Bot API 4.4 has arrived. - Added support for animated sticker | BotNews
Bot API 4.4 has arrived.
- Added support for animated stickers. - Added support for default permissions in any groups. - Added support for descriptions and invite links in basic groups. - All webhook requests from the Bot API are now coming from the subnets 149.154.160.0/20 and 91.108.4.0/22. Update your configuration if you control inbound access with a firewall. - The next Bot API update (v.4.5) will allow nested MessageEntity objects, make sure your code can correctly handle such entities.
Full changelog: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#july-29-2019