Telegram Premium now available, but not yet for Linux (or any desktop)

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As we publish a little over a week ago Premium Telegram it's here. His CEO had confirmed it in, how could it be otherwise, his Telegram channel, and they have taken very little time to make it a reality. Back in the day we speculated on what it might bring, and we hit the only thing we were trying to guess at: larger files can be sent. File sizes are doubled if you pay, but that's not the only benefit you'll get.

Some time ago I read an article, I don't remember where, that said that WhatsApp was much faster in sending files than Telegram. The truth is that I have also noticed that sometimes the downloads are slow, but that has a reason: the owners of the platform do not want the service to collapse, or that or they had been thinking about launching this Telegram Premium for a long time no speed limits.

What Telegram Premium offers

The mobile version introduced by Telegram Premium is Telegram 8.8, and by paying we will obtain:

  • The first thing they mention is not for us, but for them: we support the project.
  • Files up to 4GB can be sent. Users, let's say, freemium will be able to download them, but not send them. And the speed, as we will say later, will be the same as always.
  • Faster downloads.
  • Duplicate Limits:
    • Up to 1000 channels can be followed.
    • Up to 20 chat folders can be created.
    • Pin 10 chats to the main list.
    • Save 10 favorite stickers.
    • Everything double.
  • Tool to convert speech to text.
  • Special stickers, with full screen animations that all users will see. More will be added and they said we freemiums will be able to forward them.
  • special reactions.
  • Chat management that allows you to indicate in which folder the app will open.
  • Animated profile photos.
  • Telegram Premium badge.
  • New icons for the app.
  • Ads that we sometimes see on channels with a few thousand users will not be seen.

Now for all users, join requests can be activated in public channels, the sharing experience has been improved, official accounts such as Twitter can be verified, improvements to bots, improvements to iPhone / iPad with ProMotion and over 100 fixes.

€ 5.49 per month

Telegram Premium will be priced at € 5.49 per month in Spain. Personally, there's nothing that makes me think I need any of these special features, and I don't think I'm the only one who thinks so. At least at the time of writing this article, the news is only available in the mobile version of Telegram; they are expected to hit the desk rather soon.

Will you subscribe to Telegram Premium?


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  1.   Christian said

    When they announced a long time ago that they were thinking about a "premium" version, I thought I'd take it just for supporting the project. I use Telegram a lot and I am clear that without an inflow of money, the project would be doomed.

    What happens is that I was thinking more in a range of 20 to 30 euros per year. About €66 per year is a lot for me. And I think many people do a lot. Especially considering that I personally don't really need the premium features either (maybe one, but it's not that important to me either). Maybe they should have more premium versions with different prices, so that people take what suits them best.

    For now I'll think about it although I may take it even for a year because of the time I've already used Telegram.