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Telegram for Mac – Free Download

Telegram is a messenger application which was developed with the view to act as a replacement application for the most prevalently used messenger application WhatsApp. However, none such app can beat the popularity of WhatsApp, still that doesn’t mean Telegram is a clone of such similar applications. Telegram is unique in its own way and became quite popular among the users all owing to its distinctive features. Telegram is available for many mobile platforms including Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Windows, etc. The first release of the application was made in 2013 for iOS and Android users. The most amazing thing about the application is that its API is available free for the developers, thus developers can use and develop it for other operating systems too.

Getting Started:

Telegram works on the sole concept of messaging application that uses data connectivity to send and receive messages. To get started with the application, you will firstly need to sign up with the telegram community. For this you will require a valid cell number as here you’re ID on the network will be your cell number which will always be unique, and this works same as that of WhatsApp. Once you have signup with the community, you will be able to avail the services of the application.

Sending Text, Images, and Videos

Sending and receiving messaging is quite simple with the application. To send a text go to the contact list, click on the contact that you want to chat with, a chat activity will open and there your message goes. The concept of the contact list is also taken from the WhatsApp. These contact will be the one which you have already saved on your device. All of the people who have joined the community will be displayed in your list if you have their cell number stored on your device.

Socializing with the Telegram is almost same as that with any other messaging application, as you have to just send a text message or an image or a video or just a scrap of things or a voice note. For every respective thing there is a dedicated option present in the application’s menu. You can also express your feelings with the app as it also consist of emoticons which is an amazing way of sharing feelings with your friends.

Distinctive Features:

There are tons of messenger applications that have been flooding the market since the huge success of applications like WhatAapp. Some of such application includes Chaton, Hike, Wechat, etc. Every other app has its own degree of uniqueness, although it a fact that nothing new has been implemented in those applications. Talking about Telegram, it introduced the whole new concept of file sharing. Users can now send any file using this application with a file size limit of 1 GB. This was a new feature that none of the other app has ever implemented. Along with this, telegram also included an additional security to the messages to protect the privacy of the users.