How do you Post a Story on Telegram?

Telegram Stories are a fresh, privacy-first take on a popular format, filled with creative media options allowing anyone to share moments from their life with custom lists of users, see detailed stats and unlock powerful tools. By default, all stories from your contacts which you are allowed to view appear at the top of your chat list. You can pull down to expand it and scroll through all the stories. To open someone’s story, simply tap their picture.

You can tap the camera icon (Android) in your chat list to create a story, using a photo or video either from your gallery or via the in-app camera. Multiple images from your gallery can be used in one story open the sticker panel in the editor and tap the photo icon in the bottom corner. There you can also search for images from the web.

When creating a story, you can tap to take a photo, or hold down to record video all with one hand. While recording, swipe left to lock recording, swipe up to zoom in, or swipe right to switch cameras.