Messaging app Telegram has launched Telegram Premium, a monthly subscription service that gives paying users access to exclusive features.

The subscription plan is priced at $4.99 or Rs 389 per month. Some of the features the team highlighted in the blog post are the ability to upload 4GB files compared to the 2GB limit for free users.

Premium users can also download media at the fastest speeds. Paid users also have double usage restrictions, such as the ability to follow and join up to 1000 channels, create up to 20 chat folders, each folder has 200 chats, support the fourth account, and save up to 10 fixed or more than 10 Account owner list. sticker.

Subscriptions will also allow users to create longer profiles and support links. Advanced users can add more characters to media subtitles and save up to 400 favourite GIFs. They can also keep up to 20 public t.me links.

Voice-to-text allows advanced users to get full transcriptions of voice messages, and they can also score to improve transcriptions. Paid users also get access to several exclusive stickers, additional emotions and emoji effects that free members can view, the post said.

Unique reactions are also part of the suite, along with better chat management, and the option to change the default chat folder. Paid users can also have animated profile videos that will play for everyone throughout the app, including chats and chat lists.

Premium users receive a special premium badge that will appear next to their name in the chat list, chat title and members list. You also have access to premium app icons, and Telegram lets users choose between three to put on their home screen. Premium subscribers have no ads.

It is unclear when the subscription will be available to Indian users or how it will be priced. A few days ago, India Today Tech shared a screenshot of a Windows 11 user who claims to have access to Telegram Premium.