Premium subscribers will also receive double the limits imposed on regular users. Instead of subscribing to up to 500 channels, subscribers are limited to 1,000 channels. The same goes for other features in Telegram – subscribers can create 20 chat folders with 200 chats each, save up to 10 stickers, pin up to 10 chats and add a total of four Telegram accounts instead of three. Premium users may also have larger link bios. Telegram Premium subscribers receive increased limits on the number of channels in which many more can participate. Image: Telegram Some other benefits include access to a library of Premium stickers with the most obnoxious full-screen animations, exclusive emoji reactions and animated profile pictures (somewhat like the ones you see on Steam). There is also text conversion for voice messages in case you do not have a headset, in addition to the chat management tools that allow you to change the default chat folder. Oh, and subscribing to Premium removes the messages provided on public channels. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s views on the platform’s freemium level have remained unchanged since he first mentioned the possibility in 2020. According to what he said earlier, Durov said last week that free features will remain free and New features will not affect the Telegram experience for non-subscribers. This means that free Telegram users should be able to download larger files uploaded by subscribers, as well as view the premium reactions or emoji they use. Premium benefits are based on existing Telegram features Durov also promised that Telegram would not stop developing features for free users, which the platform seems to be following so far. The latest Telegram update displays verified chat signals (not just profiles, search results, or chat lists), enables public groups to enable membership requests, and adds some platform-specific enhancements. That said, Telegram Premium comes with many features, many of which are likely to appeal to the most active of Telegram’s 700 million users. I personally like that most of the Premium benefits are based on the existing features of Telegram. The new tier does not place features behind a paywall that should have existed on the platform from the start (somewhat like what Twitter did with the “undo” button).
