In today’s update, you can add music to your profile, choose a default profile tab, set unique chat themes based on your collectible gifts, help your friends upgrade their gifts — and more.

In today's update we're launching live comments and reactions in group calls and video chats, notes for contacts, suggested birthdays, new ways to customize your profile colors — plus threaded chats and response streaming for AI bots, improvements for gifts…

In today's update, you can start a stream with a live chat in your Telegram Story. We've also added repeating scheduled messages, an auction system for new gifts that ensures fair distribution -- and more.

In today's update, we add secure passkeys for instant login without SMS codes, gift purchase offers with built-in scam protection, and a simple way to add audio from your profile to stories.

Telegram's first update of 2026 brings even more Liquid Glass interfaces on iOS and AI summaries for channel posts and Instant View pages — built to maximize privacy and protect user data.