{"id":461197,"date":"2026-02-08T06:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/461197\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:16:14","slug":"telegram-for-android-goes-all-in-on-liquid-glass-redesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/461197\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram for Android goes all-in on Liquid Glass redesign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/telegram-fi-04.webp.jpeg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"telegram\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After introducing little bits and pieces last year, Telegram\u2019s new update on Android is going all-in on Liquid Glass with new design elements throughout the UI in what is a pretty major redesign.<\/p>\n<p>Available in Telegram for Android v12.4.0, rolling out now widely via the Play Store, the messaging app has picked up a fresh coat of paint, sporting a whole lot more Liquid Glass-esque design elements. This builds on the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/10\/27\/telegram-for-android-adds-a-touch-of-liquid-glass-in-beta-gallery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October\/November 2025 update<\/a>, which redesigned certain elements of the app.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest update, Telegram embraces this new look with a four-tab bottom bar that feels ripped straight out of iOS, as well as new transparent elements that are especially visible in the app\u2019s light mode. It\u2019s not quite the same as you see on iOS, but it\u2019s very clearly inspired by Apple\u2019s new design language (which, after all, is <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/TechnologyOverviews\/liquid-glass#Adopting-Liquid-Glass\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more than just transparency<\/a>). The four tabs are for Chats, Contacts, Settings, and Profile, and the bottom bar stays open on all of them even as you scroll.<\/p>\n<p>The hamburger side menu has also been entirely removed at this point, with \u201cNew Group\u201d and other remaining features from that menu now found in a three-dot overflow menu at the top right of the chats screen.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" height=\"1024\" width=\"456\" data-id=\"703713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260207-202803.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-703713\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" height=\"1024\" width=\"456\" data-id=\"703712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260207-202901.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-703712\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" height=\"1024\" width=\"456\" data-id=\"703711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260207-202809.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-703711\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" height=\"1024\" width=\"456\" data-id=\"703714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260207-202816.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-703714\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" height=\"1024\" width=\"456\" data-id=\"703716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260207-202820_efa4a4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-703716\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Telegram first rolled out full support for Liquid Glass on iOS <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/blog\/new-design-ai-summaries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in early January<\/a>, with this Android redesign following in its footsteps. Users reactions have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Telegram\/comments\/1qxqtxy\/this_new_interface_design_is_awful\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not exactly been positive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the change?<\/p>\n<p>More on Android:<\/p>\n<p>Follow Ben:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusBen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nexusben.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764374954_669_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764374954_276_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43RjEnY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-701536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770531374_507_iMazing_-WWDC25_9to5mac_750x150@2x-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After introducing little bits and pieces last year, Telegram\u2019s new update on Android is going all-in on Liquid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-461197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}