Telegram: Stories are now available, but only to Premium subscribers

In late June, Pavel Durov announced that Stories would be coming to Telegram in July. And now it’s happened — late on the evening of July 20, the update was released for iOS and Android apps. But there’s just one little thing — Stories is only for Premium subscribers for now.
And now it’s coming to the iOS and Android apps.
But don’t worry, if you don’t have a Premium subscription, you’ll be able to post Stories from August. But you can view them from other users now without any restrictions.
But don’t worry, if you don’t have a Premium subscription, you’ll be able to publish Stories from August.

To post Stories to Telegram, you need to click on the round icon next to the “write message” symbol in the top right corner. You can adjust —who exactly will see your Stories —all messenger users, only contacts, or maybe only close friends. You can also specify the length of time your Stories will be shown — from 6 to 48 hours.
And you can set the time for which Stories will be shown — from 6 to 48 hours.