Telegram only added one-to-one encrypted video calls to its suite of features over the past year. Group video calls were originally slated to start in 2020 as well.
The upcoming addition of group video calls will bring Telegram more in line with WhatsApp as Facebook’s own Messenger expanded its limit on group video and voice calls from four to eight people last year.
While WhatsApp is the undisputed leader in the messenger market thanks to its huge user base of over two billion, competitors like Telegram and Signal have a significant head start this year.
After WhatsApp revealed its controversial new Ts and Cs earlier this year, Telegram saw a surge in new users.
In January, Telegram gained 25 million new users in 72 hours.
This helped Telegram break the 500 million user mark.
