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Earlier this month, Telegram announced that they were introducing a premium subscription. According to the CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, the paid platform would give users a higher limit for chats, media and file uploads.
The move resulted from the requests of users who were calling for increased limits on chats, media and file uploads. Durov explained that if they decided to allow the limit increase for all users, it would cause some challenges with their server.
The best approach was to make it a subscription base so that only those ready to pay the price could get the added benefits. This seems to be the strategy these days with different social media platforms like what Snapchat is currently adopting. Telegram boasts over half a billion monthly active users, making it stand shoulder to shoulder with WhatsApp. The messaging app is poised to meet clients' needs with the subscription version.
Today, the
Telegram Premium is finally rolling out as promised by the tech giant. The full
details of the features are expected in a post on Telegram's blog. In addition
to the earlier stated features, the company is adding larger uploads up to a
file size of 4GB instead of the regular 2GB and faster downloads. They announced that the Telegram Premium would be
available for $4.99 monthly.
In detail, the subscribers will get twice the standard
limits of regular users. They also get an increased limit on the number of
channels they can join. For instance, paid subscribers can join more than the
500 channels cap, i.e., up to 1,000 channels. Other features include the
ability of paid users to create 20 chat folders with 200 chats each. They will
be able to pin up to 10 chats. The put icing on the case, Premium users get
longer bios with a link.
Subscribers can access a library of Premium stickers
with more obnoxious full-screen animations, exclusive emoji reactions, and
animated profile pictures. Subscribers can save up to 10 stickers and add four
accounts to Telegram instead of three. Paid subscribers also get text conversion for voice
messages where their headphones are unavailable. Concerning chat management,
subscribers are allowed to change their default chat folder.
Finally, the
Telegram Premium eliminates sponsored messages in public channels. Still, on the paid subscription, one thing that
Telegram put in place is users' experience on both paid and free Telegram. The
free features will remain free, while the new features will not affect the
experience of free users. The meaning of that statement is that when free users
get a larger file from premium users, the free users will be able to download
it. Not just that, these free users will be able to view the premium reactions
or emojis they use.
In conclusion, Durov promised users the need for the
company to continue developing features for free users. Currently, Telegram
displays verified badges in chats (in addition to profiles, search results and
chats), which gives public groups the ability to enable join requests. Telegram
also added a few platform-specific. Durov also promised that Telegram wouldn't stop
developing features for free users either, which the platform appears to be
following through on. The latest Telegram update displays verified badges in
chats and some other platform-specific improvements here and there.
Telegram Premium is here with its many attractive
features, ready for more than 700 million subscribers and growing.
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