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**Bot API 9.4** 🎨 **Custom Emoji and Buttons** • Bots can now use [custom emoji](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#html-style) in outgoing messages if their owner has [Telegram Premium](tg://premium_offer?ref=botnews). • Keyboard and [inline buttons](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#inlinekeyboardmarkup) now support background [colors](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#keyboardbutton) and [custom emoji](https://telegram.org/blog/custom-emoji#custom-animated-emoji). 💬 **Private Chat Topics*

**Bot API 9.5** 🗓 **Date and Time Formatting** • Introduced [date and time formatting](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#date-time-entity-formatting), allowing bots to show a formatted date and time to the user. • Out-of-the-box support for **relative times**, localized weekdays and [more](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#date-time-entity-formatting). 👑 **Custom Member Tags** • Introduced support for custom group [member tags](https://telegram.org/blog/member-tags-disable-sharing-and-more#m

**Bot API 9.6** 🦀 **Managed Bots** • [Manager bots](https://core.telegram.org/bots/features#managed-bots) are used to bootstrap and control other bots on behalf of their owners – easily orchestrating any number of **AI agents**, [Business Accounts ](https://t.me/BotNews/88)and custom tools. • Out of the box, manager bots can prompt users to [create a bot](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#keyboardbuttonrequestmanagedbot) in one tap and easily [fetch their token](https://core.telegram.org/bots/

🦀 **AI** **Agents and Bot-to-Bot Communication** Historically, bot-to-bot interaction was restricted on Telegram to prevent infinite message loops. Starting **today**, in specific contexts, Bot-to-Bot communication is **allowed** – unlocking complex agentic flows and AI-powered use cases. Out of the box, this feature will work in **groups** and via [business mode](https://t.me/BotNews/88). To start using it, simply enable the __Bot-to-Bot Communication Mode__ for your bot via [@BotFather](ht

**Bot API 10.0** Today's update reshapes how bots communicate on Telegram – unlocking cooperative multi-bot agentic flows, seamless integration in any chat, granular access controls and more. 🦀 **Guest Mode and Agentic Flows** • Introduced [guest mode](https://core.telegram.org/bots/features#guest-bots), allowing bots to easily participate in any chat without joining it. • Users can summon up to 3 guest bots per message – unlocking complex agentic flows in any chat. Guest bots receive only rel