Messaging Apps have become our preferred way of communication, giving us the opportunity to connect with our friends anytime and anywhere. And while Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp are the most famous of them all, there’s one app that has recently emerged to disrupt the market by claiming to be the most secure of them all. That app is called Telegram Messenger.

What is Telegram?

Telegram is an online messaging app that works just like popular messaging apps WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. This means that you can use it to send messages to your friends when connected to Wi-Fi or your mobile data. Telegram is cloud-based and claims that it prioritizes security and speed, making it a good alternative to other popular messaging apps. The service launched in 2013, and since then it has reached 200 million active monthly users.

1) Multiple Accounts

You can create up to 3 accounts on Telegram with different phone numbers, working simultaneously in the same app.

2) Telegram Bots

In your Telegram App or within a chat, you can pull videos from YouTube, images from search, Gifs, translate words from other langauges, get dictionary definitions, and more.

3) Stickers:

Telegram has hundreds of very cute expressive stickers, all of which are free to download and use however you like. You can even contribute your own, if you are good at that sort of thing

4) Other Features:

There’s so much more you can do with Telegram. Like editing sent messages up to 48 hours, Public chatrooms supporting up to 200,000 people, sending any files up to 1.5 GB, customizable themes, various clients i.e desktop, smartphone, web versions, and you don’t need your phone to have internet to use Telegram on PC/Mac.

5) Free – Telegram app is free for everyone, with no ads or any hidden subscriptions.

6) Powerful  – There is no limit on the size of the media and chats you can send via Telegram app. You can add up to 200,000 members in a group chat

7) Try Secret chats – Secret chat is the key feature of telegram so far. The secret chats are protected with end-to-end encryption technology, which basically means that telegram server will not keep any record of the chat. The chats also have some additional security measures, such as No message forwarding & Self-destruction timer. The secret chat doesn’t allow the user to forward the secret messages to another user because then it will get recorded by the server.

8) Mute Contacts And Groups

If you’re part of many Telegram chats—maybe you read our list of the best Telegram channels and joined a few too many—they can quickly become annoying. When this happens, you can always mute a chat without leaving it. This way, you can check it on your own terms instead of getting a ping for every new message.