Telegram is now providing a Premium subscription

Again in 2021, Telegram hit 500 million energetic customers (many due to the backlash in opposition to WhatsApp). Quick-forward to as we speak, and the messaging app now has 700 million month-to-month customers. So, Telegram is launching a Premium subscription, with hopes of capitalising on its appreciable development.

In a prolonged weblog publish, the corporate launched Telegram Premium, which is priced at $5 per thirty days. The subscription offers a flurry of recent options along with these which are already out there without cost.

Amongst these is the power to add bigger recordsdata — as much as 4GB in dimension — and obtain recordsdata sooner. There are additionally doubled limits for every thing within the app: observe as much as 1,000 channels, create as much as 20 chat folders with 200 chats every, pin 10 chats, save as much as 10 favourite stickers, and add a fourth account to the app.

Different Premium instruments embody distinctive stickers (some with full-screen animations), distinctive response emojis, premium badges, and voice-to-text dialog.

Non-premium customers could have entry to a number of the new advantages, together with viewing stickers despatched by Premium customers or downloading these extra-large paperwork (not importing although).

“The contributions of premium subscribers will assist enhance and broaden the app for many years to come back, whereas Telegram will stay free, unbiased and uphold its users-first values, redefining how a tech firm ought to function,” the corporate wrote in an announcement.

Notably, Telegram has been criticized for its long-standing coverage of not taking down unlawful content material, together with nonconsensual pornography, in non-public chats. “All Telegram chats and group chats are non-public amongst their contributors. We don’t course of any requests associated to them,” Telegram’s FAQ response to unlawful content material reads.

Telegram is the most recent tech firm to advertise a subscription mannequin. In Could, TikTok launched a Twitch-like subscription, permitting customers to work together with creators straight. Twitter has launched its personal, Twitter Blue, whereas Snapchat has additionally moved in the direction of a paid subscription mannequin, with the creation of Snapchat+.