Telegram has rolled out one of its biggest AI-focused updates yet, turning bots into a more agentic layer inside chats. The release adds Guest Bots, bot-to-bot communication, streaming bot responses, profile-level chat automation, custom AI writing styles, AI-powered sticker search across more than 100 million emoji and stickers, new poll controls, silent scheduled messages, and reaction moderation tools.
Huge Telegram update is out — 10+ major new features, 200+ improvements. https://t.co/Z4omN0md6W
— Pavel Durov (@durov) May 7, 2026
The core change is Guest Bots. AI assistants and other automated tools built as Telegram bots can now be mentioned by @username inside private or group chats, even when they are not members of that chat. Once tagged, the bot can reply directly in the conversation, opening the door for AI search, fact-checking, image generation, task execution, and other assistant workflows inside existing Telegram threads. Telegram says these bots can only access the message where they were mentioned and replies to that message, not the full chat history or participant list.
Telegram is also pushing bots closer to autonomous agents. Bots can now respond to other bots, allowing multi-bot workflows where one automated system can trigger or coordinate with another. The platform also added streaming text for bots, so AI responses can appear while they are being generated instead of arriving only after completion. This brings Telegram bots closer to the response format users now expect from modern AI assistants.
Another major part of the release is Chat Automation in profiles. Telegram users can connect a bot to their own profile and allow it to respond on their behalf. Users can configure which chats the bot can access, including excluding contacts or limiting responses to new chats. This is Telegram’s clearest move yet toward personal AI representatives inside messaging, with the setup available under Settings > Chat Automation.
Telegram is also expanding AI into content creation. Custom AI Styles let users create prompt-based writing styles inside the text editor, then share them with others through preview links. This is aimed at teams, channel operators, communities, and creators who want reusable tones for posts, promotions, memes, or branded copy. The feature builds on Telegram’s recent AI Editor push and makes style presets shareable across the platform.
The update also adds AI-powered search for more than 100 million emoji and stickers in 36 languages. Telegram says the system uses custom AI models running on the Cocoon Network to scan and label public stickers created by users. For Telegram, this connects its long-running sticker ecosystem with AI indexing, turning a massive user-generated media library into searchable infrastructure.
For admins and creators, Telegram added poll statistics with vote graphs after a poll reaches 100 votes, custom poll limits by subscriber status or country, silent scheduled messages, and tools for removing reactions from specific users in groups. Telegram also says the release includes more than 200 improvements across its apps.
Telegram, the company behind the update, is positioning its messaging app as an open AI bot platform rather than a single-assistant product. The company describes Telegram as a cloud-based mobile and desktop messenger focused on security and speed, and this release pushes that infrastructure toward AI assistants, autonomous bot workflows, creator tools, and community management. The bigger shift is clear: Telegram is turning chats into a surface where AI agents can be summoned, delegated, customized, and connected without leaving the app.
