The first thing that greets users who update the app is a message that the stories are only available for paid users who have purchased Telegram Premium. However, the wording of this statement suggests that it is temporary. The feature will likely be made available to everyone later.

The interesting side of stories in Telegram

Stories are short photos or videos up to 1 minute long that you can share on your personal profile. You can also set the validity period, limit the number of people who can view it, edit before posting, and much more.

• You can view your friends’ stories by swiping down on the main chat screen. You can click on your avatar with the + icon there to create a post.
• The rendering interface offers a choice between photo and video, and also lets you switch from the front camera to the main camera.
• In the next step, Telegram will offer to add a signature, sticker, text and retouch the photo before it is published.
• You can choose how long the story will appear. By the way, it was mentioned on GitHub in the app code for future updates that the validity period can be set to 30 days for regular users and up to 100 days for Premium. However, it can be canceled in this version.
• You cannot currently post stories on behalf of channels, but this is likely to be available in the future.
• Stories can be archived and retrieved from the archive.
• The owner of the story will be able to see the watch list.

• The final step in creating a story is choosing who can see it and whether to allow screenshots and profile saving.

• People can be celebrated in stories. Such mentions will be reported to the users in question.

I wonder what Up to 100 stories can be downloaded per day (probably less for unsubscribed users) and reactions to those that have already been published come in the author’s personal messages.