With the start of 2026, Telegram has launched its first updates of the year, featuring innovative features designed to enhance the user experience. After an impressive 2025 with 14 major updates, Telegram continues to strengthen its position as a competitor to major messaging services. Here are the key features revealed in the latest update:
1. Liquid Glass Design: A More Modern and Transparent Interface
As part of its ongoing efforts to improve user experience, Telegram has adopted the Liquid Glass design in its latest iOS update, which was introduced by Apple in iOS 26. This design features transparent and glossy effects that give the app’s interface a sleek, modern look. While opinions on this design have been divided, Telegram ensures that users can adjust these effects through the app's settings to suit their preferences, including optimizing battery consumption via the "Energy Saver" option.
2. AI-Powered Summaries with Cocoon AI
Many users struggle to keep up with long conversations or lengthy messages in large channels. To address this, Telegram has introduced AI-powered summaries using its Cocoon AI technology. Now, users can receive instant summaries for long or complex messages. These summaries are displayed at the top of messages, with a blue banner allowing users to access the full original text if needed. To ensure privacy, all data is securely encrypted.
Ongoing Features and Enhancements
Telegram continues to innovate with continuous updates, making it one of the leading apps in the messaging market. These new features are part of Telegram's commitment to improving both performance and privacy for its users.
Conclusion
With the addition of Liquid Glass design and AI-powered summaries, Telegram continues to prove itself as a powerful and versatile messaging app. As technology progresses, Telegram is expected to keep introducing more features that will further solidify its position as one of the top messaging apps in 2026.
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