Multifunctionality of Telegram: VK, movies and training courses in one set
Telegram is one of the innovative ways to get information. If earlier news was distributed with the highest speed on Twitter, now it is worth paying attention to Telegram. What is worth only the Mash Telegram channel, from which respected news agencies “borrow” news.The advantages of the social network are the speed and unusual presentation of information. For various tasks that users set, bots are created. It's hard to imagine what they can't do! For instance:
@telefeedbot - allows you to read the open feed of Vkontakte, Instagram, Twitter without going into them;
@fastaid_bot - helps to provide first aid in the "field";
@GrammarNaziBot - spell checker (add to general chat, fun guaranteed);
@YTranslateBot - translates from Russian into English and vice versa.
Telegram Network Open, @CryptoBitBot and earnings on advertising
You can earn money with Telegram. Experts recommend hurrying up before the masses rush to the social network for this. The Telegram Network Open platform allows you to exchange Gram cryptocurrency in a secure way. @CryptoBitBot will talk about cryptocurrency fluctuations. And Telegram channels with at least a hundred users can count on making money on advertising.If you want such earnings and it is not clear where to get new subscribers from, try cheating live users through the VTope service. It is easy to set cheat tasks on it, and the cost of buying subscribers quickly pays off. This method is suitable for users whose earnings depend on the number of subscribers and views. Services for cheating are used by most beginner channels. Try it, get the result and make up your mind!
VKBot Telegram - messenger integration with VKontakte
Many Telegram users simultaneously own accounts on the VKontakte social network, so they are often “torn” between two applications. To link these services, a VKBot - Telegram bot, which allows you to connect a VK group to a messenger and receive notifications about various events in it.
Telegram vs VKontakte - competition or friendship
As you know, Telegram appeared with the light hand of Pavel Durov, who is also the creator of VK and for a long time was the CEO of this social network. It is with this fact that Internet users associate the similar interface of the two services, the presence of the same emoticons and stickers.
In many VKontakte communities, channels, chats and messenger bots are actively promoted today. In turn, Telegram also comes forward - Bot VK implements the integration of the application with the social network. Therefore, it is hardly possible to talk about any competition between the former and present offspring of Pavel Durov. Moreover, they, in fact, develop in different categories.
VK is the largest social network in Russia, whose users are mainly desktop computer owners who do not hide their personal data from others. Telegram is primarily a mobile application for quick messaging, where a high level of anonymity is maintained. Of course, these areas have many points of contact, but they still differ conceptually, so they cannot compete with each other.
Connecting your group to the messenger using Telegram Bot VK
To link a VKontakte group to a specific channel or chat, you must:
- Start a dialogue with the VKBot bot (@vk_bot).
- Enter the /addgroup command.
- Launch VK, go to your group, go to the "Community Management" section and open the "Working with API" subsection. In the "Access Keys" tab, click "Create a key", specify the necessary access rights and confirm the action, and then copy the generated code.
Tonight the Telegram messenger was updated to version 4.4, which brought a number of very interesting innovations. And while the entire Russian-speaking Internet community is discussing the appearance of the Russian language in the application, we found a much more epic innovation in the new version and it concerns music.
The main person in Telegram, Pavel Durov, perfectly feels the trends and opportunities for growth, especially if they somehow relate to his last project - the social network VKontakte. Recall that with the latest update of the VK mobile application, the screws related to music were tightened. So, for example, background music playback without a paid subscription is now only available for 1 hour a day, and earlier offline caching, which everyone loved so much, was sent to the dump. Moreover, VKontakte closed access to the music section from the archived versions of the application.
Durov perfectly sees the dissatisfaction of VK users and, albeit without fanfare, but precisely responds in his new brainchild with opposite actions. While VKontakte is struggling with free music, Telegram is starting to create new opportunities for it. And we are sure that this is only the beginning!
So, in the version of the Telegram application with an index of 4.4, a new music player has appeared. Let's figure it out!
Player, caching, other features
To get acquainted with the functions of the new music player, I used the link to the channel from the changelog of the messenger itself. Telegram developers specifically created it to demonstrate new features.
A playlist will appear in front of us, in which there are all the tracks of the channel, arranged in reverse order from newest to oldest. We swipe up and it opens in full screen.
If there are a lot of tracks on the channel, and you are looking for some special one, then there is a search in the channel's playlist by clicking on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner.
Clicking on the album cover will open the playback window in full screen.
So, we looked at the player, now let's deal with caching. The algorithm works in such a way that during the playback of the current track, the next one automatically starts loading and this happens cyclically. The downloaded songs are stored in the device's memory and will be stored there for the time that you specify in the Telegram settings along the path Settings - Data and storage - Storage usage. You can choose from 3 days, 1 week, 1 month and Always. If set to Always, then the tracks will not be automatically deleted from the cache.
I did not find the possibility to delete tracks from the cache one by one, however, there is one curious feature. You can clear the cache selectively, that is, delete everything except music, or only music, or something else by combining the checkboxes in the Clear cache item.
Another useful feature is saving tracks from Telegram to the standard Music application, which is done as quickly and conveniently as possible. To do this, in the chat, click the ellipsis opposite the track already loaded into the memory and click "Save to music", after which the track appears in the device's local media library.
It seems that he has not forgotten anything, and we have examined in detail all the possibilities of the built-in player. Now let's talk about where to get music on Telegram.
Where to find tracks?
Method one. We load ourselves
If you don’t want to spend time searching for music through bots or channels, and you already have the tracks themselves, for example, on your home computer, and you want to listen to them in Telegram from any device, then you can just throw them in a chat with yourself. Even if you store other materials there, this will not prevent the new player from separating the "wheat from the chaff" and showing only music in the playlist.
Method two. Use channels with music
Uploading your music somewhere is an extra gesture, which in 2017 many people are too lazy to do, and it’s not necessary (the last paragraph was for oldfags who still download from “hares”). Telegram already has countless channels with music and several handy bots that can search for tracks by name.
Channels are suitable when you are looking for new items, collections, collections, that is, not a specific composition, but some group of tracks. Depending on your taste and needs at the current time, subscribe to the channels you are interested in.
To bookmarks
Before writing the article, I scrolled through the top search engine results for the query "Benefits of Telegram". With all due respect to colleagues, in these articles there were no convincing advantages that would give a real assessment of the messenger, so I present to your attention the main advantages:
The secret of correspondence.
The advantage that appears more than others in the Russian media is the security of data transmission. Perhaps the encryption itself is really no different from its analogues: Whatsapp and Viber, but only Telegram has problems with the state. We are talking about the transfer of decryption keys. If you've used this app, you've most likely seen the "start secret chat" tab there. This correspondence is conducted using the end-to-end technology: the information is encrypted and decrypted on the gadgets themselves, even if the Telegram LLP management wishes, it is impossible for anyone to get access to this correspondence. About VK, owned by MailRU Group, I think it’s not worth disassembling :).
Lack of financial component.
(c) FAQ on the official Telegram website
music
Recently, VK introduced a limit on background music listening - 60 minutes a day. In parallel, they are promoting a paid subscription to listen to music. Also, when listening, you can even hear ads. At the same time, Telegram launched its own player. It was possible to listen to music before, but now this activity has acquired an aesthetically pleasing look. Music can be listened to from the cache, which is also not an unimportant factor. And yes, so far the copyright holders have not reached Telegrama, and it’s not a fact that they will.
Lecture hall
Here is a completely different hangout - a meeting place for the advanced generation. While VK is gradually moving into the “classmates” mode, telegrams are gathering an audience of people: creative, intellectual, politically minded, well-read. Here in chats they can scatter for the blockchain, for Yesenin's poetry, for the political struggle of the towers and much more. Even spelling errors are especially demanding here.
No spam.
There is no spam in Telegram, or almost. In contact, for most users, privacy settings are set in such a way that only a limited circle of users can invite him to groups / meetings / applications, post posts on his wall, etc. But with all this, tons of dubious advertising pour in a personal. In the messenger, if a user not from your address book sends such a message for the first time, you can click "report spam". The usual procedure, it would seem, but not everything is so simple. In Telegram, it is enough to complain about spam once for the user to receive a temporary ban on sending messages. The first ban lasts about 3-4 days. Further, the period increases. In the future, you can get a lifetime ban. This definitely solves the spam problem.
Business community
Above in the article, it was already mentioned that the Telegram audience is different from the VK audience. There are a lot of different communities in Telegram that are fond of business. Have you ever read the comments under the posts in the leading digital media? If yes, then you will often meet a highly intellectual level of conversations there. So, in Telegram, in every second chat / community there are such conversations. After digging a little in the directories, we have collected for you a small selection of such channels:
A selection of channels in Telegram about business.
- The author's channel about promotion in Telegram - here the story of a young guy developing his channel is revealed. This channel is like a reality show for me. I saw this channel at the end of August with a very modest number of people, but to my surprise, it began to grow exponentially. The secret is in the content.
- Think and act - this channel contains a lot of business ideas, ways to earn money and stories of people who managed to achieve success. The author shares his experience on how to stop going to an unloved job and start your own business. Also, every day a charge of motivation is published to achieve their cherished goals.
- Be ambitious! - a channel for those who strive for success and have great ambitions! It's all about productivity, business, efficiency, and all the "near themes" that come with it.
The introduction of audio recordings in Telegram was to the taste of the users of the application. This feature becomes especially relevant due to the fact that listening to downloaded tracks on the social network VKontakte is strictly limited for mobile devices. Indeed, in the messenger, all functions are offered completely free of charge and without any prohibitions or subscriptions. What is VK music in Telegram?
Details
Bots are special messenger accounts programmed for certain operations. They will also be useful for VKontakte audio. In particular, with their help it will be possible to find the desired song or view the list of the most popular ones. VK music bots for downloading tracks to your device deserve special mention. But let's look at everything in order.
Search
With the search for audio in the VKontakte library, everything is simple. @vk_virus_bot does an excellent job with this task. The robot is capable go through» a specific page, playlist or group, displaying all saved tracks. In addition, Top 50 is available, as well as a global search.
Bots for downloading VK music in Telegram are also available. But you should understand that the tracks themselves are automatically loaded into the application cache, and then become available for offline listening. But if you still need to save your favorite audio recording separately, use the VK Audio Bot (@audio_vk_bot), which is linked to the VK-Save service. Everything is done like this:
- Connect the bot by clicking on " Start» (Start) in the welcome window.
- Next, choose " My audios and open the suggested link.
- Now find the desired song through the search function or insert a link to the profile / group in the section " My audios».
- Opposite the track there is a download icon, tap on it.
