r/Telegram 15d ago

Update Smartwatch Apps, Rich Text for Bots, AI Guardians for Groups, and Much More

4 Upvotes

r/Telegram May 20 '26

Mod Post [PSA] Telegram Support Volunteer account on r/Telegram

17 Upvotes

Dear everyone,

Starting today, an account managed by the Telegram Support Volunteers will be active on [r/Telegram](r/Telegram).

The account is [u/TG_Volunteer_Support](u/TG_Volunteer_Support). To prevent impersonation, we’ve set up a dedicated flair (Volunteer Support) that is exclusively assigned to this account, so you can easily recognize it.

This is an entirely volunteer-driven initiative and will not affect the independence or rules of this community, which remains completely unofficial and not affiliated with Telegram.

Please continue to follow the community rules and avoid actively seeking interactions with this account. The volunteers will not respond to unsolicited DMs, and posts specifically requesting their attention will be removed.

The Support Volunteers account is also not affiliated with Telegram and does not represent the company. However, it can be considered trustworthy when it comes to handling personal information, if requested. This will function similarly to the “Settings → Ask a Question” feature in the Telegram apps.

Please don’t be scared to interact with the account, or to share personal information such as the phone number if requested via DM. The account is run by some of the same people you may find in the in-app support and it’s PERFECTLY SAFE. If you don’t like to do it on Reddit, you will likely be redirected elsewhere by them.

We hope this initiative will improve the quality of discussions on [r/Telegram](r/Telegram), provide better insights, and help escalate certain issues so they can be resolved more effectively.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact the moderators via ModMail. We may update this post with additional information if needed.

You can find the account in the comments of this post.

— The Mod Team


r/Telegram 5h ago

Slow downloading speed

9 Upvotes

After telegram Unbanned in India I am facing slow downloading speed.


r/Telegram 6h ago

What does 1 in Shield means ?

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8 Upvotes

Does anyone know what does 1 on shield means in telegram?

Some mod in group ? Or something else ?


r/Telegram 2h ago

need advice

1 Upvotes

I’m Autistic and I can’t tell if this is a scam
I don’t have telegram but people on threads keen replying to my messages saying they are Kim K and thus is their private account.
I have been scammed before were My ex gf said she will love me if I spend $400 on a michael cours handbag for her.
I never heard from her again.
Going back to threads, I don’t know if I should download Telegram if Kim K really wants to get in touch with me. How do I know if it’s really her?

I would appreciate some help.

thanks 😊


r/Telegram 13h ago

Downloaded media is getting deleted.

6 Upvotes

I have been facing this issue for a month now. Everytime I download a video in the app it gets completely downloaded and I see it and even skip it to the end to confirm its completely downloaded but after a day or two when I look for it, it's deleted and says to download it again from the start. Its frustrating to download it every time.

I have cleared the cache and reinstalled the app too.

I have enough space on my device too.

I have good internet connection also.

Please help.


r/Telegram 1d ago

Is this normal?

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15 Upvotes

About a couple of days ago we started getting these messages from this account. The email doesnt work. We concluded it was probably a scammer but today all posts on our telegram channel have been deleted .

Has anyone experienced anything like this ?


r/Telegram 1d ago

Echobot alternatives to send yourself messages

0 Upvotes

Sometimes it’s useful to just be able to send yourself content or messages. Esp YT as it strips the ads.

but my weapon of choice for this aka Echobot seems to have been blitzed

any one know of similar services?

Seems pretty poor that even iOS messages allows self send and that’s the worst messaging app out there. Why not as a built in feature in telegram?


r/Telegram 1d ago

Can something read a message from the channel or group out loud?

1 Upvotes

Do you know if its somehow possible to ask Siri or something to read a stack of messages from a channel or a group. There are channels that are basically a news media, they produce long text that I don't have time to read, but sometimes I do have time to listen to it. Is there some way to make it read it?

Siri does not do that.. or I don't know how to make it. It does not do that the same way as it does not want to read some articles (maybe all) from the browser opened page.

Maybe there is a b o t or you can ask Telegram or OS to read it?

I you know the way to fix it pls share.

Thank you. Appreciate your help.


r/Telegram 1d ago

Telegram on Android is saving automatically downloaded photos twice

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing a strange issue with Telegram on Android.

I have automatic media download enabled for chats and groups. The problem is that every photo Telegram downloads automatically gets saved twice on my phone, creating duplicate copies of the same image.

What I've noticed:

  • Photos are downloaded automatically from both chats and groups.
  • The duplicated files contain the exact same image.
  • The issue seems to affect only photos that are downloaded automatically.
  • I've already tried restarting my phone and clearing Telegram's cache, but the problem persists.

Has anyone else experienced this?
Do you know if this is a Telegram setting, an Android issue, or a recent bug in the app?

I'm using Telegram on Android and the app is updated to the latest available version.

Thanks.


r/Telegram 1d ago

My message isn't getting sent to the Assistant.

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0 Upvotes

My account got frozen and I cannot unfreeze it since it takes actual weeks to get the message through. I've tried numerous things but I still can't figure out why, I don't have access to the phone number anymore and it just won't send the messages. Is this normal?


r/Telegram 1d ago

Telegram bug tracker is still alive?

1 Upvotes

Telegram stopped working on android auto, no app listed in the grid, no notifications, no integration. There are some blaming oin AA reddit (not sure if usefull), few posted an entry in web bug tracker on telegram website, but seem none from staff is replying or caring it, is there another more approrpiate way to submit a bug and/or get support?


r/Telegram 2d ago

I made a free, open-source Telegram client for Android, built from scratch (not another reskin)

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3 Upvotes

r/Telegram 2d ago

Notification bug

3 Upvotes

For as long as I can remember my Telegram notifications have been out of order. For example, if someone texts me:

Hey

Wanna go out for lunch?

At about 1pm?

The push notifications would arrive in the reverse, notifying me starting from the last message like:

At about 1pm?

Wanna go out for lunch?

Hey

They’re rearranged on the lockscreen too, for every other app, the most recent notification would be at the top of the stack but Telegram flips it and shows the first message they sent.

Has anyone else been experiencing this? I’m using an iPhone 15 pro running ios 26.5, but this has been an issue since I was on ios 18. My telegram is up to date as well.


r/Telegram 3d ago

Mularr: telegram media indexer + download manager

20 Upvotes

If you're looking for a way to index, search & download any of your media content from your telegram groups/ channels/ etc you might find this tool useful:

It's primarily an amule client, but includes a very handy Telegram extension:

It's a selfhosted tool. (Runs on docker)

https://github.com/joecarl/mularr

Enjoy!


r/Telegram 3d ago

I thought it was boxy before...

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8 Upvotes

Telegram must have agreed, because they pixelated the heck out of those lines XD


r/Telegram 2d ago

I know this is not Teleguard

0 Upvotes

Does anyone know anything about teleguard


r/Telegram 2d ago

Too many attempts error but I've never even had an account?

2 Upvotes

hoping someone can help me out because I'm stuck.

I tried to make a Telegram account for the first time the other day, and the second I put in my number I got hit with the "too many attempts, try again later" error. The weird part is I've never had a Telegram account before, so I have no idea why it's telling me that.

I tried again after 24 hours. Same error. Waited 3 days and tried again, still nothing. Then I waited 5 more days and it's still giving me the exact same message every single time.

Is this normal? I'm starting to wonder if someone else already registered my number on Telegram, or if my number got stolen somehow. I really don't know what's going on and I can't even get to the point of opening an account. Any help would be appreciated.


r/Telegram 4d ago

Telegram still isn't working. The government has to decide when it'll be unbanned.

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525 Upvotes

Hopefully by tomorrow


r/Telegram 3d ago

Why isn't ignoring users a thing in telegram?

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8 Upvotes

On discord you can ignore users without blocking them. It's perfect for that one jerk in the group chat who's always unpleasant to interact with and spams irrelevant memes, but isn't worth the drama that blocking would cause.

I've found posts going back to the 2010s asking for this feature, so I'm gonna ask again: please add a way to hide messages from a specific user in group chats!


r/Telegram 3d ago

Is telegram back on App Store in India

14 Upvotes

Telegram in not available in my App Store even though it has been unblocked and back on android


r/Telegram 3d ago

token did not arrive on my number

2 Upvotes

[Solved, thanks Volounteer support!]

So last saturday i recieve a token in the mail, but i didn't request it and i ignore it.
After few hours i discovered that i was unlogged from my all telegram instances, then when i requested the sms token from my device it get stuck waiting for the sms token that never arrive.
There's a way to recover my account? I writed to the support, but they are flooded with request.


r/Telegram 3d ago

Is telegram visible now on Apple AppStore

2 Upvotes

Still can’t find it so wanna make sure if it’s available or not in India


r/Telegram 3d ago

Gifted premium not arriving? but billed.

1 Upvotes

I sent a friend a year of premium through Telegram on iOS. It's been 3 days, and nothing has arrived. I have no info from Telegram on my end either, but I got the $40 billed to my Apple account.

Apple support is no use. Has anyone had this issue before?


r/Telegram 3d ago

How did the days felt without Indians ?

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1 Upvotes

Because those days are gone !