If you recently started using Telegram as your primary messaging platform for texting your friends and colleagues, you may want to check out one of its unique features called Channels. Before you jump to conclusions, this is not a fancy word for group chats. In fact, it differs from groups in many ways.

Telegram Channels is a feature that allows users to broadcast messages to a large number of people. Channels can be public or private and depending on these settings, people can subscribe to channels to stay notified of all the messages that are posted in a…