Stories are the most popular features on Instagram and Messenger, as are WhatsApp statuses. Precisely for this reason, Telegram will soon integrate them into its platform.It’s something that many have asked for, and finally the messaging app’s CEO, Pavel Durov, will make its users happy. So this is it Advertising In his account, while providing details on when and how the new feature will be rolled out.
Stories basically work like they do on other platforms. People can post photos and videos, add text and links, and tag others. The way to react to them is through emojis or comments.
Durov long refused to add this functionality to his app, because according to him it was already in others. However, the demand of millions of users convinced him to take that step.
“After our internal experiment with stories, even the skeptics on our team started appreciating them. We can no longer imagine Telegram without them,” he said.
Stories come to Telegram
A novelty is that Telegram stories are saved in each user’s profile. Like other messaging apps, Telegram stories are displayed as bubbles at the top. You can zoom in by touching them to see them better.
One of the characteristics of Telegram stories is that you can build them as long as you want. This is a novelty, because on other platforms the duration is predetermined to 24 hours.
So, they can see 6, 12 or 48 hours in the Pavel Durov app.
Another option is to decide who can see the stories. In this sense, photos and videos can be accessible to everyone, only to contacts, friends list or specific contacts.
Telegram Stories is in final testing and will go live in July.
