description: A notification stating the API layer that is used by the client. You should use your current layer and take notice of the layer used on the other side of a conversation when sending messages.
A notification stating the API layer that is used by the client. You should use your current layer and take notice of the layer used on the other side of a conversation when sending messages.
|layer|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Layer number, must be **17** or higher (this contructor was introduced in [Layer 17](https://core.telegram.org/api/layers#layer-17)).|