Telegram Messenger App has been in the game for the past couple of years. The app has a very user-friendly interface and tends to work as similar as WhatsApp messenger. So what makes it differ than WhatsApp? Well, most people don’t know, but the app has some impeccable security feature. The app is available for multiple platforms even for Linux and stores all your chats on Cloud. To be honest, there are not just one reason to keep an alternative messenger app for WhatsApp. So, if you are using the app, here are some cool Telegram Messenger App tricks you should know about.
Here are the Top 10 Features of Telegram Messenger App
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Open links within the app
The new update let telegram users open any link within the app itself, which really saves a lot of your time. To turn on the feature, go to Settings/in-app Browser and enable it.
The next time somebody sends you any link, just click on it and it will open in the app itself.
No annoying Message preview
Some people do admit that the message preview feature gets annoying, especially when you are playing a game on your phone. Well, Telegram has a solution for that means you can turn off the message preview in the app.
To turn off the message preview, go to Settings/Notifications and Sounds/Message preview and disable it. You can also disable message preview for the group text messages too, which is there in the group notification section.
Telegram 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.
The self-destruction timer gives the user the feasibility to delete their chat records, users can set their desired time for the message to self-destruct by pressing the three dot on the top. Once the timer is set, all the messages which you have sent and received will be deleted.
In-app notifications control
We have to admit that redundant notifications are irritating, especially when you are chatting someone and there is a cold war going on your friend’s group. Telegram lets you escape from those notifications in one single step.
To turn off In-app notifications, go to Settings/Notifications and Sounds in the in-app notifications section the app has a bunch of options for notifications management. From here you can disable or enable your desired options as your need.
Keep-alive service
The keep-alive is a newly introduced feature in Telegram, which basically stands for activating the Telegram app in the background. That means even if you run a smart RAM cleaner or an app like Greenify. The Telegram will automatically start and keeps your notification up to date.
To activate this feature, go to Settings/Notifications and sound in Other section, you can enable the Keep-alive service from here.
Last seen management
The Telegram messenger has bundled with privacy features, and one of them is the management of your last seen status. The app lets you customize your last seen based on your priority, with an exceptional feature that lets you add a particular user, somebody whom you never want to share your last seen with.
To add a particular user; go to Settings/Privacy and Security/Last Seen in the Add exceptions section you can simply add your desired user.
Setting a Passcode Lock
One of the many features that most app has these days is the app locking system, which is a great security measure for distinct apps but maybe not for Messenger. You simply get tired of unlocking the app over and over. Luckily, Telegram comes with an option to separately lock a chat.
To set a passcode, go to Settings/Privacy, and Security/Passcode Lock enable it. Here you can enter your new Password or Pin. You can also set a lock time so that the app can automatically lock the chats. However, the app doesn’t allow to lock a specific chat.
Managing media downloads
Media and MMS are amazing in the chat, it just seems boring chatting without emoticons, GIFs, and photos. The app lets you send files up to 1.5 GB, which is a very large amount of data. So, people who have a limited amount data on their phone, would not be very happy if 1GB of cat videos automatically downloaded on their smartphone.
Telegram bot
Telegram bot is remarkable. Certainly, it is not as chat friendly as google assistant or other chat bots, but it does add up more functionality to the messenger. The Telegram bots are completely customizable means you can add your desired bot into your list of actions. For example, @weatherman_bot will tell you weather report of your city, you can also set weather notifications. You can add Telegram bots to your list by simply going to the website storebot.me, the website has numbers of bots for your daily use.
To chat with a bot, tap on the new chat button and search for the bot name, you can also add a bot to a specific group.
Supergroup
The Supergroup is nothing but an extensive version of the normal group. It can hold up to 1,000 members and give more feature to users. Such as, a new user will be able to see all the previous chat, and if you delete a particular message that you send it will disappear from all the users chat.
To activate Supergroup, tap on the three dot on top and select Convert to Supergroup option. This action is non-reversible.
In the coming days, we will see more customizations and features in the Telegram Messenger App. So till then keep reading and don’t forget to subscribe. And if you have more suggestion about features of Telegram App, you can also comment down as well.
