[dallamaneni]

I am using Telegram from over two years.

Pros:

- End to end encrypted secret chats

- Awesome bots and the bot platform

- Open protocol so we can implement third party clients. So is available on any new platform (Ubuntu phone, FirefoxOS, Linux, Command line, web,...).

- Recent improvements like end-to-end encrypted audio calling (Not sure if Whatsapp calls are encrypted)

- Many small features that make me happy like we can lock the app with password, customize interface, etc.

Cons:

- Not many users (On the contrary I like it as there is not much noise)

- No video calling

- There are some reports doubting their encryption

[oarfish]

As of today, there's at least video messages. Wouldn't surprise me if video chat was on the roadmap as well.

[FabHK]

> - End to end encrypted secret chats

As an option, not by default.

[dallamaneni]

Yep, I agree. I personally like it being optional. Not end-to-end encrypted has an advantage of syncing messages to all other devices and use secret chats when privacy is more important than syncing.

Another feature I missed is ephemeral messages in secret chats: We can have messages automatically deleted after certain time (Although I wish the time settings are more fine grained).