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Telegram for Android

Message contacts, share files, join groups and channels, and make voice or video calls with Telegram for Android. This entry links to the publisher’s direct APK.

AndroidFree basic service with an optional paid Telegram Premium subscription
Download Telegram APK for Android

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What is Telegram?

Telegram for Android brings personal chats, community groups, broadcast channels and file sharing into one messaging app. Cloud chats sync across your signed-in phones, tablets and computers, so you can continue a conversation on another device. Voice and video calls provide an alternative to typing.

Cloud chats and Secret Chats have different privacy behavior. Ordinary private and group cloud chats use server-client encryption, not end-to-end encryption. Secret Chats add end-to-end encryption, but stay on the device where they started instead of syncing through the cloud.

The download here is the direct Android APK linked by telegram.org, not the Google Play listing. Telegram says this distribution receives automatic updates directly from its site and has fewer restrictions than the Play version. Basic messaging is free; an optional Premium subscription unlocks additional features. The exact APK version and processor architecture have not been established by the HEAD-only link check.

What it offers

  • Send messages, photos, videos and files.
  • Sync cloud conversations across signed-in phones, tablets and computers.
  • Use groups for discussions and channels for broadcasting.
  • Make voice and video calls.
  • Start device-specific Secret Chats with end-to-end encryption and self-destructing messages.

Good to know

  • Ordinary cloud chats are not end-to-end encrypted; Secret Chats are a separate mode and do not sync to other devices.
  • Some additional features require a paid Telegram Premium subscription.

Product images

Telegram Android gallery image showing a group conversation, stickers, a poll and voice-message recording controls in a promotional frame.
Telegram Android gallery image showing a group conversation, stickers, a poll and voice-message recording controls in a promotional frame. Image source ↗Telegram promotional application screenshot served in Softonic’s Android gallery. Rights remain with Telegram and respective owners; no explicit reuse permission was found. Retained unchanged apart from resizing and WebP optimization; promotional text is not an editorial guarantee.
Telegram Android promotional gallery image showing a video call with camera flip, stop video, mute and end call controls.
Telegram Android promotional gallery image showing a video call with camera flip, stop video, mute and end call controls. Image source ↗Telegram promotional application screenshot served in Softonic’s Android gallery. Rights remain with Telegram and respective owners; no explicit reuse permission was found. Original promotional caption retained; it does not establish that cloud chats are end-to-end encrypted.

Sources

References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.

  1. Telegram for Android - Download ↗Retrieved
  2. Telegram for Android ↗Retrieved
  3. Telegram FAQ ↗Retrieved

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