Telegram is getting a new subscription plan. Telegram Premium will be available later this month, according to the messaging app CEO. Telegram is primarily funded by its users, not advertisers, according to Durov. " As a result, beginning in June, users will have to pay for some of the features. Telegram, on the other hand, will not charge for the existing features. Only the new features will be priced.
"After giving it some thought, we realised that the only way to let our most demanding fans get more while keeping our existing features free is to make those raised limits a paid option," Pavel Durov wrote on the company Telegram channel. As a result, we will launch Telegram Premium this month, a subscription plan that will allow anyone to gain access to additional features, speed, and resources. Users will also be able to support Telegram and join the club that gets new features first.
Durov announced the launch of premium services for users who have asked Telegram to "raise the current limits even further." He also stated that the feature would increase speed and resources." However, he stated that the problem is that removing all limits for everyone would make Telegram server and traffic costs unmanageable. So he reasoned that the only way to raise limits was to charge for them.
He also stated that users who do not subscribe to Telegram Premium will be able to access some of the features. Users will be able to view extra-large documents, media, and stickers sent by Premium users, as well as tap to add Premium reactions already pinned to a message to react in the same way, according to Durov.
Telegram added new features last month, including custom notification sounds, custom mute durations, an auto delete menu in profiles, replies in forwarded messages, and message translations on iOS.
In 2021, India was the largest market for Telegram, accounting for 22% of lifetime instals. Telegram has been around since 2013, but it only experienced rapid growth after WhatsApp's perplexing policies were implemented. Many users who were unaware of WhatsApp's new terms of service and privacy policies downloaded Telegram out of fear of invasion of privacy.