Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any number of your phones, tablets or computers. With Telegram, you can send messages, photos, videos and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc), as well as create groups for up to 200 people or channels for broadcasting to unlimited audiences. You can write to your phone contacts and find people by their usernames. As a result, Telegram is like SMS and email combined — and can take care of all your personal or business messaging needs.
A new era of messaging. Connect from most remote locations. Coordinate groups of up to 200 members. Synchronize your chats across all your devices. Send documents of any type. Encrypt personal and business secrets. Destruct your messages with a timer. Store your media in the cloud. Build your own tools on our API. Enjoy feedback from your customers.
Why switch to Telegram? Private - Messages are heavily encrypted and can self-destruct. Cloud-Based - Telegram lets you access your messages from multiple devices. Fast - Delivers messages faster than any other application. Distributed - Servers are spread worldwide for security and speed. Open - Has an open API and protocol free for everyone. Free - Telegram is free forever. No ads. No subscription fees. Secure - Keeps your messages safe from hacker attacks. Powerful - Telegram has no limits on the size of your media and chats. We Can do It! - Help make messaging safe again – spread the word about Telegram.
How is Telegram different from WhatsApp? Unlike WhatsApp, Telegram is a cloud-based messenger with seamless sync. As a result, you can access your messages from several devices at once, including tablets and computers, and share an unlimited number of photos, videos and files (doc, zip, mp3, etc) of up to 1,5 GB each. Thanks to our multi-data center infrastructure and encryption, Telegram is also faster and way more secure. On top of that, Telegram is free and will stay free — no ads, no subscription fees, forever.
Our API is open, and we welcome developers to create their own Telegram apps. We also have a Bot API, a platform for developers that allows anyone to easily build specialized tools for Telegram.
How secure is Telegram? Telegram is more secure than mass market messengers like WhatsApp and Line. We are based on the MTProto protocol (see description and advanced FAQ), built upon time-tested algorithms to make security compatible with high speed delivery and reliability on weak connections. We are continuously working with the community to improve the security of our protocol and clients.
