Pavel Durov

🔜 Telegram is about to introduce 10 new features for Mini Apps, enabling developers to create dozens of new kinds of apps and games on Telegram.

📺 Full-Screen Mode
📱 Home Screen Shortcuts
✍️ Subscription Plans
📍 Geolocation Access (with permissions)
📱 Device Orientation Data
💤 Emoji Status Access
🎨 Media Sharing
🎁 Sending Gifts
💭 Expanded Messaging Limits
💰 Ad Monetization

▶️ The last two items are already live with the remaining features launching within 2-4 weeks. Get your Mini Apps ready! 🚀

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Pavel Durov

💰 Ten days ago, a developer launched a mini app that has already generated $500,000 in revenue. He built it in just two days during the time off from his main job.

🖌 Without a team or marketing budget, he single-handedly implemented everything — design, concept, client-side code, and server-side code. Inspired by my own solo journey when I created VK in 2006, he tackled every element himself.

📈 Thanks to its brilliant concept and minimalist design, his mini app went viral. For the past ten days, it’s ranked in the Top 4 grossing mini apps on Telegram. This is the power of hard work, determination, and the Telegram mini app platform! #️⃣

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Pavel Durov

#lifestories 🐶

Exactly 18 years ago today, I launched VK—my first large company. Below is the story of how it happened.

I graduated from Saint-Petersburg University in the summer of 2006. I wanted to keep in touch with my former classmates, but I knew…

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Pavel Durov

🙃 This is the biggest update in the history of Mini Apps: full-screen mode, home screen shortcuts, geolocation, motion tracking, media sharing, document creation, gift sending, subscription tiers, emoji statuses — and much more 😎

🕺 To explore some of these new features, update Telegram and check out these early examples:

Tiny Verse opens in full-screen, which looks great on desktops and tablets. Make sure to swipe and zoom to admire the 3D effects 😊

Playdeck's task section now features an "Add to Home Screen" option — and a flying Yeti that moves based on your device’s orientation 😙

Major has added a custom loading screen and the new Major Maze mini-game, where you can guide a rolling ball by tilting your phone 😎

😏 This is just the beginning — all discovered within the first day of Mini Apps 2.0's launch! 😮