Apple held up Telegram's latest update over emoji - The Verge

Telegram released a new update on Friday just one day after Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov said the update had been in Apple’s app review for two weeks without explanation. According to Durov, Apple requested the removal of a new feature called Telemoji.

Apple got back to us with a demand to water down our pending Telegram update by removing Telemoji The update is out now, but it doesnt include Telemoji. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tel… [+2270 chars]

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