Telegram: the 10 most useful bots to automate tasks

Telegram is one of the best chat apps for all platforms. The app supports bots with which you can automate all kinds of things. They are free to download, we chose the best and most convenient.

The best Telegram bots

More and more services allow users to install bots. You can see that not only in Telegram, but also on Facebook Messenger, Slack and Peach. Thanks to bots you can put things into operation without leaving the app. You can ‘talk’ in command language to bots that you add to services as add-ons, after which they perform automated tasks for you.

A number of bots can already be found on Telegram. The service has a few of them in the app by default, but you can also download them from third parties. Anyone with programming knowledge can create them and make them available, so there are dozens of them out there already. However, most of them are not yet handy, just plain or uninteresting, which is why we chose the best of the moment for you. The bots can be used separately or added to group conversations.

1. Giphy

giphybot

Nowadays indispensable in any self-respecting chat application: GIFs. Telegram has recently added GIFs from Giphy to the default app. That means you can post GIFs in any conversation without having to download anything. Type @gif in a conversation and add a keyword to conjure up the moving images. By choosing in the window, you add the GIF to a conversation.

2. Wikipedia

wikibot

Are you in a conversation with someone and don’t agree on a famous person or a location? With Wikipedia Search you have found the necessary information in no time. Type @wiki in the chat with a keyword and you will immediately get a link to the (English) Wikipedia page with a short paragraph of text. This bot is also standard in Telegram.

3. IMDb

imdbbot

The IMDb bot is the last Telegram standard bot that we will discuss in this list. If you’re talking about a movie and want to see how it ranks on the largest Internet Movie Database, type @imdb and the title. Wait a moment before sending it, a window presents titles for you to choose from. Tap it to view the synopsis and see the score. A link to the trailer of the film will also appear immediately.

4. Netflix News

netflixbot

Netflix is ​​a great video service, but searching for movies can be a lot better. Everything is mixed up, so you cannot always see at a glance which films have been added recently. You can with the Netflix News bot. After installing you set that you live in the Netherlands (via the command / region), then you will always receive the films that have been newly added. This way you automatically stay informed.

Download Netflix News Bot

5. YTbot

youtubebot

Sending a YouTube video with preview via Telegram is already easy by sharing the link. But for that you still have to go to YouTube first. With YTbot you just search from Telegram with the command ‘/ youtube [trefwoord]’. Please note it is not a comprehensive search engine and results are popularity based. So you will have to search very specifically or you might end up with a random other video registered under the same keywords. Not always handy, but it often works fine when searching for music.

Download YTbot

6. Weatherman

weatherman bot

Your personal weather forecaster on Telegram with Weatherman. With this you will be informed every day of the weather forecast in your city via a chat message. You choose whether the message comes in the evening or in the morning and at what time. Then you can not only view today’s weather (morning, afternoon and evening), but also tomorrow’s weather and the overview for the next five days.

Download Weatherman Bot

7. Grocerylist

grocerybot

There are plenty of ways to make a shopping list, but you can also use the bot Grocerylist. This is especially useful if you are making grocery shopping plans with friends or roommates. Everyone can add items to the list with the command ‘/ add’. And if the list disappears under a number of messages, you can call it up again with ‘/ list’. Once you have bought everything, you empty the list again for the next time.

Download Grocerylist Bot

8. Unit Converter

unit converterbot

How many centimeters is an inch, what is 25 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit and how much is 80 dollars in euros? Calculate it quickly with the Unit Converter. The bot offers all kinds of calculations, from height to weight and energy, as well as speed and currency. It’s quite a laundry list to conjure up, but it can help you make quick calculations.

Download Unit Converter Bot

9. Evernote

evernotebot

The Evernote Bot allows you to create a note for Evernote, from the Telegram app. For that you have to log in with your Evernote account, so that the bot can save messages as a note. If you have several notebooks, you can choose which ones you want your memos to be in via ‘/ settings’. If you send a message to the Evernote bot without command, the message will be created as a note.

Download Evernote Bot

10. Gypsy

gypsybot

Gypsy is an all-in-one bot that can do several things. With the command ‘/ img’ you search for images from the internet, with ‘/ weathernow’ you request the weather forecast and with ‘/ isup’ you check whether a certain website is online. Perhaps the most useful function is ‘/ translate’, which translates any language, including Dutch, into English. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work the other way around. With the command ‘/ start’ you request the complete list of possibilities.

Download Gypsy Bot

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