Telegram Messenger

Telegram Messenger is without a doubt one of the best Android applications when it comes to instant messaging. Privacy is one of its greatest hallmarks

Fast and secure instant messaging

Everyone knows that WhatsApp is the queen of instant messaging and chatting apps. It has over a billion active users and gives Facebook, its current owner, complete control over the world of Android and iPhone chat apps. In doing so, it has integrated functions more slowly than its rivals, such as Such as Facebook's own messenger, LINE or the service discussed here, which offers perhaps the best alternative to WhatsApp that we can download to our smartphone. We are obviously talking about Telegram Messenger.

But what weighs Telegram compared to its rivals is not the features but rather the number of users. This is disproportionately in favor of the American app, leaving the Durov brothers' Russian app far behind in this respect. It has its own market niche among a few million users who use it as a main means of communication (mainly in Russia and countries in its sphere of influence) or as a secondary app accompanying WhatsApp.

One of the most complete messaging apps

This is because of the features that have been gradually incorporated into this software that enrich the user experience in various aspects, from ease of use to security. It is not for nothing that the security and privacy arguments have helped Telegram build a solid brand image among its users who want more private and secure conversations.

These are the main functions and features that you can find in the app's APK file that you can download on Android smartphones:

• Fast message distribution and delivery.
• Synchronization with other platforms: open Telegram on PC, online in the web version, on iPhone, Mac or Linux and access all your message and activity history.
• Security: one of the hallmarks of the app. All messages are encrypted, including individual and group chats or multimedia messages. All point-to-point with AES 256-bit encryption, RSA 2048-bit encryption and secure Diffie-Hellman protocol key exchange.
• Secret chat feature that can be programmed to self-destruct on sending and receiving devices.
• voice calls.
• Unlimited file transfer without size limit and with support for documents of any type and format (DOC, MP3, ZIP, AVI...).
• Creation of groups with up to 5,000 members.
• Configuration of bots for specific tasks.
• Creation of online communities and news distribution groups.
• Designed to transmit messages even on slow connections thanks to its compression technology that allows it to reduce its size to a minimum of bytes.
• Various tools for photo and video editing as well as for sending stickers and GIF animations.
• send voice messages.
• Simple and no-nonsense design that helps you keep a clean and clear interface that makes it easy to use.
• 100% free and without ads.

We're talking about a very solid and versatile app for sending and sharing messages. It also offers clients for different platforms such as Windows and Linux PCs, macOS, web and iOS so that our communications can go wherever we want.

However, it's not perfect considering it still doesn't offer the ability to make video calls like the competition does by utilizing the VoIP protocol. Perhaps this is a feature that we will soon see in the VKontakte application, where voice calls are already implemented.

Which is better, Telegram or WhatsApp?

Well, it can be said that Telegram is better in some respects. Telegram, for example, offers more reliability in terms of privacy, since the developers have worked hard on this topic since the beginning. But as mentioned, it is not the most used, so you will have fewer and fewer contacts here.

All in all, it's an excellent choice for a secondary messaging app that offers security and consistency.

Latest Version News

• Redesigned attachments menu with animated icons
• Access to more than 20 thousand stickers created by professional artists.
• Add explanations and timers to the quiz questions.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 6.0.