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Telegram Messenger an App Which Is Future - Proof
Bovas John Thomas14 January 2017
Mobile messaging apps are massive. According to Business Insider Top Messaging apps have userbase larger than Social Networking Sites like Facebook and Twitter Combined. But Only a few of the top competitors are developed enough to monetize the possibilities of this large global user base.There is no doubt that whatsapp which is recently acquired by Facebook is currently the top messaging app by considering its userbase. But whoever has tried all the other alternatives Like Telegram will likely to say WhatsApp is not a feature rich or future proof messaging app available in the market.
Telegram Messenger isn't the new kid on the block . Telegram has been known as the ''Father Of WhatsApp " among hardcore Telegram geeks. Well, it is only a saying but if you ever used the Telegram features like its highly encrypted Secret Chats, Channels , Bots you wouldn't deny it.
Telegram is founded by Pavel Durov who is a Russian entrepreneur behind Russia's top social network Vkontake.com. It have native clients on every platform including Android , iOS, Windows , Linux etc. It is is well known for its strong security features like end to end encryption and secret chats which ables users to share messages with manual timer's for auto deletion from both participants device with no trace left on the servers.
So Far Telegram is the only messaging app which let users to share upto file size of whopping 1.5 GB, without any restriction on file size. Supergroups In Telegram can accommodate Upto 5000 members and it is a great advantage over WhatsApp which limits number of members in a group to 256 . In supergroups any shared files or messages are available to search if its shared even before you've joined in it.
Telegram Channels lets users to broadcast text ,or any other media files to a large userbase. Channels can be subscribed by unlimited number of Peoples. it can be used even as a micro blogging platform .
Bots are another feature which makes users switch to Telegram . It is simply Telegram accounts operated by software to do a particular task inside Telegram by integrating with internet. ex. Search Images, GIF's, Stickers ,Wikipedia , Broadcast News and Weather , Translate to different languages or even search and download YouTube videos !. Most of these features are available inline(use along you type it ).Recently launched Google Assistant on Allo is the only feature which is somehow similar to Telegram Bots,It's Bot API and platform is open for third party developers to create new bots. In Future we could expect bots for Booking Movies , Shopping , Banking Transactions , etc.
Latest additions in Telegram are Its Social Gaming Platform and Instant View. By Using @gamee you could play small games and puzzles within the app and you could even challenge your friends . Instant View is another exciting addition in Messaging scenario which helps users to share articles with richly formatted content like images and GIFs loads lighting fast inside the app.
Other features of telegram includes Custom Username for both ,users and public groups , Stickers ,GIF's , Replies , Mentions , joining link for private chats etc. Most of these features are introduced first in Telegram and some of them still remains only in it.
In Brief , Telegram Messenger is the only future proof and convenient messaging app which gives its users strong security and tonnes of features to integrate their social life at ease than, any other instant messaging app available in the Market and which promise to stay free forever without no ads.