Telegram Premium subscription available: Here’s what it offers

It had been talked about for some time e Telegram Premium is now a reality, users will now be able to subscribe to the much talked about subscription to support the app, which has now become a real giant with its catchment area that has officially reached 700 million users.

First of all, let’s clarify one point, Telegram was born as a free application and will remain free for everyone, the Telegram Premium subscription is not absolutely mandatory and only goes to offer additional features to what the service has always offered up to now, therefore free users do not they will notice differences.

The cost of this monthly subscription is € 5.99, in the official announcement the price was not actually mentioned, but by connecting via iPhone the subscription that has this price is already available.

Telegram Premium: all the news

Let’s see in detail all the additional features that can be unlocked by subscribing to the Telegram Premium subscription.

• 4GB uploads: Each user can upload large files and media, up to 2GB each, and enjoy unlimited storage in the Telegram cloud for free. With Telegram Premium, subscribers will now be able to send 4GB files – enough space for 4 hours of 1080p video or 18 days of high-quality audio.
• Faster downloads: Premium subscribers can download files and multimedia content at the fastest possible speed. You will be able to access everything contained in your unlimited cloud storage at the same speed as your network.
• Limits doubled: Premium users get higher limits for almost everything within the app. With Premium you can follow up to 1000 channels, create up to 20 chat folders with up to 200 chats each, add a fourth account to any Telegram app, pin 10 chats in the main list and save up to 10 favorite stickers. You can also write a longer bio and include a link to it. Likewise, Premium allows you to add more characters to media captions. Finding the right way to reply to any message will be easier with up to 400 favorite GIFs. Finally, Premium members can reserve up to 20 t.me public links, making any group or channel created stand out with a short, concise link.
• Voice to text: Voice messages can be converted to text, for those times when you don’t feel like listening, but want to know what’s written. You can evaluate the transcripts to improve them.
• Unique stickers: Dozens of stickers now have impressive full-screen animations, which Premium users can send in any chat to add more expressive emotions and effects visible to all users. This Premium sticker collection will be updated monthly by Telegram artists.
• Unique reactions: Premium users also unlock more ways to react to messages, with over 10 new emojis like 👌😍❤️🔥💯 (and new favorites 🤡🌭🐳).
• Chat management: Telegram Premium includes new tools to organize the chat list, such as the ability to change the default chat folder, so that the app always opens in a custom folder or, for example, Unread instead of All chats. In addition, subscribers can activate an option in the Privacy and Security settings to automatically archive and mute new chats, to facilitate the organization of the most crowded chat lists.
• Animated profile photos: Premium user profile videos will be animated for everyone throughout the app, including within chats and in the chat list. Let everyone see your new look or use your creativity with a unique animation in sequence.
• Premium badge: All premium users receive a special Premium badge that appears next to their name in the chat list, chat titles and member lists in groups, to show their contribution in supporting Telegram and the club membership they receive first the new functions.
• Premium app icons: There are new icons that premium users can add to their home screen to create new matches with their personality or wallpaper. You can choose between a premium star, a night sky or a turbo-charged plane.
• No listing: In some countries, sponsored messages are shown on large public one-to-many channels. These minimalist, privacy-conscious advertisements help to support Telegram’s operating costs, but will no longer appear for Telegram Premium subscribers.

Then there are some news regarding the app in general, so even users who do not subscribe to the Premium subscription, such as improvements for bots and more, if you want more information about it you can find them on the official site.

Telegram will therefore continue to update also for free users and this subscription will in fact serve to support the entire application, in fact the official announcement reports: “Premium subscriptions help Telegram not only pay for the additional costs of premium features, but also support the free version of Telegram for all“.