- September 23, 2016

Everyone

Communication

( 2,036,886)

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Description

Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s super-fast, simple, secure and free.

Telegram seamlessly syncs across all of your devices and can be used on desktops, tablets and phones alike. You can send an unlimited amount of messages, photos, videos and files of any type (.doc, .zip, .pdf, etc.). Telegram groups have up to 5000 people and you can create channels to broadcast messages to an unlimited number of subscribers. Be sure to check our website for a list of Telegram apps for all platforms.

We built Telegram to make messaging speedy and safe again, without the usual caveats.

Why Switch to Telegram?

FAST: Telegram is the fastest messaging app on the market because it uses a distributed infrastructure with data centers positioned around the globe to connect users to the closest possible server.

SECURE: We made it our mission to provide the best security among mass messengers. Telegram heavily encrypts all your data with time-tested algorithms.

CLOUD STORAGE: Telegram seamlessly syncs across all your devices, so you can always securely access your data. Your message history is stored for free in the Telegram cloud. Never lose your data again!

GROUP CHAT & SHARING: With Telegram, you can form large group chats of up to 5000 members, quickly share large videos, documents (.doc, .ppt, .zip, etc.), and send an unlimited amount of photos to your friends.

RELIABLE: Built to deliver your messages in the minimum bytes possible, Telegram is the most reliable messaging system ever made. It works even on the weakest mobile connections.

100% FREE & NO ADS: Telegram is free and will always be free. We are not going to sell ads or introduce subscription fees.

PRIVACY: We take your privacy seriously and will never give third parties access to your data.

For those interested in maximum privacy, Telegram offers Secret Chats. Secret Chat messages can be programmed to self-destruct automatically from both participating devices. This way you can send all types of disappearing content — messages, photos, videos and even files. Secret Chats use end-to-end encryption to ensure that a message can only be read by its intended recipient.

SUPPORT: For real-time support, please go to Settings in Telegram and select “Ask a Question” to send a message directly to our support volunteers. You can also email us at support@telegram.org.

Reviews

4.2

2,036,886 total

5 1,272,742

4 363,589

3 178,191

2 81,757

1 140,607

Stephanie Bigtas

I love Telegram but.. I hope you guys will consider some tabs to separate private chats from groups and channels. Whenever I play a voice message, the audio will stop and then my phone's screen would turn off or blink several times. The new emojis suck. Seriously, we don't need a bigger version of it. That's what stickers are for.

Elon Shitrit

The new version's basic emoticons are horrible Please fellas, let me go back to the nornal smilies. The added color and 'volume' is thr worst thing ever happend. Basic emoticons should be 2 dimensional, nothing more. That way we can express basic emotions im abstract way. I have talked to some friends and i know I'm not alone on this. Please let us go back to the old emoticons. Thanks.

Donald Rai

Still Waiting Support has been horrible! I have sent them 2 emails telling them my phone number comes back as "invalid." It's ridiculous that they refuse to answer my problem. I've uninstalled and cleared data and cache then reinstalled it, but it still will not recognize my phone number. Because of that, I haven't been able to use the program. Maybe,, they'll answer me now. Even after the update, same problem.

Artur Frycze

Best messenger ever! Simple, secure, and does everything I need, nothing more. Need only one telegram account across all my devices (most other messengers can't do it). I just miss voice/video calls little bit... But for chatting it's the best!

Ethan B.

Emoji icon set and other design choices Forcing users to us a emoji icon set from a competing platform makes little to no sense. Design choices such as background art instead of solid colors for chat makes this app feel silly. Requiring a phone number instead of email to use also raises some doubts on security. Functionally works but leaves much to be desired as is evident by the myriad of messengers that use the API to provide missing features

Richard Roberts

Best Messaging Platform Telegram is my favorite messaging platform. It checks all the boxes in what I want in a messaging app. The latest update confuses me a little though. It doesn't seem like they know the direction they're taking and at this point are just playing catch up to other apps. I wish they would allow me to use native Android emojis. Faces are only available in images, not video. Latest update fixed videos being flipped on the front facing camera but now still images are flipped!

User reviews

Stephanie Bigtas September 24, 2016

Elon Shitrit September 24, 2016

Donald Rai September 24, 2016

Artur Frycze September 24, 2016

Ethan B. September 27, 2016

Richard Roberts September 26, 2016

Sonia Pillai September 24, 2016

Hate the new Emojis. Please make the Emojis like before the new ones are terrible. As if they have gone old and got wrinkles....😒😠 they have become more gloomy too. It is not so appreciable! Moreover I am not getting access to GIF's... I love this app! I would rate it a 5 star if I get access to the latest update asap! 😠

Eitan Cohen September 29, 2016

Great The app is great and could be a good replacement for whatsapp but currently it seems that I have to open the app to get the messages so its not usable as a messaging app for me. Edit: miui settings worked an fixed the issue. Thank you

Telegram Messenger LLP September 28, 2016

Hello, note that Xiaomi devices have task killer services that interfere with the Telegram notification service. For our notifications to work, you need to add Telegram to allowed apps in those devices' security settings. Xiaomi: Services -- Security -- Permissions -- Autostart, find Telegram and enable autostart.

Alejandro Risso September 26, 2016

Way better than WhatsApp Telegram surpasses WhatsApp for the reason that it feels like a polished and perfected version of it giving us users what we have been asking for for a while now. Edit: the new gimmick of being able to draw on and add masks to pictures is the best thing ever!

JR Law September 25, 2016

Thank you Others might be complaining, but I would like tell you that I really appreciates your service. Thank you for creating this software. Thank you for making it ad-free. Thank you for creating so much cool and fun stuffs like stickers, filters, gifs. Its very fun and really make our day. And we are happy about it. Thank you and we really appreciates it! Jiayou!!! ❤

Joker Qyou September 25, 2016

Worst update ever I can see you're very passionate about UI improvements, yet starting the camera when I touch the attachment button is the worst design I've ever seen. I'm using a Nexus5X and it slows my phone every time I want to send a screenshot. I don't want to fxxking take pictures at all, wut the hell r u thinking? OK, now it cannot load my location anymore, even worse.

Husrav Homids September 27, 2016

It's great as always But you guys have just destroyed the emojis! They're ugly and it even feels like they're not impressing my emotions because they're silly!

Melli Avery September 26, 2016

What the hell The emojis are uglier then ever, almost as ugly as the Android/Samsung ones, bring back the old and only good ones!! or give the User the Option which ones they want to use and see

Eric John Cagape September 28, 2016

A very easy and fun to use messaging app. The only issue I've had so far is that the font size of the input text field doesn't change with the message font size. But it's just a minor aesthetic problem, so I'm still giving this a 5.

nader kabir September 26, 2016

(((Very Consume battery!!! ))) very very slow! Too much time late to Downloading videos??? version 3 ((((Please make chat room group same Paltalk)))) (It is very important Please fix fast) Please use.... The encrypted combination 3072bit or 4096bit RSA and 384bit or 512bit SHA for maximum security. All messages are deleted from the server after delivery. Thanks fi very Very slow and poor Too much time late to Download video?(Iran and Indonesia) I have Galaxy note 4 Android 6.0.1 Internet 4G LTE very slow not fast

September 24, 2016

Didn't like the new emojis I like every thing about telegram.. but Didn't like the new emojis in the last update want the old ones back + i wish there will be a choice to send photos with real resolution because its change it so badly 😢

Telegram Messenger LLP September 28, 2016

Hello, you can send photos with their original resolution by using Paperclip -- File. That will send the photo without compression, which is good for high resolution photos.

Scaria kt September 25, 2016

Will rate 5 stars if u remove the new emoji. We don't need a bigger emoji that's what stickers are for. Remove it and I'll rate 5stars. Still its better than whatsapp but please don't give terrible updates like this. So unhappy with the update

owen franke September 25, 2016

Bring back the REAL detective! The newest update has replaced the talented and enthusiastic mystery solver (I named him Scott) with some long-faced clueless buffoon sporting a yellow mustache! He doesn't look like he has the slightest idea about anything! How am I supposed to express my cunning ability to detect sarcasm and other flavors of linguistic encryption in my chats with such an uninspired knockoff emoji? This fool probably couldn't even see through an open window! Bring back Scott!

Henrique Alejandro Rodriguez Mendez September 26, 2016

Battery Drain I love telegram, but recently i change from my old note 3 to my new note 7. For the past weeks it was working just fine with my note 7 but after the last update, telegram is on the top of my battery usage, using 50% of my battery. The battery drain is way off. Please do something about it. I love the app but with a battery drain this big it just sucks.

Annapurna mishra September 27, 2016

PLEASE CHANGE THESE NEW SETS OF EMOJI In this new version update.. These face emojis are so pathetic.. hating the feel of chatting.. new ones are not all good.. please change it with the previous one.. it's a request.

Angel Wagner September 27, 2016

I like Telegram!! But......??! I think you guys should lunch a new update for the Application, that allow us the users to make free and video calls. New improvements like that it will be awesome

aashlesha gode September 24, 2016

Facing Issue This app does not work on my wifi connection . All other apps on my phone are working fine on the wifi . It was going smooth and suddenly i am facing this issue . Please help me fix it . It works on mobile data though

Alif Zainal September 24, 2016

Retarded emojis Don't follow Apple. The emojis are sucks. Hate this new update. Please change it to the normal emojis. They look more better than the new one

Harry Whitter September 24, 2016

Better than WhatsApp The easy way to explain this app is to say, its like WhatsApp, but looks better, is quicker, and has lots more features, so many small things that add up to one great experience. It's also open source! (The encryption isn't but...I can live with that since Facebook takes data from WhatsApp anyway so what's even the point of the encryption?)

Laviel Israel September 26, 2016

Used to work flawlessly. Lately the app is very glitchy. I find myself having to restart my device in order for issue to be resolved. The issue I'm having is that when I lift my device to my ear to record a message the message never records

Tyler Matlage September 25, 2016

Simple messaging app Great messaging app! I recently was bummed they didn't have better support for the nougat notification bundling but in the most recent update they fixed! Awesome app with great developers!

Damian Castillo September 28, 2016

One of the Best Just like the title says, it's one of, if not the best, messaging apps out there. It's free, fast messaging, you can make your own stickers, etc. The only thing that's missing is being able to set it as your default SMS app, but it's not that big of an issue. Other than that, it's fantastic and I highly recommend it!

Saleh Sorkhei September 28, 2016

Ugly emoji It has been extremely ugly emoji on new version. I prefer previous emojis.

Nightfall Alicorn September 28, 2016

Searching for groups is buggy. Most times it finds it other times says no results even though it does exist. Edit: Nevermind I got the contact and group searches mixed up.

ROGER MICHAEL September 28, 2016

Good app Hate the new Emojis🖓,, soo terrible. Please try to return the old ones! They were much better.

September 28, 2016

excelllent app but there is a little bug there is a little bug while the app is locked but when you receive message notification and while clicking reply button the message opens and dont ask you about the lock password .. am pending a fixing update :)

bahar np September 29, 2016

It's very good. It will be better if there was a category for our joined channel. I mean that the possibility for us to organize our channels for easier checking... thank you :)

Max C. September 29, 2016

I like it much better than viber and wattsapp. Only missing Russian menus as my Russian-speaking parents use it too. And voice calls. And then I'd be off skype.

Tim Drough September 27, 2016

Great Excellent messaging app. The only thing that could improve it for me is to have an indication of who in a group has read my message IE. like Facebook does in group messages in messenger

A Shinau Abdul Gadir September 25, 2016

Contacts are not visible I'm not able to see any contacts from Telegram app. For a mature app like Telegram this is really a bad user experience!

hamid alaei September 24, 2016

Bug in switch to inline button Hi. Just updated telegram client. This bug is still not fixed in android: switch to inline buttons of a message don't work in the same chat as the message. Steps to reproduce: 1. Go to @like 2. Send it a message. The bot will ask for an emoji set 3. Send some emojis to bot. 4. Press publish button (a switch_to_inline one) 5. Select @like itself Expected behavior: inline query should be sent to bot and you should be able to se the answer Actual behavior: nothing happens except something is shown to be drafted. Why it is very very very important: the message with inline button can be in a group as well.

Henna Gaubusseau September 29, 2016

Please give us the normal emojis back The app itself is great but the updated emojis take us back to the 00's with the "3D" gradient effect and absolutely terrible emotions. Please give us normal emojis back in the next patch!

Анна Гончар September 24, 2016

Give back emoji! Everyone gets used to standard size of emoji, now it looks awful

Wiji Noviasih September 25, 2016

Awesome It's recommended for you, who has huge files and you can't save in your phone. So you can easily use this app for managing your files and say goodbye for lagging.

Winnie Ting September 25, 2016

Please change back emoji!!! Please change back the emojis to the previous version!! The new version of emoji gets really big when it is typed alone in its own. It's weird

What's New

v. 3.12

- Draw on your photos and apply stylish masks, stickers, and text. We're launching a platform for masks today; anyone can upload their own sets of masks, beards, glasses, and the like.

- Create your own GIFs using the new "mute" feature after you record a video.

- Access trending stickers directly from the stickers panel in any of your chats.

- Added support for Android 7.0.