You can safely use long polling in the API (getUpdates): I've improved their handling in the API, they won't overload it.

Today, the second beta version of the PWRTelegram app is relased.
This new release fixes lots of bugs.

The PWRTelegram app is a fork of the official Telegram messenger app that can login as a bot.
You just need to provide the bot token and you will be able to receive all of the messages your bot receives or sends to its groups or users.
The app will login to the MTProto API, just like normal telegram clients. This way you will still be able to receive updates from your bot.
Once you login you won’t get a dialog list, but when a user sends you a message it will be received and the chat will be created.

This app is still in beta state, if you notice any bug report it to the official PWRTelegram group (https://telegram.me/pwrtelegramgroup) by sending an accurate description of the problem.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.pwrtelegram.messenger

Also do check out the PWRTelegram bot API: a boosted version of telegram's bot API that can upload/download files up to 1.5 GB, supports anonymous downloads and much more! (https://pwrtelegram.xyz).

This repo with the official source code for the PWRTelegram App for Android can be found @ https://github.com/pwrtelegram/pwrtelegram-app.

This app was modified by Daniil Gentili (https://daniil.it).

To all of the Russians in this channel, join @pwrtelegramgrouprus
Всем русским в канале, входить в @pwrtelegramgrouprus )

I've rewritten the entire API as a class to ease HHVM code optimization, this should speed it up considerably.
I've also added a new method, getbackend, that can be used to get info about the backend pwrtelegram user.

https://pwrtelegram.xyz

P.S. I've also setup an alias for the getbackend method called getbackcosoh 🌚

I've enabled tls 1.0 for the poor souls that are forced to use Mac OS X.

I've published the pwrtelegram API as a composer package on packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/pwrtelegram/pwrtelegram

The PWRTelegram API supports all of the latest methods introduced by the new version of the bot API, such as games, getwebook, etc.
See https://telegram.me/BotNews/19 for details.

https://pwrtelegram.xyz

All of the pwrtelegram repos (https://github.com/pwrtelegram) adhere to the Hacktoberfest!
Browse the issues of the pwrtelegram organization (https://github.com/pwrtelegram) and help close at least four of them with a pull request to get a free t-shirt!
See https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/ for more details.

My php telegram client, https://github.com/danog/MadelineProto adheres to the Hacktoberfest!
Browse the issues of that project and help close at least four of them with a pull request to get a free t-shirt!
See https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/ for more details.

As you may have noticed, the official bot API now supports sending of files using URLs, like the PWRTelegram bot API (copycats xd), albeit with a limitation of 5 mb for documents and 20 mb for other files.
This limitation is removed in the PWRTelegram bot API. You can use it to upload files up to 1.5 gb from URLs.

I've implemented getting participants_count (number of users in a channel or group), kicked_count (number of kicked users in a channel or group), when (last time user was seen) with the getChat method.

description (description of bots, groups and channels), online (current online status), share_text (share text for bots), commands (list of commands for bots) are going to be implemented soon.

https://pwrtelegram.xyz

I've created a cheat engine for the new telegram games: https://daniil.it/TelegramCheats/
Simply input the game's URL, the score you want to receive and press Done to receive that score in the game!
It currently works only with games created with @gamee, @gamebot games might also work, but their website is currently broken :(
To add support for more games simply submit a pull request to the github repo: https://github.com/danog/TelegramCheats
Share this message everywhere XD

Check out my new bot, @bluetextbot!
You can send proposals for its icon to @pwrtelegramgroup ;)

BLUE TEXT
MUST CLICK

I AM A STUPID ANIMAL THAT IS ATTRACTED TO COLORS

Pro tip: add it to groups XD

Check out my new bot, @mkcounterbot!
This bot can add counters to messages sent to it.
The message will be seen as forwarded from your user.
As usual, you can send proposals for its icon to @pwrtelegramgroup ;)

Happy birthday Durov! :D

I've fixed https://daniil.it/TelegramCheats
Now it supports @gamee, @gamebot and @awesomebot games.
Enjoy! ;)