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Messaging app, Telegram introduced its photo-editing tool last year. This update allowed users to instantly improve photos before sending them. Telegram has now released an update, sending the feature ‘to the next level with the fun stuff.’

Users can now add drawings, masks, stickers, text and more right onto their pictures.

Last year Telegram added most powerful photo editing tool ever to be implemented in a messaging app. This allowed users to instantly improve photos before sending them.

Masks can be applied by simply tapping on the pen to edit the photo users have selected. Users can also create custom masks and upload them to the platforms by using new masks command and Telegram’s bot. One can even make use of custom GIFs to send in their chats by recording a video.

The Telegram feature is far less sophisticated than Snapchat’s lenses; more ‘selfie augmentation’ than full facial transformation, given it only works with photos (not video).

Users are also able to create custom masks and upload them to the platform by using the new masks command and Telegram’s @stickers bot. 

For now, there’s a range of cartoonish masks created by Telegram for users to choose from — such as animal faces, silly glasses, comedy beards, hats, wigs etc, along with other cartoonish props to drop into photos, such as stars, hearts, more cute animals, bubble-lettered captions and so on. Existing Telegram stickers can also be added into photos.