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Some of my friends are moving from Skype to Discord, but it seems to be a plethora of new IM clients popping up all the time. From what I can see Telegram does
by wowtip 10y ago
Some of my friends are moving from Skype to Discord, but it seems to be a plethora of new IM clients popping up all the time.
From what I can see Telegram doesn't have VoIP, which could be a deal breaker for some. Are there other advantages with Telegram compared to Discord that makes up for the lack of voice?
- konart 10y agoTelegram never planned implementing VoIP, as far as I remember, only voice messages. The main reasons it's so popular (with some users, 100+ mil of them) - bots (telegram has open api, and bt platform https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution) and channels. In Russia - telegram channels is now a new type of media, very popular with independent journalists, bloggers etc.
- nv-vn 10y agoI wonder how difficult it would be to add voice chats using a custom client. I've thought about doing some experiments extending the feature list (e.g. calls, different encryption layers, etc.) by forking an existing client and using some hacks to send custom data, but I don't have the time to try it at the moment.
- konart 10y agoWell, 3rd party client can use Telegram protocol for texting etc, and Jingle for VoIP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_(protocol) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_(protocol)
- kstenerud 10y agoSeems odd that such a new IM app wouldn't leave room for voip. Everyone's looking for a decent replacement for Skype, and Hangouts ain't it.
- KitDuncan 10y agohttps://riot.im https://riot.im it's open source, encrypted, supports VoIP and video calling. And it has a room system just like discord. No signup and no email required.