Telegram Premium on Android

How to buy Telegram Premium on Android

Telegram from Google Play:

1. Open Settings → Telegram Premium.
2. Choose a month or a year.
3. Pay through your Google Play payments account — the subscription switches on at once and renews by itself.

Telegram from telegram.org:

1. Open Settings → Telegram Premium — Telegram opens @PremiumBot.
2. Choose the term and pay by card through Telegram's payment provider.

Google Play charges in your account's currency. On Android a gift for a friend can also be paid with Stars — 1,000, 1,500 and 2,500 ⭐ for 3, 6 and 12 months (5 November 2026). A comparison with iPhone, the computer and the bot is on where Telegram Premium costs less.

If the payment fails on Android

• Google Play accepts only the payment methods it supports in your country; in some countries its payment system does not work at all — in Russia, for example, Google suspended it on 10 March 2022.
• @PremiumBot charges through a payment provider, and not every card goes through there.

What works then:

1. The Shiba Bank bot — Buy Premium → 3, 6 or 12 months → for yourself or a friend by @username → pay with crypto, with wallet Stars or, in roubles, by SBP. Fragment delivers the subscription, usually within a minute or two, with no automatic renewal.
2. A gift from a friend — from their profile or for Stars.
3. Fragment — with crypto from a TON wallet.

Why "Telegram Premium APK download" is not the answer

Searches for "Telegram Premium mod APK" or a "cracked Telegram" lead to third-party builds. Premium is a subscription on Telegram's servers, not a version of the app: a mod may show some icons on your own screen, but it gives no higher limits, download speed, voice-to-text or a badge other people see — and such builds can steal the account. More in Telegram Premium without paying.

How to cancel Premium on Android

• Google Play: open Google Play → your avatar → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions → Telegram → Cancel subscription.
• @PremiumBot: open the bot and send the /stop command.

Premium stays until the end of the paid period. More in how to cancel Telegram Premium.

Frequently asked questions

In Telegram from Google Play: Settings → Telegram Premium → pay through Google Play. In the version from telegram.org: through @PremiumBot. If the payment fails, Premium for 3, 6 or 12 months can be had in the Shiba Bank bot with crypto or Stars.

Yes, according to Telegram: subscribing through @PremiumBot costs less because Apple and Google take no fee on it. The bot is available in the telegram.org versions of Telegram.

Yes: open your friend's profile, choose to send a gift and pick Telegram Premium — a gift for 3, 6 or 12 months is paid with Stars. More in Premium for Stars.

No. Mods and "cracked" versions do not switch the subscription on. Honest ways to get Premium without paying are a gift or a channel giveaway — more in Telegram Premium without paying.

Cancel the subscription in Google Play (Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions) or send /stop to @PremiumBot — whichever you subscribed through. Premium runs until the end of the paid period.