{"appstoreID":1671939892,"title":"Pigeon for Telegram","subtitle":"Standalone Watch Calls & Chat","developerName":"Vincent Neo","description":"Before the telegraph, Pigeons ruled the messaging industry. Today, a little pigeon lives on your watch, bringing your messages across Telegram. \n\nThat little pigeon, is none other than this app!\n\nPigeon is a Telegram messaging client, built just for the Apple Watch platform.\n\nWORKS BY ITSELF\nPigeon 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.\n\nPRIVACY FOCUSED\nMessages are communicated and received via Telegram’s official API, TDLib, to ensure the same level of secure communications, expected of the Telegram platform.\nNone of your personal information is collected, so that you can chat with confidence.\n\nFORMATTED MESSAGES\nPigeon 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.\n\nSUPPORTED MESSAGE TYPES\nPigeon 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!\n\nYou can even zoom in on the photos, and interact with the polls and quizzes!\n\nCurrently supported document types includes png, jpeg, pdf, mp4, txt, rtf, md, gpx^ and more. \n\nDYNAMIC TYPE\nThe interface scales according to your Dynamic Type settings, to better fit your needs!\n\nSIMPLE SIGN IN\nSigning in, is just 2 or 3 simple steps. \n1. Using the official Telegram app, scan the QR code displayed on the watch.\n2. If you have enabled Two-Step Verification, you will have to enter your password. Otherwise, you’re in!\n\nAlternatively, you may also sign in via your phone number, if it isn’t convenient for you to scan a QR code.\n\nTOPICS^\nPigeon supports topics in group chats, for better chat organisation.\n\nREACTIONS, REPLIES AND DELETE\nYou 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.\n\nCHANNEL COMMENTS^\nView and interact with other commentators in a channel\n\nWEB LINK PREVIEWS\nDid your friend send you a link? View it in app.\n\nNOTIFICATIONS\nReceive notifications with image, sticker or voice attachments^*, and reply* directly, without the need of your iPhone nearby! \nYou can also mute chats directly in the app!\n\nFOLDER SUPPORT\nIf you prefer to arrange your chats on the official Telegram app via folders, Pigeon can sync and filter accordingly too! \n\nSTART NEW CHATS^\nYou can start new chat conversations from your synced contacts, directly from Pigeon.\n\nSIRI AND SHORTCUTS^\nSend Telegram messages using your voice via Siri.\n\nSEARCH\nSearch for contacts and public groups and channels directly in app.\n\nPARENTAL CONTROLS^\nRestrict certain functionality if deemed unsuitable for the user.\n\nCALLS*\nPigeon supports one-to-one Telegram voice calls, without companion phone apps. \n\nRICH TEXT SUPPORT*\nImplemented with a focus for AI agent support, Pigeon can display rich text content.\n\nMORE FEATURES FOR THE FUTURE\nPigeon is in active development, with more features to come, in future.\n\n—\n*Some features requires an active subscription.\nWith 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!\n\n^Feature requires watchOS 10 and above.\n—\nPigeon is not affiliated, associated, endorsed by, or in any way connected to Telegram Messenger.\n\nNote: 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.\n\nPrivacy Policy: https://pigeonwatch.app/privacy\nTerms (Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/\nDocumentation: https://support.pigeonwatch.app/notes","bundleID":"com.vincent-neo.Pigeon","appiconURL":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/cf/74/47/cf74475d-aa6d-b187-c4a6-1079fd21b610/Placeholder.mill/1024x1024w.webp","bannerURL":null,"formattedPrice":"Free","appUpdated":"2026-10-06T03:28:24.000Z","appReleased":"2023-03-14T07:00:00.000Z","version":"1.10.2","platforms":["watch"],"minOS":{"iphone":"Requires iOS 15.0 or later.","watch":"Requires watchOS 9.0 or later."},"topIAPs":[{"name":"Full Access (1 Month)","price":"$1.99"},{"name":"Full Access (1 Year)","price":"$12.99"}],"languages":["CA","EN","FR","DE","HI","JA","KO","MS","PL","PT","RU","ZH","ES","TA","ZH","UK"],"size":"128.1 MB","category":"Social Networking","developerWebsite":"https://pigeonwatch.app","screenshots":[{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/07/23/c7/0723c720-110c-7249-37cd-dd153021aae4/incoming-AEBD861F-BBDF-4521-A03C-0E7812841569.PNG/422x514w.webp"},{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/da/6c/2b/da6c2b03-ece0-27f7-ec01-5d0421e390a8/incoming-7C21CCAF-BFA3-4E1B-894C-DA3A85458039.PNG/422x514w.webp"},{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/1a/29/d9/1a29d9b3-1266-936e-ffbf-944b5dda186c/incoming-376D6A52-BEE7-4638-BD87-55B341D44264.PNG/422x514w.webp"},{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/6d/6f/b8/6d6fb87e-0848-a76e-f37f-bbd27ea08942/incoming-68153538-048D-4CB9-8DA8-8FC02766167F.PNG/422x514w.webp"},{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/7e/f5/b3/7ef5b3dd-f96d-5feb-9062-471387ee40b6/incoming-7DDCEF7C-377E-40C9-BE9A-BA4494DD65CC.PNG/422x514w.webp"},{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/2e/1c/ce/2e1cce1b-8273-2851-d17a-dd0b601f7143/incoming-58736F2B-0EFC-4AB1-A55B-E1B0A02838B2.PNG/422x514w.webp"},{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/f9/f4/10/f9f41048-bfef-7670-383a-1ec2176c7e39/incoming-5854E311-37A3-48FC-8321-1CF904B22A57.PNG/422x514w.webp"},{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/50/ef/94/50ef9463-ccaa-7697-2ad6-9a44dfbe9277/incoming-A7E83444-EAB3-468A-9A29-D756F119FACC.PNG/422x514w.webp"},{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/96/ad/14/96ad147c-cd6a-8a76-1810-6e9b179b79fa/incoming-47BFA709-43A2-4D4B-AFE9-3F92322C86B8.PNG/422x514w.webp"},{"platform":"watch","url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/ef/ff/39/efff3994-aba8-f667-7881-d07b045c136b/incoming-3E5405DF-3693-495A-9C80-8729312848A8.PNG/422x514w.webp"}]}