Telegram will also offer voice calls

Through Twitter and almost by chance, Pavel Durov , CEO of Telegram, recently confirmed that his messaging platform will join voice calls , catching up with WhatsApp, Skype or Viber, and inevitably opening the door to possible video calls, the true current trend in communication.

When a user wrote this weekend “Hey @durov, I love your app, it's great but I wonder if you guys have thought of add voice calls plus some way to change backgrounds etc.», little did he know that his answer, cut and simple, would cause such a stir. A while later, Durov would reply: “Hey, what's up. Thank you so much. We are going to do it» and the network was filled with rumors As simple as that.

Inevitable step

After a year in which Telegram has updated its software to add all kinds of improvements , from a tool to be able to view articles without leaving the app as a way to pin messages in the main menu, going through Telegraph, your blog type platform , the news surprises by its form but not by its content: it was clearly the timeto take the step if we wanted to maintain the constant growth of an application that each time has more followersVoice calls, despite not being a tool that has been massively used (at least in Spain), they are a springboard immediately followed by video calls

As this news was uncovered through a simple response from Twitter, not a statement or a press conference,There is no more information than that mere sentence. We don't know nothing about dates or forms, just a statement of intent. Still, knowing the Pavel Durov's restless personality, it won't be long before we know something of an official nature.

Taking advantage of the WhatsApp crisis

2016 has not been a good year for WhatsApp, nor for Facebook , its owner since 2014.A recent report claiming that the messaging app would have a 'back door' through the that Facebook could access private information following requests (or orders) has been the last of the scandals that has put many users with the fly in the ear

Durov himself commented on the news on his Twitter and took the opportunity to make a predictable self-promotion of Telegram, known for having the most secure encryption This ' Impregnability' has also been criticized in the past as it provided a perfect platform for criminals and terrorists to communicate without leaving a trace.

They are two faces of the same coin, although in this case the platform of Durov You have a lot more to gain than you have to lose.Strong encryption can generate controversy in the political arena globally, but in the individual aspect, the user will always prefer it , and while reluctance towards WhatsApp increases, a transfer slow but steady flow of users to Telegram is brewing. Now, including voice calls (and with video time) would even the balance even more, which should concern to the WhatsApp team, and to their ultimate boss, Matt Zuckerberg