{"id":694571,"date":"2026-06-10T00:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694571\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:41:10","slug":"telegram-launches-fully-native-apple-watch-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694571\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram launches fully native Apple Watch app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/telegram-apple-watch.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a decade after launching and later discontinuing its first native <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46VomDB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch<\/a> app, Telegram is back on the device with a fully native experience. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>Telegram gives watchOS another go<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/durov\/status\/2064434685023854663?s=46\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced on X<\/a> that Telegram now has \u201ca fully native\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46VomDB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch<\/a> app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When users first launch the <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3XZuVzz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a> app on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46VomDB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch<\/a>, they\u2019re asked to scan a QR code from the Telegram app on their iPhone, just as they would when logging in from another platform, such as the web or the Mac. Then, if applicable, they\u2019re also requested to input their cloud password.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that, users can access their contacts and conversations, with support for GIF and video playback, voice and text messages, location sharing, stickers, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s release comes more than 10 years after Telegram first rolled out <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46VomDB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch<\/a> support, with <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/blog\/apple-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram 3.0<\/a> back in June, 2015. After a few years, Telegram joined several other platforms that discontinued its native support for watchOS, a trend that Apple has managed to reverse in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, Telegram\u2019s App Store release notes don\u2019t mention the new <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46VomDB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch<\/a> support. Still, the update is now rolling out and can be downloaded wherever Telegram is available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3XZuVzz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download Telegram on the App Store<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you use texting apps on your Apple Watch? 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