What is Telegram?
What will I do here? Telegram is a messaging application focused on speed and security. It's super fast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time. Messages sync seamlessly across multiple phones, tablets or computers. Telegram has over 500 million monthly active users and is one of the 10 most downloaded apps in the world.
With Telegram you can send messages, photos, videos and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc.) and create groups of up to 200,000 people or channels to broadcast to unlimited viewers. You can type in your phone book and find contacts by username. All in all, Telegram is like SMS and email combined and can meet all your personal or business messaging needs. In addition, we support end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls, as well as voice chats in groups for thousands of participants.
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Who is Telegram for?
Telegram is for anyone who wants fast and reliable messaging and calls. Business users and small teams; may like large groups, usernames, desktop apps, and powerful file sharing options. You can also buy real telegram channel members for your business.
Since Telegram groups can have up to 200,000 members, we support replies, mentions, and tags that help maintain order and keep communication efficient in large communities. You can appoint administrators with advanced tools to help these communities thrive peacefully. Anyone can join public groups; are powerful platforms for discussions and gathering feedback.
If pictures interest you more, Telegram has animated GIF finder, artistic photo editor and an open sticker platform (You can find great stickers here or here). What's more, you don't have to worry about the storage space on your device. With Telegram's cloud support and cache management options, Telegram takes up almost zero space on your phone.
Those looking for extra privacy should check out our advanced settings and pretty revolutionary policy. If you want privacy, try our device-specific Secret Chats with self-destructing messages, photos and videos and lock your app with an additional password.
We keep improving - check out Telegram's Brief History and follow us on Twitter and Telegram to stay in touch.
How is Telegram different from WhatsApp?
Unlike WhatsApp, Telegram is a cloud-based messenger with seamless syncing. As a result, you can access your messages simultaneously from several devices, including tablets and computers, and share an unlimited number of photos, videos and files (doc, zip, mp3, etc.) up to 2GB each.
Telegram needs less than 100 MB of space on your device. You can keep all your media in the cloud without deleting anything. Just clear your cache to free up space.
Telegram is faster and much more secure, thanks to its multiple data center infrastructure and encryption. Moreover, private messaging on Telegram is free and will remain free. No ads and subscription fees forever.
Telegram's API and code are open and developers can create their own Telegram apps. We also have the Bot API, a developer-specific platform that allows anyone to easily create custom tools for Telegram, integrate any service, and even accept payments from users around the world.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
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How old is Telegram?
Telegram for iOS was released on August 14, 2013. The alpha version of Telegram for Android was officially released on October 20, 2013. A growing number of Telegram clients are emerging, created by independent developers using Telegram's open platform.
On which devices can I use it?
You can use Telegram on smartphones, tablets and even computers. We have apps for iOS (6 and above), Android (4.1 and above) and Windows Phone. You can also use the web version of Telegram or install one of our desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux.
You can log in to Telegram from as many devices as you want at the same time. Just use your main mobile number to log in anywhere.
Our API is open to developers if you want to build your own app for other platforms.