Earlier this month, Pavel Durov, who is the founder and CEO of Telegram confirmed that a premium plan for telegram is in the works. Now, the company has officially debuted the said premium plan. The paid tier is priced at Rs 469 in India and will cost between $5 – $6 in the United States. So, let’s take a look at all the new perks it brings along.
The first major feature coming with the premium tier is the ability to send files up to 4GB in size. This gives users an additional 2GB of wiggle room over the existing 2GB limit on the free version of Telegram. The premium also allows faster downloads with the official blog post saying “You can access everything in your unlimited cloud storage as fast as your network can keep up.”
Premium tier users will also get an increase in the limits of things they can do on Telegram. They can follow up to 1,000 channels, create up to 20 chat folders with up to 200 chats each, add a fourth account to any Telegram app, pin 10 chats in the main list, and much more. 
One interesting feature offered with the premium tier is the Voice-to-Text feature which is capable of converting voice messages into text messages making it pretty convenient for instances when you receive a voice note that you can currently listen to. Other than that, users get access to exclusive premium stickers, an animated profile picture, a premium badge, and much more. And of course, premium users will also stop seeing ads that sometimes appear in public groups in certain countries.
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