Telegram stands out from the messaging crowd with its group chat extras.

Add in secret chats and the self destruct option, and you have a messaging iPhone app that goes above and beyond when it comes to keeping content away from prying eyes. Expect consistent, encrypted chats, media, and groups. The messaging services uses a combination of 256-bit symmetric AES encryption, 2048-bit RSA encryption, and Diffie–Hellman secure key exchange. If you are sending a personal message in a secret chat anyway, that’s how it should be. This messaging service behaves as though the message never happened. Unlike WhatsApp, Telegram won’t leave behind a deleted message notification. SnapChat offers less self destruct customization.

Your friend must press and hold the image to see it. Your message deletion countdown won’t begin until the recipient has viewed it.Ī message set to a super short countdown skips the image preview and appears blurred out with a flame icon overlay. With Telegram, you can set a message to delete on its own in as little as one second and up to an hour, a day, or a week. If you send a private text or an image in a secret chat, you won’t have to worry about your friend forgetting to press the delete key. The replace feature makes it easy to switch out the wrong image or video from the same place - without tacking extra photos into a thread. Send the wrong image on messaging platforms like Skype or WhatsApp and you must delete the image and try again. What’s more, animated stickers use less battery and bandwidth than stationary stickers so you can keep the convo going longer. You’ll never run out of anything to say or ways to say it - follow the bot to discover trending stickers. Loop playback animated stickers for extra fun. Tap on the usual emoji to open up related stickers. Send updates in silent send mode so you won’t wake up your friends or interrupt a meeting (even if they forget to silence their device). Insomnia? Those middle-of-the-night texts don’t have to wait. Chat away without worrying about hitting your storage caps. Chats aren’t stored on your device, but in the cloud. Telegram is the most feature-packed iPhone messaging app you’ve never heard of.

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