open to contributions from third-party developers and designers.
Telegram: the new animated stickers
Thanks to the 5.9 update it is possible to choose and send animated stickers of much higher quality than the previous ones and with a negligible weight that is around 20/30 KB. The new stickers are characterized by a much more streamlined and fluid animation obtained thanks the use of 60 frames per second mini-movies. In addition, they can weigh up to six times less than a normal photo or animated gif: an important saving in terms of data connection and battery life as pointed out by the Telegram technicians.
Animated stickers: a free platform
For now Telegram has made it available to its users only a small selection of his new animated stickers, which will soon be implemented by Pavel Durov's own software house. But it cannot be ruled out that new stickers will arrive soon as a free platform open to all developers has been used for their production. This means that designers, creatives and more will be able to design their stickers and share them with the community of users of the well-known online messaging application.
Dwhere tfind new stickers
As always, the fastest way to view a sticker while typing the text of a message is to tap on an emoji to immediately bring up the corresponding animated sticker. To see all the new animated stickers, just click on the Telegram settings icon and press directly on the "Stickers" item.
Telegram, animated stickers arrive
