How to use Telegram
Telegram is one of the most popular social networks at the moment. Its relevance can even be compared with WhatsApp or Facebook. This is what will be discussed in our today's article, and specifically you will learn how to use Telegram. Let's get down to business without delay.
Program installation
Installing Telegram is very easy. If you have Windows 10 or Windows 8, we can simply launch the branded store of this operating system and, with just one click, download the messenger on your PC. In earlier operating systems, downloading is done from the official Telegram website. There you only need to select the platform you are using and click the download button.
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Ask Daria At the same time, we can download a portable version that does not even require installation. you just unzip the archive and run the file. As a result, Telegram starts up and can be used in full.
As for the phone, everything is also very simple here:
- In the case of Android, we will have to go to the Google Play Market and, using the search bar, find the application in the company store. When this is done, we use the button of the same name to start the automatic download and installation of the application.
- In the case of an iPhone running the iOS operating system, we take similar steps. Namely: we launch the AppStore store and, using the search, we find our Telegram. With the help of the button available right there, we can start the automatic download and installation of the application on the "apple" device.
The application itself is very similar on both the first and second platforms. However, with Apple, given the presence of Touch ID, the functionality works a little differently.
Setting up Telegram
Also, at the first start, it is recommended to make some settings in the functionality and interface of this messenger. Telegram supports the installation of themes, which makes the program individual. Moreover, the themes available here can be configured independently. It is easy to download and install any graphic template using a special bot. And it works both on the computer and on the phone.
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Accordingly, by “digging around” in the program settings, we can change such things as:
- content autoload;
- background image of chats;
- link to your profile;
- notifications;
- confidentiality;
- and many other options.
Here is a list of settings that for a given period of time you can find in the Telegram app for Android.
You can familiarize yourself with the program settings both on the computer and on the phone in more detail on your own, so to speak, by personally “poking” them with your own hands.
Features of communication
Telegram has some interesting features that distinguish it from the general background of other instant messengers. These are, for example, a secret chat, deleting messages both on your own and on the interlocutor (and even those messages that the interlocutor himself sent) and many other useful functions.
The good news is that the program is constantly evolving. The developers are working tirelessly to improve and update the functionality. Literally every week we get a new patch, with a list of additional features or security fixes.
By the way: due to the presence of end-to-end data encryption, the software is one of the most secure of existing analogues. Even the Russian special services could not get access to the correspondence and because of this they decided to simply block the project in their country.
Video instruction
We also recommend watching a training video on the topic, in which the author tells in detail and shows how to use the Telegram messenger. Be sure to watch this video to the end, as the information contained in it will definitely not become superfluous.
Summing up
This is where we will finish our article, as we understand that you have well understood the issue of using Telegram on a computer, phone or laptop.
If you still have any questions, you can ask them in the comments. We will definitely read the message from each user and, if necessary, give an exhaustive answer that can help in a given situation.