Since the launch of the Premium tier, Telegram has been rapidly expanding its list of features. One of them is the ability to add a video message to a Telegram story, which is a first for the stories feature on various social media apps. Here’s everything you need to know to add video messages to your Telegram stories.

Adding a video message can contribute to your stories in a number of ways. It can serve as commentary on the content of the story, provide context and background for an image, or be an ongoing conversation with yourself across multiple stories. Here’s how to add video messages to a story.

While Stories on Telegram has been updated to a free feature globally, it is still a paid feature in some countries. So if you don’t see the camera icon on your Telegram Chats page, you’ll need to subscribe to Telegram Premium first.

Here's how to add video messages to a new Telegram story.