aGram 1.1 - What's new This release brings major new features for power users and admins, plus a deep round of accessibility polish for VoiceOver users. Privacy and security - Secret chats: end-to-end encrypted conversations with session banner, key verification, and optional biometric lock. - Secret-chat notifications appear as generic banners on the lock screen - the content never leaks. - Demo mode hides the "Create secret chat" option. Productivity - Scheduled messages: send at a specific time or "when the recipient is online". Per-chat list with swipe actions. - Auto-delete: configurable message lifetime per 1:1 chat. - On-demand message translation, with dedicated VoiceOver readout. - TDLib cache auto-managed, with auto-purge and a new Settings panel. - Unified search and "New conversation" menu in the chat list. Chat administration - Full member management: filters (members, admins, banned, restricted, bots), add, remove, ban, restrict, promote, demote, lift restrictions, transfer ownership, custom badge. - Edit chat info: title, description, photo for groups, channels and forums. - Default member permissions and slow mode for groups. - Forum topic management: create, rename, close, pin, delete, hide the general topic. - Invite link management: create, edit, revoke, delete, with name, expiration, member limit, and approval requirement. Calls - Audio route picker during an active call. - Minimize an active call into a top banner so the rest of the app stays usable. - Respects explicit user route choice and observes external route changes. Conversations - Rebuilt list architecture: no more viewport jumps after pagination, consistent behavior under VoiceOver. - Native iOS share sheet for media (replaces the Files-only export). - Shared media tabs (Links, Media, Documents) accessible from the chat info screen, with rotor actions to Open, Play or Share each item. - "Jump to quoted message" rotor action. - Channel admin posting permissions now respected end-to-end. VoiceOver - Customizable rotor actions per scope (global, chat type, conversation, forum topic). - Customizable VoiceOver readout templates. - Three-finger scroll in chronological order under the flipped layout, with rebound silencing. - Speed rotor for voice message playback. - Mentions and pinned-message rotor wheels. - Focus preserved across pagination. - "Go to latest message" / "Go to first unread" jump action. - Reliable initial focus when entering any chat, with automatic re-claim if iOS' default focus steals the cursor. Audio and screen - Voice and video recording default to speaker output. - Playback pauses on audio session interruption. - Recording and incoming calls auto-interrupt active playback. - Proximity sensor suspended while the keyboard is open. - Magic Tap behavior adapts to the current context. - Skips non-text content when chaining voice messages. - The screen no longer auto-locks during voice recording or playback of voice notes, videos and audio files. Under the hood - App icon badge updated by the notification service extension on incoming pushes. - Chats close on background and re-open on foreground to resume push delivery. - Fixed a video send crash with HEVC/AAC content. - Full iOS 26 compatibility. - Migrated to Swift 6 strict concurrency across all adapters. Thanks to all beta testers who reported issues via Settings -> Send Feedback. Many of the accessibility fixes above came directly from your VoiceOver sessions.

This TestFlight update focuses on voice messages, notifications, and accessibility. VOICE MESSAGES • Voice notes now encode and decode in Telegram's canonical OGG Opus format, so they play identically on Android, Desktop, and Web. • New speech-to-text: a "Transcribe" action on every voice note produces an inline transcription. A dedicated VoiceOver rotor walks through every untranscribed note in the conversation and fires transcription as you scroll, so you can clear a voicemail backlog in one sweep. Transcripts are also announced aloud the moment they arrive, so focus never has to leave the cell. Telegram Premium is required beyond the free trial quota. • The screen stays awake while you record a voice message. • MP3 files shared as documents now play in the in-app audio player. NOTIFICATIONS • Notification tones now match the official Telegram iOS sounds: private chats, groups, and channels each get their own. • Per-chat and per-scope sound preferences sync automatically — muting a chat's sound on another device silences incoming pushes here, and default tones follow the scope settings you configure anywhere in Telegram. • Calling no longer overrides your custom notification tones. TELEGRAM PREMIUM • Your Premium subscription status is shown in Settings and as a small badge next to names (profile, conversation header, chat list). VoiceOver reads "Telegram Premium" as part of the name. Subscription management stays in the official Telegram app. ACCESSIBILITY • Fixed a long-standing crash that could hit the conversation view when a message album (grouped photos or videos) was on screen. • New VoiceOver rotor to walk conversation dates; Links and Transcribe rotors appear when relevant. • VoiceOver now reads a single terminal delivery status per message (sending / sent / read / listened). • Caption links on photos, videos, and GIFs are now reachable via the rotor. • Fixed an issue where re-opening a recent chat left VoiceOver stuck on the back button instead of the newest message. • Unknown senders resolve correctly in chat list and message labels. LANGUAGES • Arabic joins the list of fully supported languages (13 in total) — every screen and VoiceOver label. CONVERSATION RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE • Large chats open progressively and are capped to a rolling window of 500 messages to prevent out-of-memory crashes on older devices. • Channels now open on the latest message; the unread anchor uses the server's real boundary. • Forum topics load from a local cache and the correct topic is pre-selected when you open a chat from a notification. • Several TDLib decoding crashes on polls and forum history are now handled gracefully. OTHER • Active Sessions: failed terminations now surface the error instead of going silent. • "Show Online Status" toggle in Settings now actually writes to the server. • New Contacts tab with alphabetical sort.

This version introduces poll support, and polish the user experience by fixing some bugs.

Chat & Conversations - Opening a channel or group for the first time no longer shows an empty screen. aGram now properly tells Telegram to sync the history on first access — no need to leave and re-enter. - Typing in the message composer no longer causes the entire conversation to freeze. The text field is now isolated so each keystroke doesn't re-evaluate the whole view. - Scrolling in long conversations is significantly smoother — the per-bubble tracking that slowed things down has been replaced by a lightweight check on the last message only. - New messages in forum topics now appear in real time without leaving and re-entering the topic. - Service messages (joined, pinned, renamed, etc.) now show the user's name. - Braille keyboard no longer closes when you send a message — focus is re-asserted on the text field after send. Voice Calls - Incoming calls now connect reliably. Previously, call signaling data could be silently dropped when the app returned from background, leaving the call stuck on "Connecting" indefinitely. - Fixed silent calls where audio was not routed to any output (neither speaker nor earpiece) at call start. The audio feedback system was resetting the voice processing unit mid-setup. - Fixed calls dropping after ~42 seconds due to an audio session interruption triggered by a conflicting speaker override. - Answering a call no longer triggers 3-4 duplicate haptic vibrations. Connected feedback now fires once, at the right moment. Voice Messages & Audio - Previewing a proximity-recorded voice message before sending now works. Previously the file wasn't finalized properly and playback failed. - Audio no longer gets stuck on the earpiece after cancelling a proximity recording. - When a notification interrupts earpiece playback, the audio route and position are now restored correctly on resume instead of restarting from the beginning. - Magic Tap during standalone audio playback (MP3 documents) now correctly pauses instead of starting a recording. - The "Recording started" VoiceOver announcement no longer leaks into the recorded audio. VoiceOver - VoiceOver announcements are no longer silently dropped when VoiceOver is busy (typing, braille input). All announcements now use priority levels — high-priority ones interrupt, others queue. - Incoming and sent messages are announced in real time when a chat is open: "You say: ..." / "Name says: ...". - Opening a conversation with unread messages now anchors to the first unread, with a visible separator and VoiceOver focus on that message. - The scroll-to-bottom button now moves the VoiceOver cursor to the last message, not just the scroll position. - Duplicate VoiceOver stops for chat title + info button have been merged into one. Connectivity - TDLib no longer hangs indefinitely on "Connecting to Telegram" when the previous session's socket is dead. The restart now times out after 5 seconds. - The "Connecting to Telegram" banner no longer flashes on normal 2-3 second reconnections after returning from background. It only appears if the disconnection lasts more than 5 seconds. Under the Hood - EULA reporting section clarified: reports go to Telegram's moderation team, not ours. - 5 new localization keys across 8 languages. As always, feedback welcome via Settings → Send Feedback