Telegram Premium officially launched, but only on iOS for now

Telegram has released another update, which finally introduces the very paid subscription Telegram Premium, about which

There has been so much talk lately.about an additional service that allows users to double the limits set within the messenger (regarding the number of subscriptions, folders for publics, the size of transferred files, and so on), and also addsWith this release, the company emphasized the success in terms of the popularity of its product: the top 5 in terms of the number of downloads in the world, 700 million monthly active users.Moreover, it was a special source of pride that all this was achieved without commercial advertising, only on user recommendations.All the details of Premium are laid out here.

There is something to please those who will not buy a subscription.With the new update, it will be possible to set requests to enter public groups (as if a new way to filter incoming users), icons of a verified account (by the way, our Telegram channel already has one), visual improvements to the work of bots (you can set a picture for the "what can do" sectionthis bot?"), convenient previews and uploading photos and videos to the Gallery for Android, direct download of large files from third-party apps to iOS, more than 100 different improvements and fixes for all platforms.At first, the update (and therefore Telegram Premium) is receivediOS users, where the subscription price was 449 rubles.In the near future, other platforms will also be updated.Rumor has it that the price will be lower on Android, and a special bot is being created where you canbuy a subscription bypassing the App Store.But that's another story.

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According to Telegram