Telegram Restores Apple Watch App After 4 Years, Adding Messaging and Voice Features

Q: Will watchOS 27's AI features leave older Telegram users on Apple Watch behind?

Yes—some older Apple Watch Telegram users will miss out on watchOS 27’s new AI features, but they are not being cut off from Telegram itself. Telegram’s relaunched native Apple Watch app works as a full messaging app on supported watches, with chats, voice and text messages, GIFs, videos, stickers and location sharing. Nothing in the rollout suggests Telegram is restricting core watch features to Apple’s newest AI-capable hardware. The divide comes from Apple’s side. WatchOS 27’s headline AI tools, including the upgraded Siri and Apple Intelligence features, require newer hardware. Based on the available information, full AI support is limited to Apple Watch Series 10 or later, Ultra 2 or later, and SE 3, and also depends on a compatible iPhone running iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence support. Older watches such as Series 6, 7, 8, the original Ultra and SE 2 are expected to miss those AI features, and some may not get watchOS 27 at all. For Telegram users, that means the gap is mainly about system-level enhancements, not basic app access. Owners of newer watches may benefit from smarter Siri interactions, better notification handling and possible language or context features around messaging. Users on older watches should still be able to use Telegram’s native app where supported, but without Apple’s latest AI layer. So the practical answer is that older users are being left behind on Apple’s AI experience, not necessarily on Telegram’s core Apple Watch functionality.

3 articles · Updated · Zamin · Jun 9

Four years after pulling its official watch app, Telegram has returned to Apple Watch with a standalone client that lets users read and send messages directly from the wrist.
The new app also supports recording and listening to voice messages, using stickers and viewing channels, reducing the need to switch back to an iPhone for routine tasks.
Telegram said the software can be installed through the Watch app on iPhone or from the watch’s App Store, though users need an updated phone app for stable operation.
The release requires watchOS 10 or later and follows Telegram’s broader push onto wearables, after the company also launched an official app for Samsung smartwatches.