Pure instant messaging — simple, fast, secure, and synced across all your devices. Over 100 million active users in two and a half years.
FAST: Telegram is the fastest messaging app on the market, connecting people via a unique, distributed network of data centers around the globe.
SYNCED: You can access your messages from all your devices at once. Start typing on your phone and finish the message from your tablet or laptop. Never lose your data again.
UNLIMITED: You can send media and files, without any limits on their type and size. Your entire chat history will require no disk space on your device, and will be securely stored in the Telegram cloud for as long as you need it.
SECURE: We made it our mission to provide the best security combined with ease of use. Everything on Telegram, including chats, groups, media, etc. is encrypted using a combination of 256-bit symmetric AES encryption, 2048-bit RSA encryption, and Diffie–Hellman secure key exchange.
POWERFUL: You can create group chats for up to 30,000 members, share large videos, documents of any type (.DOC, .MP3, .ZIP, etc.), and even set up bots for specific tasks. It's the perfect tool for hosting online communities and coordinating teamwork.
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.
FUN: Telegram has powerful photo and video editing tools and an open sticker/GIF platform to cater to all your expressive needs.
SIMPLE: While providing an unprecedented array of features, we are taking great care to keep the interface clean. With its minimalist design, Telegram is lean and easy to use.
100% FREE & NO ADS: Telegram is free and will always be free. We are not going to sell ads or introduce subscription fees.
PRIVATE: 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.
We keep expanding the boundaries of what you can do with a messaging app. Don’t wait years for older messengers to catch up with Telegram — join the revolution today.
What's New
Version History
4.9.2
- Minor improvements, including fixes for several crashes.
New in version 4.9.1: - New “Exceptions” section in Notification settings that lists all your chats with custom notifications. - Improved password hashing algorithm to better protect Telegram Passport data.
4.9.1
- New “Exceptions” section in Notification settings that lists all your chats with custom notifications. - Improved password hashing algorithm to better protect Telegram Passport data.
4.9
- Telegram Passport – a unified authorization method for services that require personal identification. - Store your identity documents and personal data in the Telegram cloud using End-to-End Encryption. - Instantly share your data with services that require real-world ID (finance, ICOs, etc.).
4.8.4
- Minor improvements, including fixes for several crashes.
New in version 4.8.3: - Swipe right in the chats list to mark chats as Read or Unread. - Listen to voice and video messages in 2X mode if you're in a hurry. - Choose which data to send when sharing contacts, including multiple phone numbers and other vCard fields. - Replace media when editing messages with media content.
4.8.3
- Swipe right in the chats list to mark chats as Read or Unread. - Listen to voice and video messages in 2X mode if you're in a hurry. - Share and view contacts as VCards, choose which data to send when sharing contacts. - Replace media when editing messages with media content.
4.8.2
GDPR Update
- Updated the registration process. If you live in the UK or EU, you must be 16 years or older to use Telegram. - When signing up for Telegram, you accept our Privacy Policy. - You can now stop updating your contacts and delete your synced contacts in Privacy & Security settings. - If you enabled link previews in Secret Chats, you can now disable them in Privacy & Security settings.
4.8.1
- Added a setting to manage sticker suggestions. - Fixed issue when suggested stickers showed up before your added sets. - Fixed issue with custom backgrounds. - Fixed issue when the app would crash on iOS 6.
- Discover new stickers. Type one emoji to see suggestions from popular sticker sets. Stickers you've added show up first. - Search for Stickers. Scroll up in the sticker panel and use the new search field to quickly locate your sticker sets or discover new ones. - Multi-shot sending. Take and send multiple photos one after another. - Auto-Night Mode. Automatically switch to the dark version of the interface after nightfall or in low-light conditions. - Telegram Login widget. Log in to other websites and services using your Telegram account. - You can also use formatting in media captions, report individual messages in public entities, and enjoy optimized battery usage.
4.8
- Discover new stickers. Type one emoji to see suggestions from popular sticker sets. Stickers you've added show up first. - Search for Stickers. Scroll up in the sticker panel and use the new search field to quickly locate your sticker sets or discover new ones. - Multi-shot sending. Take and send multiple photos one after another. - Auto-Night Mode. Automatically switch to the dark version of the interface after nightfall or in low-light conditions. - Telegram Login widget. Log in to other websites and services using your Telegram account. - You can also use formatting in media captions, report individual messages in public entities, and enjoy optimized battery usage.
4.7.1
- Fixed issue with setting custom wallpapers. - Fixed issue with joining channels via invite links.
Also in version 4.7:
- New Appearance Settings. - Four different themes, including a night mode. - Different font sizes. - Different accent colors for the “Day” theme.
4.7
- Four different themes, including a night mode. - Different font sizes. - Different accent colors for the “Day” theme.
4.6
- New granular settings for auto-downloading media and saving incoming photos. - Swipe left on any message to reply to it. - Link previews for Instagram posts and tweets with multiple photos will now show all the media as an album. - Embeddable HTML-widget for messages in public channels and groups (available when viewing t.me links to messages in web-browsers). - Added support for albums to Secret Chats. - Added full support for MTProto 2.0. - Added option to only use p2p in calls with contacts (Privacy & Security Settings). - Fixed issue with the app crashing on iOS 6. - Greatly increased startup speed and the overall speed of the app.
4.5
- Grouped Photos. Group media into an album when sharing multiple photos and videos. Choose the exact order of media you send.
- Saved Messages. Bookmark messages by forwarding them to “Saved Messages”. Access them from the Chats list or Settings.
- Better Search. Find bots and public channels faster by typing their titles in Search. Popular bots and channels are shown first.
- Pinned Messages. If you are a channel admin, pin messages to focus your subscribers’ attention on important announcements.
Bonus Tracks:
- Fully redesigned Settings. - New context menu when you tap and hold on a message. - Other UI improvements including full support for iPhone X.
4.4
- Share your location with friends in real time with the new Live Locations. - Control whether new members in supergroups can see the earlier message history. - Easily recognize messages from group admins by the new ‘admin’ badge. - Listen to audio files with more comfort using the redesigned player (check out @cctracks to give it a try). - Numerous fixes for iOS 11.
- You can now use Telegram in French, Malay, Indonesian, Russian, and Ukrainian. Even more languages are coming soon. - Don't like how Telegram is localized in your language? Suggest your own alternative translations and see them go live on our new localization platform – translations.telegram.org
4.3
- Groups with unread mentions and replies are now marked with an '@' badge in the chats list. - Navigate new mentions and replies in a group using the new '@' button. - Mark your favorite stickers with a "star" to quickly access them from the redesigned sticker panel. - Edit photos and add a caption when copying / pasting pictures. - Add an official sticker set for your group which all members will be able to use while chatting in your group (100+ member groups only). - Check signal strength when on a Telegram call using the new indicator. - Switch between 'This Chat' / 'All Chats' when using hashtag search. - Watch Twitch streams in the in-app player (including in Picture-in-Picture mode). - Open the original articles in Safari when viewing Instant View pages.
4.2.1
- Add emoji to a message by typing ‘:’ + keyword. :relieved : :satisfied : :smirk : - Search through messages of a particular user in any group. To do this, tap the group title when in a group > Search > tap the new 'Search by member' icon in the bottom right corner. - While searching, select a user to browse all of her messages in the group or add a keyword to narrow down search results.
- Send self-destructing photos and videos to any one-on-one chats (use the clock icon in the media picker to set a timer). - Edit photos even quicker with the improved photo editor. - Add a bio to your profile (in Settings) so that people in large group chats know who you are. - Download media from large public channels faster thanks to the new encrypted CDNs.
4.2
- Send self-destructing photos and videos to any one-on-one chats (use the clock icon in the media picker to set a timer). - Edit photos even quicker with the improved photo editor. - Add a bio to your profile (in Settings) so that people in large group chats know who you are. - Download media from large public channels faster thanks to the new encrypted CDNs.
4.1.1
- Improved voice calls, bug fixes. - When choosing a sticker, tap the "up" button in the sticker panel to expand it to full screen.
- Supergroups can now have up to 10.000 members. - Appoint supergroup admins with granular rights. Choose who can add users, manage messages, block members, edit group info & username, add new admins, etc. - Restrict and ban supergroup members with granular precision. Read-only bans, GIF & sticker bans, media bans, temporary bans and restrictions. - Check the new event log to see all service actions taken by members and admins of a channel or supergroup in the last 48 hours – with search and filters. - Admins can now search for specific users among group and channel members.
Also in this update: - Improved sharing extension. Select multiple chats and add a comment when sharing stuff to Telegram. - New widget and more 3D Touch options on the app icon. - Take a photo or video using 3D Touch on the app icon and send them to multiple recipients. - Change your language in Settings. - Dozens of other quality of life improvements.
4.1
- Supergroups can now have up to 10.000 members. - Appoint supergroup admins with granular rights. Choose who can add users, manage messages, block members, edit group info & username, add new admins, etc. - Restrict and ban supergroup members with granular precision. Read-only bans, GIF & sticker bans, media bans, temporary bans and restrictions. - Check the new event log to see all service actions taken by members and admins of a channel or supergroup in the last 48 hours – with search and filters. - Admins can now search for specific users among group and channel members.
Also in this update: - Improved sharing extension. Select multiple chats and add a comment when sharing stuff to Telegram. - New widget and more 3D Touch options on the app icon. - Take a photo or video using 3D Touch on the app icon and send them to multiple recipients. - Change your language in Settings. - Dozens of other quality of life improvements.
4.0
Version 4.0 brings three major updates in one:
1. Video messages and Telescope. - Tap the mic icon to switch to camera mode, then tap and hold to record quick video messages. - Swipe up while recording for hands free mode. Works with voice notes too! Stop and replay before sending. - Introducing Telesco.pe, where anyone can view video messages from public channels — no Telegram account required.
2. Bot Payments. - Bots can now accept payments from users. - Soon you'll be able to order pizza, shop for clothes, or maybe pay your utility bills using Telegram bots. - Bot payments support Apple Pay.
3. Instant View Platform. - Instant View is ready to support thousands of websites, including your favorite ones. - Anyone can create article previews with our new Instant View Editor. - We're launching a $200,000 contest to help us enable Instant View for the (almost) entire web. – Added themes for Instant View pages: read articles in a dark, grey, or sepia environment, choose font type and size, auto-nightmode supported. - Long tap when viewing an Instant View page to quickly copy or share the selected paragraph with friends.
3.18
- Telegram Calls are here: secure, crystal-clear, constantly improved by artificial intelligence. We are rolling them out in Europe today, the rest of the world will get calls within a few days.
- Choose between 5 grades of video compression and preview the quality of your video before you send it. - All icons in the app were redesigned to make them look better on bigger screens.
3.16.1
- Fixed audio playback
- Delete messages for everyone. When you delete your messages in groups and one-on-one chats, you can now choose to delete them for everyone in the chat, not just yourself. This works only for recently sent messages (same as editing). - Network Usage in 'Data and Storage' Settings. Get byte by byte statistics for your incoming and outgoing Telegram traffic via wifi and mobile connections. - T.me links. Use the short and personal t.me/username instead of telegram.me to link to any Telegram profile, channel or public group. - Videos on Instant View pages now support Picture-in-Picture mode. - 'Report spam' button added to Secret chats.
3.16
- Delete messages for everyone. When you delete your messages in groups and one-on-one chats, you can now choose to delete them for everyone in the chat, not just yourself. This works only for recently sent messages (same as editing). - Network Usage in 'Data and Storage' Settings. Get byte by byte statistics for your incoming and outgoing Telegram traffic via wifi and mobile connections.
- Videos on Instant View pages now support Picture-in-Picture mode. - 'Report spam' button added to Secret chats.
3.15
- Pin important chats to the top of the list so that you never miss a new message (swipe left on a chat, then tap the new Pin button).
- Link your Telegram account with hundreds of services like Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, Gmail, Pocket, Pinterest, Nest, Philips Hue, and countless others. Control apps and appliances via Telegram, or get messages when something happens elsewhere. Talk to the 'If This Then That' bot (@IFTTT) to set up integrations.
3.14
- Instant View. Telegram apps will instantly open articles from Medium.com and some other sites. No more waiting for the pages to load! - Groups in common. A new option in your contacts' profiles that shows a list of all groups you share with that person. - Jump to date. When using search, you can now tap the calendar icon to jump to messages sent on a particular day. - 'View Pack' option for recent stickers. A quick way to send more stickers from your favorite pack without scrolling past other packs that you used more recently. - App becomes blurred in the task switcher if a passcode is set.
- Also introducing telegra.ph, a publishing tool. You can now use telegra.ph to publish articles – it's clean, simple and efficient.
3.13
- iOS 10 users can now ask Siri to send Telegram messages. - Introducing a major update to Telegram's Bot Platform: Bots can now offer you rich HTML5 experiences, like games. - For a taste of what's coming your way, check out our demo @gamebot. - You can use these bots in inline mode: simply type '@gamebot ' in any of your chats to share a game and compete with friends. - All games are loaded as ordinary web pages, so this update won't add a single byte to the size of our apps.
Version 4.9.2
- Minor improvements, including fixes for several crashes.
New in version 4.9.1: - New “Exceptions” section in Notification settings that lists all your chats with custom notifications. - Improved password hashing algorithm to better protect Telegram Passport data.
Ratings and Reviews
4.4 out of 5
37.2K Ratings
37.2K Ratings
Could be much better
Burt 198567
1st, all messages should be E2E,and have the option to delete sent msg on sender and recipient phone, NOT JUST IN PRIVATE CHAT. 2nd,its not competitive without video calls( which also should be e2e). 3rd, IOS USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A CALL OVER WIFI FOR CODES OUT OF CELL TOWER RANGE, AS LONG AS THEY ARE ON WIFI, IMESSAGE CAN BE USED BETWEEN IOS USERS, SO SURELY A MAC CAN BE USED TO SEND SMS CONFIRMATION CODES, AND THE LACK OF THESE SHOWS THAT TELEGRAM MAY BE FALLING BEHIND OTHER APPS, MAKING US QUESTION THE ENCRYPTION STRENGTH, I WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY FOR AN APP WITH E2E VIDEO CALLS THAT EXCEED IOS VIDEO OVER IP, SECURITY IS THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO MANY TODAY, KEEP UP WITH YOUR COMPETITION GUYS. BTW, I like the app in private chat,(Id suggest that all of it be like private chat options) and I like the option of fingerprint authentication, but the issue was i reinstalled it, and didnt realize I was screwed bc Im out of mins,and it wont call or txt ios users on imessage phone number online, many other people in poor service areas in rural areas rely on imessage for calls and txts, and I would think that the ios version would atleast have the capability to call or send an sms over ip, it should be simple, just use a mac system for setup with ios users, and please, ADD E2E VIDEO CALLS!!!
Could be much better
Burt 198567
1st, all messages should be E2E,and have the option to delete sent msg on sender and recipient phone, NOT JUST IN PRIVATE CHAT. 2nd,its not competitive without video calls( which also should be e2e). 3rd, IOS USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A CALL OVER WIFI FOR CODES OUT OF CELL TOWER RANGE, AS LONG AS THEY ARE ON WIFI, IMESSAGE CAN BE USED BETWEEN IOS USERS, SO SURELY A MAC CAN BE USED TO SEND SMS CONFIRMATION CODES, AND THE LACK OF THESE SHOWS THAT TELEGRAM MAY BE FALLING BEHIND OTHER APPS, MAKING US QUESTION THE ENCRYPTION STRENGTH, I WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY FOR AN APP WITH E2E VIDEO CALLS THAT EXCEED IOS VIDEO OVER IP, SECURITY IS THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO MANY TODAY, KEEP UP WITH YOUR COMPETITION GUYS. BTW, I like the app in private chat,(Id suggest that all of it be like private chat options) and I like the option of fingerprint authentication, but the issue was i reinstalled it, and didnt realize I was screwed bc Im out of mins,and it wont call or txt ios users on imessage phone number online, many other people in poor service areas in rural areas rely on imessage for calls and txts, and I would think that the ios version would atleast have the capability to call or send an sms over ip, it should be simple, just use a mac system for setup with ios users, and please, ADD E2E VIDEO CALLS!!!
99% replaced other IM, 75% of SMS for me.
SerimanWolf
Telegram has been an awesome social/chat platform for me. I’ve been using it for a couple of years now and aside from some friends and family that only use texting/SMS and workplace chats, it has almost completely replaced other platforms for me.
There are some bugs/hiccups with new features but that is always expected, overall I have been extremely satisfied with the usability and I love how well it works on virtually every type of device (iOS/Android/Windows/MAC) I’ve installed it on.
Only thing I can really gripe about is wishing group voice chats and video chatting would be implemented, but I’m sure that’s planned for the future sometime. For that reason I still use Discord occasionally, but that’s it!
99% replaced other IM, 75% of SMS for me.
SerimanWolf
Telegram has been an awesome social/chat platform for me. I’ve been using it for a couple of years now and aside from some friends and family that only use texting/SMS and workplace chats, it has almost completely replaced other platforms for me.
There are some bugs/hiccups with new features but that is always expected, overall I have been extremely satisfied with the usability and I love how well it works on virtually every type of device (iOS/Android/Windows/MAC) I’ve installed it on.
Only thing I can really gripe about is wishing group voice chats and video chatting would be implemented, but I’m sure that’s planned for the future sometime. For that reason I still use Discord occasionally, but that’s it!
“File Sharing”
Poorya.R
Telegram is a perfect, secure, high speed cloud based messenger which it makes it almost the most powerful messenger app. But the problem is “file” sharing on iPhone. When you want to share a heavy file (by tapping the share button on the file and choose telegram to send) you have to look at the upload progress till it finishes the percentage line! If you skip this level or want to do something else on your phone you won’t be able, or you will lose your file sharing progress. Whatsapp isn't like that and the file can be seen in your whatsapp messenger even if it has not been sent with a “retry sending” button that can easily send your file in the app itself and without exiting the messenger. Thanks
“File Sharing”
Poorya.R
Telegram is a perfect, secure, high speed cloud based messenger which it makes it almost the most powerful messenger app. But the problem is “file” sharing on iPhone. When you want to share a heavy file (by tapping the share button on the file and choose telegram to send) you have to look at the upload progress till it finishes the percentage line! If you skip this level or want to do something else on your phone you won’t be able, or you will lose your file sharing progress. Whatsapp isn't like that and the file can be seen in your whatsapp messenger even if it has not been sent with a “retry sending” button that can easily send your file in the app itself and without exiting the messenger. Thanks
