After a lot of time, Telegram finally released their $5 per month premium subscription tier which they revealed last month. Some of the notable features include a larger maximum file upload size, faster downloads, access to a lot more channels, and unique new stickers.

Currently, the limit on file size uploads is 2GB, but premium users will now be able to send files up to 4GB in size, which will really be handy for users who send a lot of video or zip files (Users without the premium subscription will also be able to download these extra-large documents that are being sent) This brand new premium plan also doubles limits, which lets you follow up to 1000 channels and create up to 20 chat folders with 200 chats each and add a 4th account to any Telegram app, pin chats and save up to 10 favorite stickers.

Premium users will also get unique stickers with full-screen animations that will be visible to every user along with unique reactions, this is kind of very similar to Discord Nitro and other perks you get with it. Telegram is also on, just announced that they have become one of the top downloaded apps worldwide in 2022 and they now have 700 million monthly active users.

They also introduced new, better public verification badges for public figures and organizations, join requests for public groups and proved bots, improved chat previews on Android, and better external sharing on iOS, and more. This update is rolling out gradually, so if you don’t see it now, this new version will become available soon, according to Telegram.