Telegram has had an option to send ephemeral messages in its encrypted Secret Chat mode since 2013. Last year, it rolled out a new timer feature — that could be enabled for either 24 hours or 7 days — ...

In a nutshell: A sudden influx of privacy-conscious users on Telegram meant the platform had to quickly increase server capacity as well as its feature-set to keep up with rival apps. To that end, the ...

The feature was previously available for secret chats only. WhatsApp rival Telegram on Wednesday said that it would now allow users to auto-delete messages inside individual chats, groups and channels ...

Telegram now supports automatically deleting messages in all chats. Previously, Telegram only supported automatically deleting messages within Secret Chats. The same update also brings several other ...

Telegram and other messaging apps will require a user to log in through their phone number. This is an imperative requirement so the platform will confirm the owner's ...