Telegram has finally added the long awaited video calling features across all its apps. The new feature was introduced on the 7th anniversary of Telegram which was launched on 14th August 2013. Since then there are now more than 400 million active users of Telegram platform.
The alpha version of video calls is now available on both Android and iOS. Video calls can be initiated from your contact’s profile page. It also supports picture-in-picture mode to support multitasking.
Telegram confirms that all video calls are protected with end-to-end encryption which can be cross verified by comparing the four emojis shown on screen for you and your chat partner. If they are matching, the call is 100% secured.
App has also been refreshed with a batch of new animated emoji as shown below:
