
Telegram swiftly established itself as a viable WhatsApp alternative. In January alone, more than 100 million new users joined Telegram. This works out to approximately 8.33 million new signups per day.

Telegram's data is dispersed over five data centers in various locations around the world, including the operations center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Īs per Telegram founder Pavel Durov, post-WhatsApp privacy policy announcement in January 2021, 25 million new users joined Telegram. Nikolai and Pavel Durov, who were also the inventors of the Russian online social site RK, launched Telegram in 2013. Telegram's initial release date was August 14, 2013, for iOS and October 2013 for Android. End-to-end encrypted video calling, file sharing, VoIP, and other functions are also available. Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging software that is freeware and cross-platform.


From your settings options, you'll also notice that there are several new possibilities when it comes to customizing your interface including a night mode display and bubble-chat box options. Given that Telegram X basically offers a simpler, more streamlined interface for chats while adding in a new tab for making calls to its main screen. To the naked, untrained eye, any differences between Telegram and Telegram X go unnoticed. Why would the official Telegram app create its own improved, independent clone? Not without good reason, as this newest version is based on the TDLib library which is laying the groundwork for the future of Telegram.

Telegram X is the official (yes, you read that right) client spawned by no less than the original Telegram itself here to offer users a quicker and more fluid browsing experience than its predecessor.
