Telegram Premium subscription plan is now live

Rumors about the subscription version of the Telegram service have been circulating for several weeks, but now the package is officially available with the arrival of the Telegram version 8.8 for Android and iOS devices.

The Telegram Premium subscription package costs € 5.99 / month and offers several extras for those who want something more than the application, but the company notes that free users will continue to receive all the new features, security updates and will not notice any change in the user experience they have to date.

Telegram Premium offers the following:

• Ability to upload 4GB files
• Faster downloads
• Connect up to 4 accounts in the same application
• Organize conversations in up to 20 folders with 200 conversations each
• Possibility to pin up to 10 conversations in the main list
• Possibility to close up to 20 public t.me links
• Save up to 400 GIFs and up to 10 stickers
• Ability to write a longer resume and include links
• Automatically translate voice message into text
• No advertising in public chats / groups
• More custom icons
• Exclusively stickers and reactions

Note that Telegram 8.8 also brings a wealth of fixes and new features to the app's more than 700 million users.