Telegram is best known as a messaging app that also lets you make audio and video calls with your contacts. But did you know that there is more that you can do with Telegram than messaging, sending cute stickers, and making audio and video calls?
You can create custom tools, integrate other services with your app, and even play games while on Telegram. It is all thanks to Telegram bots.
Telegram Bot: What is It?
Telegram defines its bots as "third-party applications that run inside Telegram" that users can interact with by sending messages, inline requests, and even commands. Telegram bots have no online status and timestamps as well as a limited cloud storage.
Telegram bots cannot initiate conversation with users, who have to be the ones to send them a message first or add them to a group.
Examples of Telegram Bots
Ready to learn about the available Telegram bots that you can use to make life more convenient, easier, and even more entertaining? Telegram offers examples of its bots on its website, including the Gmail bot, Wiki bot, YouTube bot, and Sticker bot.
You might have also seen a Twitter thread with more than 13,000 retweets by user @lamieuxxst listing down different Telegram bots you can use, which include:
"Cards Against Humanity" bot: Want to play "Cards Against Humanity" with family and friends? Search for @chat_against_humanity_bot on Telegram.
Cryptocurrency bot: Search for @moonkeybot and be notified by price movements in cryptocurrency.
File Converter Bot: Convert audio, video, and image files to different formats. Search for @newfileconverterbot.
File to bot: It is a free cloud storage Telegram bot. Search for @filetobot.
GameBot: Search for @gamebot to get game suggestions you can play with family and friends
Get Media bot: Search for @getmediabot to download media from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, and Instagram.
Gmail bot: You can send, receive, and reply to emails without leaving Telegram. Search for @gmailbot.
Movie Tracker bot: This Telegram bot provides information about movies sourced from IMDB. Search for @movieS4Bot.
Spotify bot: Play music from your Spotify account while on Telegram. Search for @spotify_to_mp3_bo.
Trello bot: Search @trello_bot to use Trello's project management tools.
Tweet It bot: Tweet without leaving Telegram by searching for @TweetItBot.
UNO bot: Play UNO with your friends by searching for @unobot.
The Downside of Telegram Bots
As you have seen in the examples given a bot, Telegram bots can make your life a lot more convenient and even pretty fun, especially since you can play games on the app with your contacts.
However, it is also no surprise that people have used Telegram bots for negative things. Early this year, it was discovered that a Telegram bot has been selling information stolen from Facebook for just $20.
Last year, a Telegram deepfake bot was discovered to be stripping off photos of thousands of women.
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Written by Isabella James