Published 13:02 IST, May 29th 2022

Telegram could introduce premium subscription plan for users soon

As and when Telegram launches a premium subscription plan for users, it might start showing advertisements to non-paying customers. Read more details here.

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Popular messaging platform Telegram could soon introduce a premium subscription plan for users. As of now, platform does not ask for any fees or subscriptions from its user to provide its services of sending and receiving messages, sharing multimedia files, using an account on multiple platforms or backing up chats and media on cloud. However, that dynamic might change as a known reverse engineer has found evidence of Telegram premium plan. 

Known mobile developer and reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi shared a screenshot via his Twitter account on May 27, 2022. screenshot contains opening or welcoming message that Telegram shows to new users. However, re is a notable difference between message Telegram shows right now and message that is present in screenshot, which indicates that Telegram is working on a premium plan for users. 

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Non-paying Telegram might see s

Currently, when new users sign up on Telegram, y are shown message "Telegram is free forever. No s. No subscription fees." However, message seen in screenshot shared by Paluzzi res "Telegram provides free unlimited cloud storage for chats and media." Notice both messages again as second one does not contain anything about an -free experience or no subscription fees.  

What does this indicate? For starters, as and when Telegram launches a premium subscription plan for users, it might start showing vertisements to non-paying customers, which will n become one of its sources of income. ditionally, Paluzzi also informs that premium users on Telegram will get a bge next to ir name, along with access to exclusive stickers and reactions. Or details about premium subscription, such as cost and perks are not known at moment. 

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Back in April, Telegram launched a new update for users with features like custom notification sounds, custom mute durations and more. This would enable users to create custom alerts from ir favourite music or even memes and set a custom duration for which y want a chat to be mute. Stay tuned for more updates on Telegram, messaging platforms and or tech news. 

13:02 IST, May 29th 2022