Telegram Premium is already available: this is its price and all the benefits

Telegram announced in early June future availability Telegram Premium, a service that offers users the ability to access exclusive features and functions in exchange for a monthly fee, which furthermore will allow the company to generate revenue directly from users rather than advertisers. Now this new version of the messaging service is now available to all users at a cost of around 5 euros per month and with benefits that go far beyond those previously leaked or announced.

Specifically, Telegram Premium is available for $4.99 per month in the US and US. €5.49 per month in Spain. The subscription service is currently only available on iOS – although it will be coming to Android soon – and includes up to 11 features and improvements. Among them is the ability to upload files twice as large; an upgrade from 2GB to a maximum of 4GB, a faster content download mode than the free version, and the ability to send exclusive stickers and reactions that, thankfully, free plan users will be able to see but not share.

These are some of the features previously leaked and confirmed by Telegram. The premium plan, however, has other really cool features that can be especially useful for users who use the app frequently.

Convert voice notes to text, improved chat controls, customization options and more

One of them is the possibility transcribe voice notes to convert them into text messages; a feature that WhatsApp seems to be working on that will allow you to instantly know the content of a message without having to listen to it. Telegram Premium also offers double the space to host groups and channels, pinned chats, public links, folders, etc. in the app. Namely; with a free service, for example, users can subscribe to a maximum of 500 channels. However, with the premium plan, the maximum increases to 1000. Telegram Premium also allows more fully manage and organize chats.

Another improvement of Telegram Premium is the possibility of verifying those people who pay the subscription fee for the service. The app, in particular, will display a small star-shaped icon that will always appear next to the username, including in the recent chats list.

In terms of personalization, Telegram includes the ability to add stickers as a profile picture or, enable animated gif image which free users will also be able to view. On the other hand, the app allows premium users to change the icon displayed on the home screen for different designs. Telegram Premium is, of course, ad-free: the app will not show ads in channels, as it does, albeit rarely, in channels.

So you can subscribe to Telegram Premium