AI summary
Privacy-focused Telegram client with proprietary components removed. Defaults to secret chats for new conversations, lets you disable link previews, and redacts sender metadata from voice messages. Note: account creation requires the official app first; location sharing uses OpenStreetMap instead of Google Play Services.
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
- What's New
- Added an option in Settings to disable link previews, preventing the Telegram servers from loading links while composing messages, polls, or stories.
- Added a setting to start new conversations as end-to-end encrypted secret chats by default.
- Added the ability to create user mentions by selecting text and choosing the Mention option, allowing you to link a user via their ID or by picking them from your contacts.
- Improved
- Improved privacy by redacting sender metadata from voice and round video messages in the music player and preventing automatic playback in certain device states.
- Fixed
- Fixed an issue where the foreground push service could cause the app to close on some devices.
About this version
- Version
- 12.8.1.1.6 (6916018)
- Size
- 48.28 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- arm64-v8a
- Downloads
- 3
- Updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- Package
- it.belloworld.mercurygram
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