Telegram is Working on Telegram Premium Giveaways

Users found mentions of new features in Telegram for macOS lines, analyzed by @tgcrawl:

• Premium giveaways
• An option to gift Telegram Premium using a link

From the mentions in the app's code, it's not yet clear exactly how such giveaways and links are supposed to work.

Lines which hint at future features

• "This link allows you to activate a Telegram Premium subscription."

The line above was not automatically detected, but @tgcrawl's developer confirmed its recent appearance in the app after manually checking it.

• File name "Icon_Giveaway_Random"

• File name "Icon_Giveaway_Specific"

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Mentions of Telegram Premium Giveaways Functionality on Fragment

@tginfo noticed Telegram Premium giveaways functionality added to Fragment.com's codebase. The change was detected thanks to @tgcrawl's automated analysis. Earlier we've already reported about this feature surfacing in Telegram for macOS localization files.

The Fragment platform is considered to be Telegram's partner, designated to provide an option to buy Telegram's Premium subscription, usernames, and anonymous numbers using TON cryptocurrency. All the services can be paid for using QR codes, which are supposed to be scanned in the Tonkeeper wallet.

Other noteworthy mentions in the code
• Ability to specify the number of subscriptions.
• Ability to specify the number of months — probably for Premium duration.
• There's a possible fee for the giveaway functionality.
• You can find Premium recipients using search.
• The UI has mentions for boosts, but their context is unclear.

It's important to keep in mind that the provided info is a set of assumptions based off the Fragment's code that surfaced, so the functionality may be significantly different on its release. At the moment of writing, the mentioned code was already removed.

#Fragment #boosts #Premium

Telegram Premium has almost 3.5 million subscribers

In Pavel Durov's latest blog post, while discussing the updates, he mentioned the number of Telegram Premium subscribers, which is "almost 3.5 million".

Based on previous statements from the messenger, Telegram actively engages with 800 million monthly users, providing an approximate estimate of the Premium user base at 0.4% or roughly one in every 233 users.

In December, 2022, we reported that Telegram reached 1 million Premium subscribers. So, in just under a year, the messenger has managed to attract an additional 2.5 million Premium users.

#Premium #statistics

Unknown Error When Paying for Telegram Premium

Our readers report an error which occurs when paying for Telegram Premium. The message looks like this:

Sorry, the transaction has failed.
Description of the error from payment provider:
Something went wrong. Try again later

Alas, Telegram only provides a general error message and doesn’t tell how to solve the problem. The team at @tginfo takes the task and introduces a new FAQ article on the subject:

tginfo.me/telegram-premium-something-went-wrong-en/

#FAQ #premium

Premium Subscribers Can Now More Easily Hide Their Last Seen Time

Since today, Telegram Premium subscribers who choose to hide their last seen time will be able to see the last seen time of users who have not hidden it.

Please note: you will only see the last seen time of another user if they have not hidden their online from you. Having a Telegram Premium subscription does not allow you to bypass other users' privacy settings.

Reminder: before, if you hid your online status from another user, you lost the ability to see their last seen time, even if they didn't hide it from you.

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Get Premium for Helping Telegram Send SMS Codes

Telegram has launched a program which allows users to get Premium for sending SMS messages with OTP codes to other users. A user from Indonesia shared screenshots of the feature with @tginfo.

Terms of Service have appeared for the new program, which is called “Peer-to-Peer Login Program”.

On the page Telegram informs that only users from some countries can participate. Telegram will be using user’s phone to send no more than 150 SMS codes monthly, at the user’s expense. When the user reaches the minimum quota, they will be rewarded with a transferable gift code that grants access to a monthly Telegram Premium subscription. The messenger won't compensate carrier rates and fees for sending the messages.

Telegram warns that theoretically program participants can see phone numbers of the users who receive the OTP codes. The same way, receivers will know the codes are sent from other Telegram users.

@tginfo confirmed existence of the feature in Telegram for Android 10.8.1 (4404) code. The Terms of Service point out that the program is only available to Android users.

We speculate that the program will be used in countries which have high SMS fees, like Indonesia.

#P2PL #Premium

Buying, Managing and Canceling Telegram Premium — FAQ

Telegram Premium gives users a numerous amount of features, with the features increasing with each update, which means it raises more and more issues. @tginfo will talk about some of these issues in its new article https://tginfo.me/managing-telegram-premium-en/

#FAQ #Premium