Telegram for Android has been updated to version 4.6 with a
bunch of new features. The cross-platform messaging app offers fast and secure
instant messaging and the developer claims the app “is the fastest messaging app on the market, connecting people via a
unique, distributed network of data centers around the globe.”
Telegram is indeed quite popular with Android users with
over 100 million active users in its two and a half years of existence. Not as
popular as WhatsApp which has a billion download. But WhatsApp is owned by
Facebook and benefits from the billions of users of the world largest social
network. Nonetheless, Telegram has a lot more features than WhatsApp with the
same simplicity in terms of use.
As I’ve said above, version 4.6 introduces some new
features. Here’s what’s new:
·
New granular settings for auto-downloading
media.
·
Link previews for Instagram posts and tweets with
multiple photos will now show all the media as an album.
·
Embeddable HTML-widget for messages in public
channels and groups (available when viewing t.me links to messages in web
browsers).
·
Added support for albums to Secret Chats.
·
Added full support to MTProto 2.0.
Telegram has a reputation for taking privacy seriously and
if I’m not mistaken, was the first messaging app to offer end-to-end encryption.
The app uses a combination of 256-bit symmetric AES encryption, 2048-bit RSA
encryption, and Diffie-Hellman secure key exchange. If none of these stuffs
make sense to you, just know that Telegram offers the best in terms of protection.
The update is immediately available worldwide for download
in Google Play Store.
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