One of the most popular messaging apps Telegram has added group video chat to its mobile and desktop apps. This is not available on the web version. Voice chats in any group on the platform can be turned into video calls by tapping the camera icon to turn on your device’s video.
According to Telegram, there is an unlimited number of users that can participate in an audio call, but group video calls will be limited to the first 30 people who join a voice chat. But with our poor networks, don’t expect to have a good video call quality with many people on the call. The company plans to increase that limit “soon,” it said in its announcement. Users can also share their screens during a video call.
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In January this year, Telegram reached 500 million active users, many of whom came to the platform after the Facebook-owned rival chat platform WhatsApp teased its new privacy policy. Still, Telegram’s introduction of group video calls lags behind the competition with the likes of WhatsApp that introduced group calls in 2018.
Along with the long-awaited group video calls, Telegram added several other new features, including improved noise suppression, and animated backgrounds. Group calls available for both Telegram users on iOS and Android.
