Telegram is a very versatile messaging application which has become popular in recent years. This is due to the change in privacy policies of its WhatsApp competition. Its web version has many functions that we will see below.
What is the Telegram Web application and what can it do for me?
The Telegram web application can offer you almost all the benefits of using Telegram on your cell phone, except for some functions that have not been adapted to this way of using Telegram.
For example, you are working, from your computer and you don’t have your mobile nearbyYou can use this application to reply to messages, just by changing the window and with greater comfort when writing, since you have the keyboard.
What does the Telegram Web application have to offer me?
Starting because you can keep your contacts and all the information you have on your phone, because they are passed automatically when you open the application on your computer by scanning the code on your phone.
It is worth mentioning that Telegram web allows you settings that most instant messaging applications do not grant you, for example, change the state you are in, that is, remove the visibility that you are online from the bar, giving you more privacy.
Another advantage that allows you to use Telegram is being able to change the color of your chats, as well as having the night mode, in addition to having access to channels of any type such as news.
The most basic, which are formatted messages
Starting because you can change the writing formats as one of the simplest extra features over other messaging apps with which the Telegram web application has.
You can send and receive files and photos to your Telegram
The answer is yes for both questions, since you can create a channel where only you are added and you can use it as a storage base, with which you can save the files and photos you prefer.
If you don’t want to write, you have the option to send voice notes
Telegram has this and many other tools to send information, sending voice or audio notes is among them, and dedicated to those people who find it difficult to write on the screen on your phone or in this case type on a keyboard.
Complement your messages with stickers and emojis
To facilitate communication between your contacts, there are stickers and emojis to complement and give a unique and personalized touch to your conversations, in addition to providing warmth.
Is there anything that can be done on the phone, but not on my PC?
Unfortunately yes there are certain qualities that are not available in this Telegram web application, some of them are:
It is impossible to take photos with the camera
Unfortunately, being a simplified version of Telegram, but adapted to the computer format, it is not possible to use the computer’s camera directly to take photos and send them.
You cannot send gifs, scheduled messages, or silent
Unfortunately, animated gifs are only available on mobile phones, as well as scheduled or silent messages, since this it is only opened from any tab in your browser.
Less security by not being able to send your location in real time
In terms of security, it is uncomfortable, since as some of the disadvantages of using Telegram web is this, the fact of not having this tool, makes it difficult to quickly send your address in real time.
You cannot send surveys or contacts by this means
Being light term for using it through a tab in your browser, does not contain many necessary plugins, to cover all the tools that the application has for phones or the downloadable program for computers.
Do not try to send music or short videos, you will not succeed
Unfortunately for Telegram web there are many things that you cannot do, one of the many is that by not being able to send videos no matter how short they are, the format does not allow it like music, unless they are sent as files in the case of the songs.
What is Telegram Desktop and what services does it offer me?
Telegram Desktop is the desktop version of Telegram for computers with significant advantages, since it does not require your mobile to be nearby, or connected to the internet, thus suggesting greater independence from other.
Telegram, as it is known, is an instant messaging application, which also serves to keep you in touch with your contacts, it helps you download music, videos, and even watch movies in good quality.
It’s a new desktop version
This new desktop version is compatible with various operating systems such as Windows, Linux, GNU, among others. It has all the tools or advantages that Telegram offers for the phone, since its version is configured with an interface adapted to the desktop.
It is worth mentioning that everything you do on the computer can be viewed on the phone immediately and whatever you do on the computer will appear on your phone.
Contacts can be added by geolocation
This way of adding contacts through geolocation unfortunately it is not available in this version of Telegram for desktop.
Is it possible to associate my Telegram account with my Facebook account?
It is not possible to associate or create a synergy between both applications, since they are competition, because Facebook bought the WhatsApp company.
It should be noted that Telegram like Facebook and WhatsApp use phone numbers to generate accounts, so this could be the only relationship that exists between these applications.