As the number of users continues to increase, it is understandable that the management team will need to find Cover to increase revenue from operating costs. But when Telegram, which I love to use, starts to implement this new policy, I still feel a little…feeling? This messaging software that uses open source code and features strong encryption features has announced that it will start paying for servers and traffic through advertising as the number of users exceeds the 500 million mark. Continue reading Telegram will finally add ads (!) and add a new voice chat feature.
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Telegram will finally add ads (!) and add voice chat function
Just when Telegram released the v7.3 update that introduced new features such as interesting voice chats, the official also officially announced that it would start advertising. According to founder Durov’s announcement, Telegram has reached 400 million active users since the end of April, and has already increased to 500 million users before entering 2021. In order to operate normally, they must face maintenance cost issues.
According to them, the only way to solve such a problem is to find a way to make money themselves, or else they have to sell the company—obviously, they chose the former. Because they don’t want to be like WhatApp and want to continue to maintain Telegram’s independence and high service quality. To this end, they confirmed that they will start trying to make money next year, but emphasized that all functions will continue to remain free.
They said that since Telegram already has a sizable user base, the advertising method will be less aggressive, so it should be difficult for most users to detect.
The upcoming Telegram ads are currently confirmed to not be displayed in personal and group chats — Dear veteran driversEveryone should have thought that this means that public chat rooms that are more oriented towards social networking sites will introduce advertising functions. However, the Telegram team carefully mentioned in the announcement that they will introduce a less intrusive advertising platform than ads disguised as messages.
In addition, in the future, they will also consider adding sticker sales functions that encourage creators to join after they have more resources, which can be regarded as gradually paving the way for longer-term operations. But now that there are so many sticker resources, the implementation of this part should be more difficult than advertising, right?
Various new features in 7.3: voice chat, long press short message, SD card storage space (Android) and Siri reading messages
Telegram fans will now be able to enjoy real-time voice chat, and it also supports multi-person chat. The interface will change the order of icons specifically for the person talking; the Android version can also support the floating button function of voice. In terms of other functions, the convenient press-to-send voice function is now also available in the desktop version.
For the rest of the support, for the Android version, Telegram has adjusted to add new animation and media editing functions, and provides support for SD memory cards. iOS users don’t have to worry. The development team has actually added the function of Siri speaking voice notifications through headphones, which can be found in the notification settings of iOS.
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Source: KOCPC Chinese