Last month, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that the app developers were testing an Instagram-like Stories feature with granular privacy controls. Recently, the feature went live but is currently limited to Premium subscribers.

Similar to how Stories work on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and WhatsApp, Telegram users can share images and videos which will disappear after a set amount of time. In addition to images and videos, you can also add links and captions as well as tag other people on the platform and comment on react on other people’s Stories.

They appear on the top of the screen in a bar like Instagram, but unlike the Meta-owned platform, it won’t take up too much screen space. Telegram Stories carried over a feature from its ‘Video Messages’ feature, allowing you to add and post photos taken by the front and rear cameras simultaneously.