Telegram is Back in the iOS App Store

Secure messaging app Telegram has now returned to the iOS App Store, after being temporarily removed by Apple. The apps were taken down by Apple, and Telegram CEO Pavel Durov confirmed on Twitter that the Telegram and Telegram X apps had been removed. Telegram X is a recently-released alternative Telegram client built in Swift, with higher-speed, slicker animations, themes, and more efficient battery use. The Android version of the Telegram app -- which has over 100 million downloads -- remained available to download from Google's Play app store, as did Telegram X. Telegram's secret chats use end-to-end encryption, leave no trace on the company's servers, support self-destructing messages, and don't allow forwarding. In addition, secret chats are not part of the Telegram cloud and can only be accessed on their devices of origin. Messages in Secret Chats use client-client encryption, while Cloud Chats use client-server/server-client encryption, and are stored encrypted in the Telegram Cloud.