Custom Emoji, Premium Stickers and Rich Content Behind a Proxy
How TGFast handles modern Telegram features like custom emoji, premium stickers and animated reactions.
Modern Telegram is rich
Since 2023, Telegram has rolled out a series of "rich content" features: custom animated emoji that work in any chat, premium-only stickers with sound, animated reactions, video avatars, and per-user themed backgrounds. All of these features rely on small additional file downloads beyond the basic message text. The proxy handles them transparently.
Custom emoji
Custom emoji packs are stored on Telegram's servers and downloaded on first use. Each emoji is a tiny TGS file (under 50 KB). With a TGFast proxy, custom emoji loads in under 1 second on a typical mobile connection. Without a proxy on a throttled connection, it can take 5-10 seconds — long enough to be visibly slow.
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Open the fleetPremium stickers with sound
Premium stickers (introduced in 2023) include short audio clips. Each sticker is a 200-500 KB file. The proxy provides 30-50% faster load on flaky networks.
Video avatars
Video avatars (looped 3-second clips) are 1-2 MB per user. When you scroll a chat list with many users having video avatars, your phone downloads all of them. A proxy makes the scroll feel smoother because each avatar arrives faster.
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Join Telegram ChannelAnimated reactions
When someone reacts to your message with an animated emoji, your client downloads a one-shot animation file. This is a common cause of "lag spikes" on slow connections. With a TGFast proxy, the lag spike is barely perceptible.
Per-user themed backgrounds
Telegram lets users set a custom background per chat. Backgrounds can be 1-5 MB each. They are cached after first download, so the proxy only matters the first time you open a chat with a custom background. After that, the background is local.
Disabling rich content
On very limited connections, disable rich content: Settings → Privacy → Animated reactions → Off; Settings → Stickers → "Loop animated stickers" → Off. This drops bandwidth significantly without breaking functionality.