By Jessica Goodfellow

Messaging app Telegram has taken a leaf out of Snapchat’s book, adding a slate of new features to its in-app photo editor including selfie masks, trending stickers, and custom GIFs.

The “entertainment-heavy update” includes the implementation of facial-recognition technology that enables the app to identify faces in photographs and use mask meta-data to align to each user’s face.

The technology can only be used on pre-snapped photos, a more basic offering compared to Snapchat’s highly advanced facial-recognition technology which creates a mask on a user’s face that mirrors movement Read full story ›

Source: The Drum