What Is Telegram?

Telegram is a free cloud-based instant messaging service. It is available on various mobile and desktop platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux.

There is a massive 200,000-person group chat capacity, end-to-end encryption in “secret chats,” and no media size restrictions, among other capabilities available to users. Additionally, there is a Bot API to help developers make their own Telegram bots.

The software is known for being one of the most privacy-conscious messaging apps. Additionally, Telegram’s open-source code offers reproducible builds.

While secret chats benefit from more robust client-client encryption or end-to-end encryption, private chat and group chats are protected by server-client encryption, allowing them to live in the cloud. This implies that nobody else, not even Telegram, can read your messages other than the sender and the recipient.

You should talk through hidden chats if you wish to maintain the highest level of privacy. Unfortunately, this also implies that group chats cannot use end-to-end encryption and must instead rely on one-on-one conversations.

Features:

• Add a new number or move existing phone numbers
  You won’t lose any of your contacts or chats if you change the phone number associated with your account. Telegram will instantly update all of your contacts’ address books to include your new phone number.
• Multiple Profile Picture Uploads for Telegram
  Telegram lets you post additional profile photos. Your contacts will only see your most recent photo as your profile image, but they may swipe to view all of your photos.
• Use Secret Telegram Chats
  You can set up end-to-end encrypted secret chats for the utmost secrecy. Since these aren’t kept on Telegram’s servers, only your particular phone may access them. A message that is deleted by one party is also deleted by the other. Additionally, if you’d like, you may set a self-destruct time for all media.
• Make use of Telegram bots
  Chatbots are a feature of Telegram, like many other communication apps. In your chats and on their own, bots can perform a variety of helpful tasks, from playing games to monitoring the weather. On Telegram, there are thousands of bots.
• Share Your Current Location
  By letting people know where you are, they can monitor your progress toward a destination or assist in keeping an eye out for your safety. Open a chat in Telegram, tap the paper clip icon, and select Location to share it. You have the option of sharing your current location or your live location. A one-time update regarding your location will be sent through Send My Current Location.