Bot API 9.3

AI Revolution
This release comes with new tools and native interfaces to easily integrate modern LLMs and AI features.

• Introduced topics in 1-on-1 chats, letting users organize bot chats into easily accessible threads.
• Topics in private chats support all send and forward methods, including chat actions.
• Out of the box, bots can edit or delete private chat topics, manage pinned messages and more.
• Allowed bots to stream live responses as they're generated.

Gifts
• Improved gifts — with support for blockchain, multiple currencies, backgrounds and more.
• Bots can now list all gifts owned by users and chats with detailed filtering options.
• Added detailed information about the colors tied to a gift or applied to a chat.

Profiles and Private Chats
• Business bots can now repost stories across accounts they manage.
• Copied and forwarded messages can now show effects in private chats.
• Bots can now see the rating of users who contact them.

General
• Allowed bots to hide their main @username if they set an upgraded one via Fragment.
• Bots can now restrict channel admins from removing members.

• And more, see the full changelog for details:

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#december-31-2025

Happy Holidays from the Telegram Team