Telegram has become the app of the moment together with Signal, the change in WhatsApp’s privacy policy has caused a massive migration of users to these applications. Today we focus on Telegram and everything you can do with this instant messaging app.
A few days ago WhatsApp showed us how it will collect information from us that can be used by the responsible company, Facebook, in which we can see that it can even be used by other companies when you contact them through the app.
For all these reasons, the great alternative to WhatsApp is Telegram, a safe app and also with much more advanced functions than those we can have in WhatsApp. Next, we will show you everything we can do with Telegram.
Unlimited personal cloud
One of the best functions that we can have in Telegram is the possibility of having a personal cloud on our mobile thanks to Telegram, within the app itself we can access a chat where we can send any type of content or message.
- To activate the personal Telegram cloud we will have to go to the app settings.
- Now we will have to click on “Saved messages”, a new chat window will open where only you can write and be in the chat to load any multimedia content or messages in an unlimited way.
Contact groups and people around you
Telegram has a function that very few apps have, it works in a very similar way to the function that Facebook has of discovering people near you based on your location. Follow these steps to see the people and groups near you.
- Access the Telegram settings.
- Now click on “People Nearby”, you will have to allow access to your location.
- Now you can see Telegram users who are close to you and you can also see local groups and join them.
Restrict your profile to others
All the messages we forward have a link to our Telegram profile so that the person who receives the message can send us a message, but we can deactivate this function and prevent people who are not in our contacts from writing us.
- Access the app settings.
- Click on “Privacy and security”.
- Look for the “Forwarded Messages” option.
- Now you can change the behavior of what happens to your messages when someone else forwards them.
Hide your mobile number
Telegram allows users to search through a username or phone, but we have the function of being able to hide our mobile number from whoever we want and we can also block the function if they can search for us with the number or only with our Username.
- Access the app settings.
- Click on “Privacy and security”.
- Now finally select the option “Phone number” and adjust the options as you want.
Many different and allowed clients
We know that unofficial WhatsApp clients are under surveillance such as BGWhatsApp or WhatsApp Plus, among others, in which if we use them we can be permanently blocked.
Telegram has no problem with clients other than the official one, as there are alternatives that are much better than the official client and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store:
- Plus Messenger
- Telegram X
- Telegraph
- BGram
- Telegramer
Multiple accounts and devices
If you use Telegram for day-to-day and work, you will know that you can have two different accounts within the same app, in such a way that you will not have to have two mobile phones thanks to this function. Follow these steps to add a Telegram account:
- Access the app settings.
- Click on “Add account”, now you will have to add a number to which you have access and later create a username so as not to give your number to everyone.
In addition to having two accounts, we can also use Telegram on all the devices we want, these will be synchronized and we will have the same content and chats in all of them.
Edit messages already sent
The conversations we usually have in messaging applications are not usually very serious, but there are many people who take very strict writing well, so thanks to Telegram, if we have made a mistake in a message that we have already sent we can edit it.
- We select the message that we want to edit.
- We click on the icon of a pencil.
- We correct the message and send it.
- The same corrected message will appear and under the message, it may be that it is edited.
Secret chats
Telegram is one of the top messaging applications, you can create chats, groups and channels, but also these can be secret, in the case of chats and groups.
The functions that secret chats have are:
- They use end-to-end encryption.
- They do not leave a trace on the servers.
- They have the option to enable message self-destruction.
- Cannot take screenshots.
- We will not be able to forward messages.
- To create a secret chat, all you have to do is click on the option to create a new chat and choose “Secret chat”.
Photos with an expiration date
We have mentioned that in secret chats we can activate the self-destruction of messages, and in individual chats as well, but we can also send images with an expiration date despite not being a secret chat and have self-destruction disabled.
- In any chat select a photo to send.
- Press a timer icon.
- Select how long you want this image to last in the chat.
- The blurred image will appear with the icon of a flame and once the image is opened it will disappear when the time you have indicated above passes.
Formatted text
It is true that in many messaging apps we can send formatted text, that is, we can send text in bold, italic, strikethrough or monospaced, with a series of symbols before and after what we want to format, but in Telegram, it is much easier.
- Write the text you want to format in the text box.
- With a long press, a menu will appear to choose what type of format you want to give.
Draft mode messages
It may be that more than once when you have been writing a message, you accidentally exit an app and when you return the message has disappeared, but not in Telegram, Telegram has the function of saving messages that you have not sent as drafts.
Now when you enter the chat again with a draft message you can delete or send it, remember that it will always remain as a draft until you make a decision.
Two-step verification
Many applications and online services have the function of activating two-step verification and in the case of Telegram as well, in this article, we tell you how to activate two-step verification in addition to having many more tricks for Telegram.
Now you know all the best and most exclusive functions of Telegram, in addition to having become a much more used and downloaded app by more than 25 million people in 72 hours.