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PlatformsWeb, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD, Windows phone, UWP
Audio recordingYes
Service integrationsThrough bots
PublisherVarious companies affiliated with Telegram
End-to-end encryptionSecret chats
VideoconferencingYes
Mediaimages / video / audio / GIFs / stickers / PiP Video / Videomessages
VoIPYes
Groups≤ 100,000
Video recordingYes
Message historyYes
File Size2048 MB
LocationsharingLive
DIY integrationsYes
Unit TestingYes
MultideviceCloud
Open sourceMost clients
In-app purchasesTo pay 3rd parties
Message deletionMutual/timed
Usernamesyes
Open source backendno
Cloud syncYes
Audio/video streamingOnly from some clients
MultiplatformYes
Open clients APIyes
Proxy supportyes
Pros
Pro Supergroups of up to 100,000 people
In Supergroups, anyone along with admins can delete their messages from all sides. A message can be pinned to the top. All of the user's messages can be deleted by an administrator, and they can be banned and reported as well. Supergroups can have a public link (outside of Asia, due to high spam volumes), which is also a username.
Pro Secure
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Cons
Con Only "Secret Chat" messages are encrypted end to end
The only way to get end-to-end encryption (client-client) using Telegram is to use the Secret Chat function, anything through the service is server-client encrypted. Also secret chat is only implemented in the mobile apps, meaning there is no way to encrypt messages end-to-end when using the desktop client or the web browser client.
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Free of costPro
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