Telegram to follow in Snapchat, Instagram's footsteps, will roll out Stories feature from July

SynopsisTelegram CEO Pavel Durov on Tuesday said in a post on the platform that for several years more than half of the users have been asking for “Stories in Telegram.”ET OnlineAfter staying away for years, Telegram has finally hopped on to the Stories bandwagon. With the rollout of this new feature in July, the instant messaging platform will now join the likes of WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Instagram.Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Tuesday said in a post on the platform that for several years more than half of the users have been asking for “Stories in Telegram.” Durov, while explaining the delay in rolling out the feature which has become a prominent characteristic of other messaging platforms,admitted that “initially, we were against this since Stories are already everywhere.”“However, Telegram wouldn’t be Telegram if we didn’t listen to our users and didn’t innovate on existing formats,” Durov wrote.As part of the Telegram Stories, the Russian-born techpreneur wrote, users will be able to decide who can view each of their Stories. Further, they will also be able to choose from different privacy options which includes: Everyone, only your contacts (with exceptions), a few selected contacts, or a list of Close Friends.As for the
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