exteraGram for Android — download APK

exteraGram is a third-party Telegram client with many new features.

  • Version 12.9.0
  • Last update 16.08.2026
  • Android requirements 8.1+
  • Architecture ARM7a/ARM64-8a
  • License Free
  • Developer
  • Language Multilingual
  • Genre Messenger
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v12.9.0 Latest2026-07-31
  • Channel Post Feed: All posts from your channels in one feed.
  • More Material 3 design: Redesigned chat header, navigation bar, sliders, toggles, loaders, and predictive back animation.
  • Glass message menu and reaction bar, plus a choice of outline style: glare, solid, or hidden.
  • CameraX update: New circle encoder without desync at 60 FPS, a Google Camera-style zoom slider, and the option to start recording directly from the wide-angle camera.
  • Major AI chat update: Markdown in responses, role and service manager, reasoning and temperature settings, new interface, translation, and AI actions in the text selection menu.
  • New plugin system architecture: Chaquopy 17.0.1, updated exteraHook, safe plugin loading, safe-mode and dependency management (and more).
  • Open local files, plugins, and Markdown documents in Instant View, and "Open in..." in the message menu.
  • Proxy improvements: pin, rename, update, type and country, auto-disable on VPN, mobile network, and Wi-Fi.
  • External subtitles support in the video player.
  • New design options: section rounding, segment dividers, and Monet colors in theme accents.
  • Icon sets can now replace file and notification icons; Filters have been added to the editor.
  • Support for system variable fonts on Google Pixel devices.
  • Multiple selection of chats and topics by pinching and dragging.
  • New options: folder for saving media, hiding the search bar above the chat list, and disabling Telegram's AI features.
  • Hundreds of fixes and optimizations: memory leaks, battery consumption, crashes, and bugs in the official Telegram.
  • The side menu, removed in the recent Telegram update, has returned with a complete redesign.
  • CameraX has been rewritten for a better video messaging experience, with Dual Camera support added for instantly switching between cameras while recording.
  • A stack of widgets in the search bar for displaying exchange rates, weather, and other information.
  • Visibility modes for the floating navigation bar: floating (hides when scrolling), hidden, or always visible.
  • More MD3-style design: updated sliders and loading indicators.
  • Display users' online status right next to their avatars in the chat.
  • Option to automatically disable the proxy when a VPN connection is active.
  • Forward messages without the author by long pressing the forward button.
  • Preview of poll results before voting.
  • Relative online time (e.g., "was" 5 minutes ago" instead of "was at 12:34").
  • HEX color previews directly in the message text (e.g. #e83030).
  • Selecting the target language for message translation.
  • Added the "Repeat" function to the message context menu.
  • Options for completely hiding the Archive and the floating button (FAB) from the chat list.
  • Option to hide the welcome sticker in new dialogs.
  • Updates to the plugin system.
  • Custom icon sets: create your own and share them with others!
  • Added segment style separators for MD3 containers.
  • Introducing exteraGram Lite: a lightweight version without Plugins and Yandex Maps services.
  • Support for pasting formatted text from Gboard.
  • Use of local track covers in the "Now playing" card.
  • Updated user registration date database.
  • New application icons:
    • Ice Age,
    • Editor.
  • A huge number of internal fixes and optimizations.
  • Added an option to enable MD3-style containers in all exteraGram and Telegram settings.
  • Improved the design of the input panel and fixed some cringe issues in the official interface.
  • Various improvements in exteraGram settings.
  • Redesigned action timestamps.
  • Redesigned the side menu settings screen, added the ability to swap elements.
  • Added an option to disable glare on Liquid Glass-style elements.
  • The "Zalgo" filter now also removes BIDI symbols that flip the interface and break the layout.
  • Fixed many internal errors and bugs in the official Telegram (including memory leaks, thanks to @bleizix).
  • Updated plugin system.
  • Added option to enable macOS-style mini-avatars next to sender names in the chat list.
  • Added option to disable "Sticky" animation of avatars in profiles (in case you experience lags).
  • Support for links in the format tg://chat?id=, similar to tg://user?id=, but for chats and channels.
  • Local search by ID in the list of conversations.
  • Display of "Platform" in message details with a photo.
  • More understandable display of dates in chats (October 26 ➝ Today, October 25 ➝ Yesterday).
  • Support for quoting text from the transcript of voice and video messages.
  • Almost everything has been fixed Bug reports related to our features.
  • Fixed official bugs, such as color inconsistencies in light themes, a micro-freeze when opening a chat with a custom theme, and more.
  • Fixed the "Back" gesture for Android 16.
  • The plugin system has been rewritten 8173728 times, and now everything works perfectly. New Chaquopy, Python 3.11, and a bunch of other cool stuff.
  • "Now Playing" feature for scrobbling from Stats.fm and Last.fm (for supporters only).
  • A cool new animation for opening the message menu.
  • Search our settings and the ability to copy links to them.
  • Hundreds of bugs, crashes, and memory leaks have been fixed.
  • Added the "Always send in HD" option to send all photos in maximum quality by default.
  • Fixed critical issues with device overheating and increased battery consumption (official bug).
  • Fixed errors related to hiding stories.
  • Returned settings for Camera2 and fixes for CameraX.
  • Fixed an application crash when searching by photo for user avatars.
  • Fixed an interface freeze when quickly closing the gallery in a chat.
  • Now double-clicking on a message in a channel where you are an admin causes the same action as for your outgoing messages.
  • Fixed the overlap of the button for changing the playback speed in the mini-player.
  • Fixed a "dead zone" when clicking on a chat in the quick forward menu.
  • Added the ability to get a support badge on channel.
  • BeautifulSoup4 and lxml libraries have been added for plugin developers.
  • The functionality of buttons in the plugin card has been fixed.
  • The context menu update for actions added by plugins has been fixed.
  • Other minor fixes and optimizations.
  • A powerful plugin system has been introduced — a major innovation that opens up extensive customization opportunities.
  • Added CameraX support for video messages.
  • Added a new Remix icon set.
  • Added the ability to send uncompressed video by holding the send button.
  • Added search by frame from a video.
  • Improved the built-in translator: added the ability to select a translation provider.
  • Added the ability to disable custom themes in dialogs and channels.
  • Added protection against crash stickers.
  • Added a new "Invulnerable" application icon.
  • Added the ability to remove the "tail" from a message.
  • Numerous fixes, optimizations, and other improvements have been made.