Telegram is a powerful messaging app that prioritizes speed and security, allowing users to communicate seamlessly across multiple devices. Launched in 2013, it offers a wide range of features including group chats, channels and bots, making it a versatile platform for personal and professional use. With its emphasis on privacy and user control, Telegram has gained popularity among users looking for a reliable alternative to traditional messaging apps. While there are many other messaging apps on the market, this article will outline the benefits of using Telegram as a secure messaging app for voice and video calls, group chats or secret chats, or when client-to-client encryption is needed. Learn how Telegram can help your business.
Telegram App overview
| App Name | Telegram |
| reviews | 4.2 star |
| Downloads | 100Cr+ |
| Rated for | 12+ |
TELEGRAM FEATURES
SYNCED: You can access your messages from all your phones, tablets and computers at once. Telegram apps are standalone, so you don’t need to keep your phone connected. Start typing on one device and finish the message from another. Never lose your data again.
FAST: Telegram is the fastest messaging app on the market, connecting people via a unique, distributed network of data centers around the globe.
SECURE: We made it our mission to provide the best security combined with ease of use. Everything on Telegram, including chats, groups, media, etc. is encrypted using a combination of 256-bit symmetric AES encryption, 2048-bit RSA encryption, and Diffie–Hellman secure key exchange.
UNLIMITED: You can send media and files, without any limits on their type and size. Your entire chat history will require no disk space on your device, and will be securely stored in the Telegram cloud for as long as you need it.
POWERFUL: You can create group chats with up to 200,000 members, share large videos, documents of any type (.DOCX, .MP3, .ZIP, etc.) up to 2 GB each, and even set up bots for specific tasks. Telegram is the perfect tool for hosting online communities and coordinating teamwork.
100% FREE & OPEN: Telegram has a fully documented and free API for developers, open source apps and verifiable builds to prove the app you download is built from the exact same source code that is published.
FUN: Telegram has powerful photo and video editing tools, animated stickers and emoji, fully customizable themes to change the appearance of your app, and an open sticker/GIF platform to cater to all your expressive needs.
RELIABLE: Built to deliver your messages using as little data as possible, Telegram is the most reliable messaging system ever made. It works even on the weakest mobile connections.
PRIVATE: We take your privacy seriously and will never give any third parties access to your data. You can delete any message you ever sent or received for both sides, at any time and without a trace. Telegram will never use your data to show you ads.
SIMPLE: While providing an unprecedented array of features, we take great care to keep the interface clean. Telegram is so simple you already know how to use it.
How does Telegram work?
Telegram’s core functionality is similar to most other messaging apps: you can message other Telegram users, create group conversations, call contacts, make video calls, and send files and stickers. However, there are some unique features that make it work differently from other chat apps.
First and foremost, Telegram’s headline feature is privacy and it uses end-to-end encryption to ensure this. This is what prevents people outside the two-way conversation — whether it’s the company, the government, hackers, or anyone else — from seeing what’s been sent.
However, Telegram uses this encryption only in calls and its “Secret Chats” feature, not in regular chats. It is simply encrypted client-to-server. Meanwhile, WhatsApp, a supposedly less secure service, has been using end-to-end encryption on all messages, calls and video calls since 2016.
What Is the Telegram App Used For?
Telegram is mostly used to send text messages to contacts, join others in groups and follow Telegram news channels but there are numerous other features that are popular among users.
MESSAGING: Telegram users can write text messages to their phone contacts that have Telegram installed and to other Telegram users. Emoji, Telegram stickers, GIFs and attached media are all available in text chats.
GROUPS: Telegram groups are essentially group chats with a few friends and family members to text or build a community around a topic or brand. Each Telegram group can support up to 200,000 users, and various admin tools are available.
CHANNELS: Telegram channels act as social media profiles or news feeds that creators can post and others can follow. Channels can be public or private and both types support an unlimited number of followers.
STORIES: Like Instagram Stories, Telegram users can create vertical image posts that appear in a row at the top of the Telegram app and expire after 24 hours.
FILE SHARING: Telegram can send different types of files to other users with a size limit of 1.5 GB each.
VOICE CHATS: An unlimited number of people can participate as listeners or speakers in voice calls. Calls can be private as public broadcasts/podcasts between contacts or in groups and channels.
VIDEO CHATS: Up to 30 users can communicate in one chat at any time through their device’s camera. You can also share your device’s screen and its activity in video chats.
BUSINESS: Businesses can create a professional profile with open hours, map location and customer support chat bots. Mini-apps can also be integrated into business profiles to complete tasks within the Telegram app (such as accepting payments from customers).
How to Install Telegram?
Both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store offer Telegram for download. If you want to set up the desktop version on your computer, you can download the desktop versions of Telegram for Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Open Google Play Store on your device
- Search Telegram in the search bar
- Tap on Install to get the app
- Once the app is downloaded tap on Open to launch the app.