Would you pay for the Telegram Premium plan at $4.99 per month?

Telegram is a robust messaging app but just like any other company, it needs to make money. As we reported before, this privacy-focused social media platform is now working on a new subscription-based project dubbed Telegram Premium. But would you pay for this plan at $4.99 per month? Let’s find out the latest details on what’s coming.

Telegram is entirely free, unlike Meta-owned social media platforms. The messenger app has not been officially monetized, though the company has been exploring support for ads like sponsored messages in the public channels.

Back in 2021, Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messenger, confirmed that it was exploring new ways to place ads within the posts of public channels. According to the company, Telegram Premium’s experimental ads will be small posts with a limit of just 160 characters and they won’t include external links, but the ads will have a link to a specific channel. 

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In addition to official advertisements in the messaging app, Telegram Premium is also bringing a new paid subscription to the messaging app.

The company is planning to launch a subscription platform and reduce the limitations of the messaging app. However, the details of the premium plan are sketchy as of now.

A Telegram channel, which keeps track of new features coming to the platform, shared a list of expected changes coming to the Telegram Premium platform:

• Doubled Limits.
• 4 GB Upload Size.
• Faster Download Speed.
• Voice-to-Text Conversion.
• No Ads.
• Unique Reactions.
• Premium Stickers.
• Advanced Chat Management.
• Profile Badge.
• Animated avatars.
• Additional application icons.

Telegram Premium is already live in the beta version for Android, but you cannot subscribe to the service at the moment. So would you pay for this plan at $4.99 per month? Leave us comment below.