Telegram is a modern, free cross-platform messenger for interactive communication and information exchange between users online. A team of developers led by Pavel Durov (the founder of the social network VKontakte) worked on the app.
The first version of the messenger was released in 2013, and the client required an iOS device. The latest versions of Telegram can be installed on various platforms (smartphone, tablet, PC) running the following systems (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Mac OS, Linux and Windows). The client is also integrated as a web application (for direct access from a web browser).
Main advantages of Telegram
- High speed of operations (powerful and reliable servers are used for data transfer, data storage is based on modern cloud hosting).
- Privacy of correspondence (the unique MTProto encryption protocol was used while developing the application, and it is possible to activate the "secret" chat mode).
- Smooth interface implemented in a convenient correspondence management for mobile users.
- It is possible to directly upload photos from the network to the user's chat.
- The program is able to transfer files between participants in correspondence (file size up to 1.5 GB).
Features of Telegram
Other features of the Telegram application should include the ability to create multi-chats with the number of active users up to 200 people, and from the end of 2015 the option of organizing super groups of up to 1000 participants is provided.
Telegram messenger is actively developing, the version of the program is regularly updated, the developers are constantly introducing interesting functionality aimed at expanding the capabilities of users.
