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Today's new features bring group chat communication much closer to what it should look like in 2015. <a href="https://telegram.org/dl/ios">iOS</a>, <a href="https://telegram.org/dl/android">Android</a>, <a href="https://telegram.org/dl/osx">OSX</a> and <a href="https://web.telegram.org/">Telegram Web</a> get them first.</p> <h4><a class="anchor" name="replies" href="#replies"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Replies</h4> <p>To reply to a specific message in a group chat, simply tap on it (double-tap on iOS) and choose Reply. Easy as that!</p> <div><center> <a href="/file/811140203/2/oS7yPaCccIc/be7761b5c2023e4a98" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140203/2/oS7yPaCccIc/be7761b5c2023e4a98" title="You can reply to any message in a group" style="padding: 10px 5px; width: 195px" /></a> <a href="/file/811140973/3/Y_QnykDVz4Y/8547554d387eb8c34b" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140973/3/Y_QnykDVz4Y/8547554d387eb8c34b" title="Write your reply" style="padding: 10px 5px; width: 195px" /></a> <a href="/file/811140545/2/CRzp8h8u8v4/ac163a6ce4803784b1" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140545/2/CRzp8h8u8v4/ac163a6ce4803784b1" title="Tap on the reply to go to the original message" style="padding: 10px 5px; width: 195px" /></a> </center><br></div> <p>The person you replied to will be notified about your message even if s/he muted the group chat — their notification settings for you <em>personally</em> apply in this case. </p> <p>Replies also make group chats much easier to navigate. If you tap on the quote, the app scrolls up to the original message.</p> <h4><a class="anchor" name="mentions" href="#mentions"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Mentions</h4> <p>If you want several people within a group chat to get instantly involved in the conversation, you may now also mention them in a message, provided they have a username:</p> <div><center> <a href="/file/811140103/2/-Jq8E6y7EJA/cc144346a2bfbe7001" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140103/2/-Jq8E6y7EJA/cc144346a2bfbe7001" title="Start typing the @ symbol to see a list of usernames in the group" style="padding: 10px; width: 250px" /></a> <a href="/file/811140041/1/13RjZS7gAw4/cd15337682b58e3d3f" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140041/1/13RjZS7gAw4/cd15337682b58e3d3f" title="Mentioned people will be notified" style="padding: 10px; width: 250px" /></a></center><br> </div> <p>They will be notified about this message, even if they muted the group chat — unless they've muted you personally, of course!</p> <h4><a class="anchor" name="hashtags" href="#hashtags"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Hashtags</h4> <p>Another new way of bringing structure to group chats is by using hashtags. Any word starting with a <strong>“#”</strong> will be clickable. Tap on a hashtag to get instant search results from your Telegram messages.</p> <div><center> <a href="/file/811140155/1/lwespwis1cI/1415692185a2368703" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140155/1/lwespwis1cI/1415692185a2368703" title="Tap on a hashtag to go to search instantly" style="padding: 10px; width: 250px" /></a> <a href="/file/811140527/1/z8Jo5zCAhyA/c5a702109f44407ee5" target="_blank"><img src="/file/811140527/1/z8Jo5zCAhyA/c5a702109f44407ee5" title="Instant search results in all your chats" style="padding: 10px; width: 250px" /></a></center> </div> <h4><a class="anchor" name="forwarding-with-comments" href="#forwarding-with-comments"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Forwarding with comments</h4> <p>On top of this, you can now add a comment to the stuff you forward. This comment will be shown before the forwarded messages.</p> <hr> <p>Group chats are becoming larger and livelier — a Telegram group may include up to 200 members that share thousands of messages daily. 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