Telegram Is Adding Secure Group Video Calls This Year

From PC Mag: Telegram is this week celebrating reaching 400 million monthly users, while at the same time promising a new feature arriving in 2020 that's sure to push the service's popularity even higher.

As Telegram founder Pavel Durov reveals in a blog post, the service has increased its user base from 300 million to 400 million monthly users in less than a year. At least 1.5 million new users are thought to be joining every day to take advantage of secure instant messaging and voice over IP (VoIP) calls. Now we're set to get a new feature added to the service before the year is over: secure group video calls.

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing everyone to stay at home, video calls have become increasingly important. As Durov explains, "The current global lockdown highlighted the need for a trusted video communication tool. Video calls in 2020 are much like messaging in 2013. There are apps that are either secure or usable, but not both. We'd like to fix that, and we will focus on bringing you secure group video calls in 2020."

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