AI summary
FOSS Telegram client with proprietary components removed, including Google Play Services and HockeySDK. Restores location sharing via OpenStreetMap and now offers selectable push gateways, automatic link tracking-parameter stripping, improved background keep-alive, and on-device voice transcription.
Generated by AI. May contain inaccuracies.
About this app
*Warning:* Creating new accounts in the FOSS version not possible anymore, you have to create an account in the official build and then login to the FOSS. Client for the Telegram messaging platform.
Chat with friends, start group chats and share all kinds of content. All of your messages and conversations are stored in Telegram's cloud.
The messaging platform is aimed at mobile devices, but desktop and web clients exist as well.
Several proprietary parts were removed from the original Telegram client, including Google Play Services for the location services, HockeySDK for self-updates and push notifications through Google Cloud Messaging. Location sharing functionality is restored using OpenStreetMap.
Anti-Feature: Non-Free Network, since the servers run proprietary software.
The official source code of the app contains binary blobs, so this tracks a fork which builds those from source. Hence, versions might become available with a certain lag.
What's new
- A new keep-alive service notification keeps the app connected in the background so messages arrive while the screen is off. Tap the notification to hide it.
- You can now choose between Mercurygram's built-in push gateway and your own gateway, and set a matching VAPID key, from Settings → Push notifications.
- When you open, paste, or share links into Mercurygram, click-tracking parameters such as utm_*, fbclid, gclid, igsh and site-specific ones from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X and Amazon are stripped automatically, leaving the rest of the address intact.
- The photo editor now preserves the exact orientation your camera recorded when cropping, so saved photos no longer appear rotated sideways.
- Voice message transcripts now record which model and language produced them, and can be marked as stale if the on-device model no longer matches.
- Improved
- Push delivery is more reliable: the app re-registers cleanly with the gateway when its address or signing key changes, and bare wake-up pushes no longer spin the keep-alive loop.
- A new "Updating..." state for the open chat's history no longer sticks during ongoing network changes.
- In-progress voice transcription downloads can be cancelled with a tap.
- Reported-message dialogs and message details now show resolution alongside the existing metadata.
- ANR detection no longer keeps the app awake when it moves to the background, and the deletion task queue no longer issues duplicate lookups.
- Fixed
- Fixed chat message bubbles where the torn-paper edge could draw at the wrong width after a re-render.
- Fixed the action bar menu width collapsing incorrectly while the search bar was animating in or out.
About this version
- Version
- 12.10.1.1 (7038018)
- Size
- 49.14 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- arm64-v8a
- Downloads
- 19
- Updated
- Sep 5, 2026
- Package
- it.belloworld.mercurygram
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