Telegram now allows you to use nicknames and play secret content like Snapchat
The most secure messaging application of the moment continues to improve its features. And it is that, despite not being the favorite of users, Telegram continues looking for its place against WhatsApp or LINE betting on privacy and their secret chats Returning features to improve thanks to a new update for the main mobile platforms, further defining the possibilities of this messaging tool.
Thus, through updates for the platform Android and for iPhone , Telegram improves the privacy of its users. As? Now allowing you to use nicknames instead of your phone number to add contacts and show up to others. So while it is still necessary to assign a user account to a phone number, profile data can now be shared without the need for the phone number be one of them. Something that can avoid certain problems and to safeguard the privacy of the user.
To establish a nickname simply access the menu SettingsHere you must set a user name that is at least five characters long, among which you can use the underscores and numbersA process that is recommended to be carried out as soon as possible to prevent other users from getting the name you want to use. And it is that they cannot be repeated. But there are more exciting new features in this update.
In this way, Telegram presents the Secret Chats 2.0 A redesign in terms of the functionality of this feature that has managed to be the distinctive mark of the application. So now the user-to-user secret conversations have a few interesting additions. The main one is the new method to play secret content: Messages, photos, videos or audios sent with an expiration date. Content that used to be necessary to press once to download and play. Now, however, in true Snapchat style, it is necessary to keep pressing on the screen to enjoy Of content.
A measure that can be focused on avoiding taking screenshots or performing any other task that could call into question the secrecy of such content. Perhaps for this reason Telegram now also has included an alert to know if the user has taken a screenshot in said secret chat. And even more, secret contents are deleted after the specified self-destruct time (which is now more flexible) starts counting when you access it, and not beforeIn other words, there will be no more content to miss due to being late to the conversation.
In short, a complete update to continue ensuring the privacy of the user through an application that grows in functions without neglecting the important thingA safer Secret Chats and a way of making yourself known that does not imply offering your phone number. The new version of Telegram is now available both on Google Play for terminals Android as via App Store for iPhoneIt's completely free
