Telegram Slashes Price of Premium Subscription in India: Details

Telegram Premium — the favored messaging app’s month-to-month subscription service — is now cheaper for customers in India. The Dubai-based firm has formally introduced a change in pricing for India through its messaging service, and the revised price is already mirrored on the app. The discount in pricing for customers in India comes months after Telegram launched a premium, paid tier that added improved performance and new options, from extra channels and accounts to sooner obtain speeds, as a part of efforts to boost income.

Over the weekend, Telegram despatched notifications to customers that learn: Telegram Premium is now obtainable in your nation at a reduction. Premium subscribers unlock dozens of unique options. A Gadgets 360 workers member additionally obtained the message informing them of the change in pricing. The firm is but to formally announce whether or not it has lower pricing for Telegram Premium in different areas.

A Gadgets 360 workers member additionally obtained a notification of the value lower

A subscription to Telegram Premium in India now prices Rs. 179 a month, which is properly over 60 p.c decrease than the value of the service when it was launched globally in June. Until final week, customers needed to pay Rs. 469 a month, which is significantly larger than the revised value.

Back in June, the corporate had introduced that the service has over 700 million month-to-month energetic customers. The service competes with common messaging apps WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, which have over 2 billion and over 1 billion energetic customers, respectively. Both of Meta’s messaging companies don’t at the moment provide paid subscriptions.

Users in India who subscribe to Telegram Premium may have entry to bigger 4GB file uploads, sooner downloads, and the power to transform voice messages into textual content, amongst different options.