Pigeon for Telegram1.10.2 - App Store

Before the telegraph, Pigeons ruled the messaging industry. Today, a little pigeon lives on your watch, bringing your messages across Telegram.

That little pigeon, is none other than this app!

Pigeon is a Telegram messaging client, built just for the Apple Watch platform.

WORKS BY ITSELF
Pigeon runs directly on your Watch, without a companion iPhone app, so that if you have a cellular plan, you can chat anytime, anywhere, with just the watch alone.

PRIVACY FOCUSED
Messages are communicated and received via Telegram’s official API, TDLib, to ensure the same level of secure communications, expected of the Telegram platform.
None of your personal information is collected, so that you can chat with confidence.

FORMATTED MESSAGES
Pigeon receives not just plain old text messages. Formatted messages such as those with bolded, italics, underlined or strikethrough are presented as your friend had intended.

SUPPORTED MESSAGE TYPES
Pigeon also shows you the GIFs, stickers, photos, videos, contacts, location, voice and video notes, as well as documents* that your friend or channel had sent, while also allowing you to send* text, GIF, stickers, voice, photo^ and location^ messages to your friends too!

You can even zoom in on the photos, and interact with the polls and quizzes!

Currently supported document types includes png, jpeg, pdf, mp4, txt, rtf, md, gpx^ and more.

DYNAMIC TYPE
The interface scales according to your Dynamic Type settings, to better fit your needs!

SIMPLE SIGN IN
Signing in, is just 2 or 3 simple steps.
1. Using the official Telegram app, scan the QR code displayed on the watch.
2. If you have enabled Two-Step Verification, you will have to enter your password. Otherwise, you’re in!

Alternatively, you may also sign in via your phone number, if it isn’t convenient for you to scan a QR code.

TOPICS^
Pigeon supports topics in group chats, for better chat organisation.

REACTIONS, REPLIES AND DELETE
You can also send* reactions, reply to, forward messages, or even delete them, directly in the app! You can also edit your messages. Long-press on any message to view these options.

CHANNEL COMMENTS^
View and interact with other commentators in a channel

WEB LINK PREVIEWS
Did your friend send you a link? View it in app.

NOTIFICATIONS
Receive notifications with image, sticker or voice attachments^*, and reply* directly, without the need of your iPhone nearby!
You can also mute chats directly in the app!

FOLDER SUPPORT
If you prefer to arrange your chats on the official Telegram app via folders, Pigeon can sync and filter accordingly too!

START NEW CHATS^
You can start new chat conversations from your synced contacts, directly from Pigeon.

SIRI AND SHORTCUTS^
Send Telegram messages using your voice via Siri.

SEARCH
Search for contacts and public groups and channels directly in app.

PARENTAL CONTROLS^
Restrict certain functionality if deemed unsuitable for the user.

CALLS*
Pigeon supports one-to-one Telegram voice calls, without companion phone apps.

RICH TEXT SUPPORT*
Implemented with a focus for AI agent support, Pigeon can display rich text content.

MORE FEATURES FOR THE FUTURE
Pigeon is in active development, with more features to come, in future.

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*Some features requires an active subscription.
With a subscription, you would be able to go to the next page of the chat list, view older messages, send messages, reactions and replies, future feature updates, as well as to support the development efforts to keep Pigeon going!

^Feature requires watchOS 10 and above.
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Pigeon is not affiliated, associated, endorsed by, or in any way connected to Telegram Messenger.

Note: In order to use the app without an iPhone in close proximity, an active and direct cellular or Wi-Fi connection is required for the Apple Watch.

Privacy Policy: https://pigeonwatch.app/privacy
Terms (Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Documentation: https://support.pigeonwatch.app/notes

Version History This minor update optimises Pigeon for the latest Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 devices, support checklist messages and access to Telegram Premium’s voice message transcription service, if your account is Telegram Premium subscribed.

Note that this version drops watchOS 8.x support.

Thank you for using Pigeon. 1.10.2 Oct 6 In this minor update, the topics list will now load faster for users with chats that include a lot of topics. Message loading speeds can also be expected to improve slightly and math expressions in rich text messages renders better now, as a bug that causes long expressions to be clipped off has been resolved.

Thanks for using Pigeon! 1.10.1 Aug 20 I am excited to announce some big new features in this breakthrough release of Pigeon:
- One to one Telegram calls are finally supported in Pigeon! You can talk to your friends and family through a one to one private Telegram chat call right from your wrist for the first time! This long-awaited feature requires watchOS 9 (recommended: watchOS 11 and above) and an active subscription. (Not available in China)
- Rich Text support: Pigeon now supports the recently added rich text features of Telegram, delivering a better user experience when paired with AI agents such as OpenClaw or Hermes Telegram integrations. Currently rich text features such as headings, text formatting (bold, italic, superscript, subscript, strikethrough, code), quotes, links, media, tables (watchOS 9 and above), location, math expressions, lists and sections are supported. A subscription is required for the full rich text experience.
- Instant View support: Websites that already support Telegram Instant View articles will be readable directly in the Pigeon app.

If you're wondering where v2.0 went: well, as v2.0 was meant to be a rework on the foundational aspects of the app, I have decided to postpone that first, in order to ship new these 3 new features out faster.

Thank you for your continued support of Pigeon! 1.10.0 Jul 25 This release of Pigeon introduces the following new features and improvements:
- Users can now delete chats directly in the app
- The Telegram SDK (TDLib) has been updated yet again to the latest version.
- Connectivity improvements
- Minor bug fixes pertaining to folder selection and QR code sharing.
- Machine translated localizations for French, Hindi, Malay and Tamil languages has been added.

Note: The next major version release (v2.x.x) will drop watchOS 8 and 9 support.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news and updates or join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon! 1.9.1 Jun 7 This release of Pigeon introduces a couple of features and improvements:
- The new app menu design is now free for all users.
- Dependencies such as the Telegram SDK (TDLib) and OpenSSL has been updated.
- Self destructing photos can be properly viewed in app now.
- A new option has been added that allows you to skip a step when attempting to record a voice note message.
- Fixed poll support, which was recently broken with a Telegram update.
- Mark as Read feature in notifications has been added.
- Other minor bug fixes.
- Updated localisations.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news and updates or join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon! 1.9 May 24 This release of Pigeon introduces bug fixes and new features:
- The GIF provider used in Pigeon has been changed to KLIPY. This is because our current GIF provider, Tenor, will shut down in June 2026.
- Fixed a crash that is triggered by specific message text rendering.
- Fixed a bug that causes incorrect displays of messages that belongs to other chats.
- Fixed other minor bugs.
- Condensed message box text will now truncate into an icon, if there is not enough space.
- Video Stickers (WebM-based stickers) are now partially supported in Pigeon, allowing you to view these stickers as static image stickers. The first frame of the video sticker will be shown.
- Gift messages are now rendered in Pigeon.
- AI-translated Japanese and Korean localisations are now available.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news and updates or join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon! 1.8.2 Mar 19 This release of Pigeon introduces 2 new features to improve your experience:
- The popular third-party keyboard, FlickType, can now be used in Pigeon. (Requires external installation)
- Initial Double Tap support: There is a new setting that allows users to compose messages (i.e. open the keyboard) by double tapping. (watchOS 11+, 26.x recommended. Best used with Condensed Messaging Mode)

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon! 1.8.1 Feb 19 This release of Pigeon introduces a comprehensive set of new features and bug fixes.

What's new: 
- Localisations for the Portuguese language is now available, translated by a fellow Pigeon user!
- Users on watchOS 10.x using the infinite chat list scroll option can use the new menu option for a better experience.
- Improvements to notification reply implementation.
- Notifications that are grouped by conversation will show more than one notifications within the set, where possible. (watchOS 10.0+)
- To mitigate the watchOS 26 bug where notification profile picture does not appear, we've added a workaround where the profile picture may instead appear within the expanded notification space, where possible. (watchOS 26.x only)
- Fixed an issue where the Condensed Message Bar may not display correctly on watchOS 10 and 11.
- New Fast Voice Message Decode setting is now available. This decoding mode uses less memory and decodes faster. Note that enabling this disables playback seeking abilities due to technical constraints. (not enabled by default) (watchOS 10.0+)
- The Telegram official library (TDLib) used by Pigeon is updated to the latest version in this release.
- When interacting with bots, the condensed message bar now shows a menu button. (watchOS 10.0+)
- Improvements has been made to pagination buttons, with expanded hit areas for greater ease of use.
- Supports detection of Apple Watch SE (3rd Generation)
- Other minor bug fixes and optimisations.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for your support in Pigeon for the past years! Happy 2026! 1.8 Jan 20 In this release, Pigeon is updated to work better when used in watchOS 26. This includes bug fixes and Liquid Glass elements.
Support for Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3 has also been added.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!
 
Thank you for using Pigeon! 1.7.5 09/18/2025 This update fixes a crash that occurs on watchOS 8.x devices.

I am very sorry for the inconvenience that you may face if you are a watchOS 8.x user. 1.7.4 08/18/2025 In this update, we are introducing Parental Controls to Pigeon. This new setting reflects upon requests by parents that had wished for an option to communicate with their child via Pigeon, while ensuring certain safeguards are present.

The current set of control abilities include the following options:
- Disallow access to the sending of the supported message types, such as text, quick replies, GIFs, stickers, location and voice messages.
- Disable the search functionality, ensuring that users cannot find unknown chats.
- Ensure that reactions can only be viewed.
- Block access to web links shared by any user.

To setup, check out the new "Parental Controls" option in the settings page. Access can be restricted using a 4 digit passcode. Feature requires watchOS 10.0+ and an active subscription.

If you have any other ideas, please feel free to contact me via the options listed in the support url in this App Store listing! 1.7.3 08/13/2025 In this release of Pigeon, we’ve fixed a couple of bugs while introducing a few new features!

Here’s what it comes with:
- New infinite scroll option lets you scroll through your chats without needing to switch to the next page!
- Fixed bugs for channel admins, which were unable to broadcast channel messages in the previous releases
- Fixed bugs for channel comment threads and topics, where new messages may not arrive
- Keyboard now shows “Send” rather than “Done” after you’ve composed your message
- New rich notification experience brings back ability to tap to open chat in app
- New option allows you to retain the last opened folder
- Apple Maps links will now open in the Maps app
- The telegram official library (TDLib) has been updated yet again!

Note that some features may not be available for older versions of watchOS.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!
 
Thank you for using Pigeon!
Please enjoy this update! 1.7.2 08/03/2025 We have made minor optimisations for watchOS 8.x users, crash fixes for the new notification system and fixed a rare bug that causes certain messages to not be displayed.

Thanks for using Pigeon! 1.7.1 07/07/2025 Here comes the long awaited, big feature update for Pigeon!

It consists of the following new features:
- New Voice Message Player: You can now seek to a different part of the voice recording or change playback speeds, while playing a voice message that you’ve received. Note that you will have to disable the system player in settings. (Requires watchOS 10.x)
- Enhanced, rich notifications experience: Received a message with an image, sticker or voice? With this latest update, you will be able to see it directly on your notification, as well as to reply directly. (Requires watchOS 10.x and active subscription)
- New Connection Status Indicator: Glows around the Watch’s borders, denoting connection status through color. Green represents connected, yellow represents updating and red represents connecting. (Can be opted out in Settings > General section)
- Block quotes are now displayed with a basic background border.
- The first image attached to any message is now shown directly inline in the chat environment.
- Reactions are now shown directly with every message, reducing the need to visit the secondary menu via long press gesture.
- Increased long press gesture duration, to prevent unintended menu displays
- Removed message press animation, to improve performance
- Localized for Chinese (Traditional) language, as well as localization updates for other languages.
- The telegram library (TDLib) has been updated to a newer release in this update.
- Third-party browser option: Users can now choose to open links in third party browsers such as Darock Browser.
- Option to show unread status indicator with a highlighted look. (Option can be found in Settings > General section)
- Other minor bug fixes.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon! We hope that this update will make your experience better! 1.7 06/21/2025 This update contains some bug fixes and improvements:
- Resolved sticker selection bug when sending sticker
- Mastodon links should now open correctly in Oxpecker
- PDF viewer has been improved with better panning support
- Automated clearing of all notifications on launch should work again
- Language translation across all supported languages for Siri features

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

It’s almost 2 years since Pigeon was first launched on the App Store, and I am more than grateful to have your support! Thank you! 1.6.2 03/03/2025 In this update, we aim to resolve a bug that causes notification profile pictures to not show up properly, even when the particular sender has a profile picture set. The photo viewing experience has also been improved, with a new, natural pan and zoom implementation. Furthermore, Chinese (Simplified) localisations have been improved.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon! 1.6.1 01/20/2025 Happy New Year! Let’s welcome 2025 with a big new update for Pigeon!

What’s new:
- Send messages using Siri! (Requires watchOS 9.x)
- Send messages via Shortcuts app! (Requires watchOS 9.x)
- You can now pre-set quick replies, so that you wouldn’t have to retype commonly sent messages (Requires watchOS 10.x)
- Chinese (Simplified) is now supported.
- New icons to represent stickers and GIFs.
- New and improved sticker picker (Requires watchOS 10.x)
- Stickers will now animate at the correctly prescribed frame rate, rather than presenting it at 60fps all the time.
- GIFs will now be served by Tenor rather than GIPHY.
- Notifications from users without a profile picture will now appear with a generic icon.
- Missing complications bug for the smaller Apple Watch case size (such as 41mm) users has been fixed.
- TDLib has been updated to the latest version.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon! 1.6 01/01/2025 This minor update lets you zoom in/out on images via Double Tap on the upcoming watchOS release, as well as optimisations for the next generation of Apple Watch!

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon! 1.5.2 09/14/2024 This minor update aims to resolve certain bugs that may cause Pigeon to crash.
Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for the latest news, updates or beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and its developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon! 1.5.1 08/22/2024 This is a major update for Pigeon, and we think you will love it!

Here’s what it comes with:
- Telegram Topics are finally supported! Chats that are divided into topics are now presented as such in Pigeon. (Requires watchOS 10.x)
- QR code profile sharing
- Ability to view chat information including profile pictures, username, phone number and more (Requires watchOS 10.x)
- Received .watchface files can now be applied directly in Pigeon
- Search for chats and contacts
- Chat permissions are now followed
- WristBoard app supported as an alternative third-party input method
- Tapping on @ mentions now brings you straight to chat with mentioned user
- Location message improvements (For watchOS 10.x)
- Message scrolling improvements when there are a lot of messages displayed (Requires watchOS 10.x)
- View pinned messages of a chat (Requires watchOS 10.x)
- TDLib updated
- Fixed sticker picker bug
- Typing indicators
- Online indicators (chat image will now appear with a green glowing border when user is online)
- t.me links shared within chats are now openable
- Option to automatically clear caches at set intervals
- Fixed forwarding bug
- Option to mark all unread messages as read

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for latest news, updates or even beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and it’s developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon and happy chatting! 1.5 08/15/2024 It’s Pigeon’s birthday!

A year ago, version 1.0 of Pigeon was released to the world. A year later, we have a couple of new features to share, in this update!

- Document messages can now be opened in Pigeon. Supported types include PDFs, image formats such as png, jpeg, video formats such as mp4 and other files including texts
- Video Note messages are now supported
- Start new chats (require watchOS 9.x and above)
- Channel comments (if enabled by the channel admins), can now be viewed and interacted
- New ‘minimal’ chat preview mode
- Messaging loading improvements
- Updated TDLib
- Fixed bug for watchOS 9.x and below users, where messages may load below messaging bar
- Fixed issue where channel admins could previously not send messages in channel
- Fixed reactions bug, where premium users that have reacted more than once did not appear correctly

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for latest news, updates or even beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and it’s developer!

Thank you for communicating via Pigeon and thank you for your support in the past year! Here’s to many more years to come! 1.4 03/15/2024 This minor update fixes a rare bug that causes folder listings to fail to load.

A new update is coming soon with some features that were requested by users! Check out what’s new on our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch and discussion chat group at https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to find out and test these unreleased new features!

Thanks for using Pigeon! 1.3.3 02/15/2024 In the first update of 2024:

- Polish localisation has been updated by our contributors
- Fixed a few localisation bugs
- Fixed a bug where voice messages cannot be recorded after any voice message was listened once or more

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for latest news, updates or even beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and it’s developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon, happy communications and happy new year! 1.3.2 01/11/2024 In this minor release, we've fixed an issue relating to recording of voice messages, where recordings may be softer than expected.

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for latest news, updates or even beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and it’s developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon, happy communications and happy holidays! 1.3.1 12/22/2023 It’s time for another feature-packed update!

In this release:
- Users can now send photo messages (watchOS 9.x and above is required)
- View on map or send location messages
- Single and double ticks read receipts are finally here!
- Forward messages
- Edit messages that you’ve sent
- Revamped new voice message recording UI, for robustness and efficiency
- Supports spoilers in messages
- Mute chats directly
- Reading of quoted replies (introduced in recent Telegram update) are now supported
- New users can now autofill password for Two Step Verification via iCloud Keychain
- Improvements for VoiceOver users, easier to navigate around
- TDLib has been updated to the latest version
- Archived messages can now be viewed
- Improved localisation coverage
- Fixed a couple of bugs, including stickers failing to load, crashes due to date parsing, crashes due to voice message recorder

Follow our Telegram channel at https://t.me/pigeonwatch for latest news, updates or even beta testing opportunities, and join our chat group https://t.me/pigeonwatchtalk to chat with other Pigeon users and it’s developer!

Thank you for using Pigeon, happy communications and happy holidays! 1.3 12/18/2023