Telegram app for Wear OS returns after five years
9to5Google • • general
Key Points:
- Telegram has revived support for Android smartwatches with its latest update, reintroducing a Wear OS app for the first time in five years, now compatible with Pixel Watch and Galaxy Watch devices.
- The new Wear OS app offers features like full chat access, sending and listening to voice messages, muting, and pinning chats, though it currently lacks location viewing and sticker sending, which are available on the Apple Watch version.
- Telegram plans to bring missing features like location viewing and sticker sending to the Wear OS app in future updates, aiming to unify functionality across platforms.
- Additional updates include enhanced bot text formatting, support for links in poll options, markdown file compatibility, and new options to open links in external browsers.
- This update coincides with broader Wear OS developments, including upcoming Wear OS 7 releases for Pixel Watch and new widget integrations replacing Tiles.