Use several accounts and devices
What it is
One Telegram app can hold several accounts, each on its own phone number, and you switch between them without logging out. One account can also be open on as many devices as you like at the same time: phone, tablet, computer, Telegram Web. Cloud chats stay in sync everywhere.
How to do it
- Add an account: Settings › Add Account on iOS, or the menu at the top left… Add an account: Settings › Add Account on iOS, or the menu at the top left › Add Account on Desktop. Enter the other number and its code.
- Switch accounts from the same list. On iOS you can also hold the app icon on the home screen.
- To log in on a computer, open Telegram Desktop: it shows a QR code. On your… To log in on a computer, open Telegram Desktop: it shows a QR code. On your phone, go to Settings › Devices › Add Device and scan it.
- Notifications come from every account. To change that, open Settings › Notifications and Sounds.
Watch out
- An app holds up to 3 accounts; Premium adds a fourth.
- Premium belongs to one account: each needs its own subscription, which then works on all of that account's devices.
- Secret Chats live only on the two devices where they started, and logging out deletes them.
- Each phone number is a separate account. Keep access to yours, or you risk losing the account.
With Gem
Gem doesn't add, switch or manage your accounts. Nearby: @gembot is a regular cloud chat, so the notes and reminders you ask it for follow that account to every device.