Telegram is planning to monetize the platform through premium features

• Telegram appears to be preparing a premium plan for users.
• Subscribers who pay will gain access to premium experiences such as exclusive emoji reactions and stickers.
• The upcoming change has been spotted in the most recent version of Telegram beta on iOS.

Telegram is one of the best messaging apps that gets new features almost every month, but most of the experiences are free. The service could monetize the platform through exclusive features.

A new subscription plan has been discovered by the Telegram community in the latest version of Telegram. The Telegram Premium plan will allow users to have exclusive reactions.

It is not known how much the premium plan will cost or if it will include any additional exclusive experiences. There is no word on when the paid version of the service will be available.

Free users may not be able to see premium stickers in chats when it is rolled out to everyone. Non-subscribers will see a prompt to upgrade to the premium plan.

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Some of the exclusive features are similar to those offered by Discord, such as custom and animated emojis, which costs $10 per month.

Telegram has a way of making money off of its users. Last year, the service began experimenting with sponsored messages on public channels. The recently discovered monetization effort should be a better alternative to Facebook.

The premium plan is only available on the iOS version, but it is likely to be available on the Android version in the future.