Telegram brings back its Wear OS app after five years with chats, voice messages, more

Five years after killing its Wear OS app, Telegram is reviving support for Android smartwatches with its latest update.

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Earlier this week, Telegram quietly dropped a new Apple Watch app and, now, Wear OS is getting the same treatment. In its latest update, Telegram says that smartwatch apps have arrived for both Apple Watch and Wear OS.

This brings the messaging app to Pixel Watch and Galaxy Watch for the first time – when Telegram last had a Wear OS app, the Pixel Watch didn’t exist, and Galaxy Watch was still running Tizen.

The new app supports a suite of features including full access to your chats, the abilty to send and listen to voice messages, and more. The Wear OS app supports muting and pinning chats, but currently lacks the ability to view locations or send stickers – those are on the Apple Watch version, and Telegram teases they’ll come to Wear OS next.