Telegram not too long ago introduced that it has been engaged on a brand new Tales characteristic and now it has began rolling out Telegram Tales. The brand new Tales options is at present out there to these customers who’re subscribed to Telegram’s Premium membership.
Telegram Tales have rather more in widespread with Instagram Tales but in addition have a bunch of distinctive options. Telegram Tales will enable customers to submit pictures and movies that vanish after a while, but it surely provides greater than different apps. As an illustration, customers can select how lengthy a Story will last- 6, 12, 24, or 48 hours whereas most apps delete Tales after 24 hours.
Customers also can make lists of various contacts for every Story on Telegram. This lets them share a sure Story with their shut buddies and one other one solely with their colleagues. The interface is just like what we see in different apps which have Tales, with a row of Tales above the listing of chats.
Just like the Tales characteristic in apps equivalent to Instagram and Snapchat, customers also can ship emojis and reply to different folks’s Tales.
Nevertheless, Telegram Tales are seen to everybody, however solely those that subscribe to Telegram Premium can create Tales. When non-Premium customers attempt to create a brand new Story, a immediate within the app says, “Posting tales is at present out there solely to subscribers,” which implies it may finally turn into free for all.
Telegram’s CEO final month stated that the corporate was initially reluctant so as to add Tales as a result of they “are already in all places,” however needed to respect its customers’ demand.
“For years, our customers have been asking us to implement Tales in Telegram. Greater than half of all characteristic requests that we obtain are associated to Tales. Initially, we had been in opposition to this since Tales are already in all places. Nevertheless, Telegram wouldn’t be Telegram if we didn’t hearken to our customers and didn’t innovate on present codecs,” Telegram CEO Pavel Durov stated final month.
Whereas saying the characteristic, Telegram CEO additionally stated that customers will have the ability to save their tales to their profile.
“The power to save lots of your tales to the profile web page will make Telegram profiles extra informative and vibrant. You’ll not solely have the ability to discover extra content material out of your closest contacts however lastly uncover extra details about customers you join with in teams or channel feedback,” Durov stated.
Telegram Premium was priced at Rs 469 monthly however was decreased to Rs 179 monthly final 12 months. Telegram Premium unlocks doubled limits, 4 GB file uploads, quicker downloads, unique stickers and reactions, improved chat administration and extra.
