Telegram is an application that, above all, focuses on user privacy. Although its number of users is far from the millions that WhatsApp has, Telegram has its own army of followers. Today we give you a few tricks to get the most out of this app. Here are the tips:
Turn off message preview
We may find that notification previews are helpful in deciding whether or not a notification is worth reviewing. However, this is only true if you are the only one looking at your mobile screen. In order not to have privacy problems when a message notification is displayed while you are with friends or with anyone else, we advise you to deactivate the preview of the messages.
Use saved messages
Do you know that you can open a chat with yourself? It is a very convenient function because you can send all kinds of files quickly and synchronize it between all the devices you have. Whether to send captures, links, photo messages between the mobile and the PC to read or view at another time, this personal chat option comes in Telegram under the name of “Saved messages”.
Edit sent messages
Surely on more than one occasion it has happened to you that you send a message and after a few seconds you discover that you have made a typographical error so striking that you want to correct it ipso facto . In Telegram you have an edit button. All you have to do is select the message in question and tap the “Edit (pen)” icon at the top and you can easily edit the message. What will appear in the chat is the word “Edited” if you make any changes . You can edit the messages up to 48 hours after sending them.
Read messages secretly
Have you ever wanted to read a message without the sender seeing that you have read it? In Telegram you can carry out this trick: when you receive a message, immediately activate airplane mode. Open Telegram and read the message. Once read, close the application and reactivate your data by eliminating airplane mode. The sender will never know that you have read the message (unless you want it to).
Don’t be afraid to change your mobile number
In other messaging applications, the account is linked to the phone number. If you decide to change yours, the application will delete all existing messages, and you will have to manually restore them with a backup or backup file. However, this does not happen on Telegram. In this app, even if you change your phone number, you won’t lose anything in the process, because all the data is on a secure server in the cloud. You will not have to do anything.
Put custom notifications and LED color
Many Android devices come with a specific LED color for notifications; however, many mobiles have multi-color LEDs. Android generally doesn’t offer the option to set custom LED notification colors for various apps, unless you have a custom ROM or use a third-party app. Fortunately, on Telegram you can. If your device has a multi-color LED, you can set custom notification colors for contacts. Doing so is very simple, you just have to go to the information of a contact and click on “Notifications and sounds”; There you will see the options to change the notifications, the vibration pattern, the sound, the priority and the color of the LED.
