Telegram has started the year with an update that combines New artificial intelligence features and a complete visual redesign in iOSThe messaging app incorporates automatic summaries in channels and on pages opened with Quick Look, while also completing the rollout of the Liquid Glass effect across its entire iPhone interface.
The company maintains its usual discourse of privacy, user control and accelerated development paceThe summaries are processed on the proprietary Cocoon decentralized network, based on open-source AI models, while on iOS options are added to adjust the graphic effects based on battery consumption and performance, something especially relevant for users in Spain and the rest of Europe with older iPhones.
AI-powered summaries in channels and Quick View
The major functional innovation is the AI-powered automatic summaries of long messages posted in channelsWhen a post exceeds a certain length, the app offers to condense its content into a brief summary that appears directly linked to the original message, so you don't have to read the entire text to grasp the main ideas.
The same system applies to the pages opened using Quick ViewThis is the format Telegram uses to display external links within the app itself, offering a cleaner design. In these cases, the article header is accompanied by an AI-generated summary, providing a preview of the content before you decide whether it's worth reading in full.
In practical terms, this is intended for those who Many news channels followThese thematic or current events summaries are quite common among iOS users in Europe. Instead of scrolling through each lengthy message, people can rely on these quick summaries to prioritize what content to read in depth and what to leave for later.
One important difference compared to other solutions is that There's no need to use bots or copy text to external servicesThe summary is generated within the app itself: simply open the channel or page with Quick View and tap the summary button when it's available. The process is integrated into the familiar Telegram interface and eliminates the need to switch between apps.
For now, the company has not provided precise details. Is access to the summaries completely open, or will it be rolled out by region?However, the expectation is that its arrival to iPhone users in Spain and the rest of Europe will follow the pattern of progressive deployments that Telegram usually applies to other new features.
Cocoon: the decentralized network that processes summaries
To generate these syntheses, Telegram relies on Cocoon, its own decentralized network geared towards artificial intelligence tasksThe company describes it as an infrastructure designed to maximize privacy, on which open-source AI models run to process digest requests.
According to the official explanation, Each request is encrypted before traveling across the networkIn this way, Telegram tries to reinforce the idea that user data is treated securely while AI operations are running, preventing the content or the sender's identity from being exposed beyond what is necessary.
The company also maintains that Cocoon is designed to be used by any AI applicationnot only for its messaging service. To this end, technical documentation is offered to developers who want to integrate this network into their own projects, with the intention of making it a reusable component of the AI ​​ecosystem.
There are, however, several points that They still have no clear answer in the public informationIt is not specified which specific AI models are being used, where the network nodes are located, or who controls them on a daily basis. Furthermore, no mention has been made of independent audits that have externally verified the encryption and data protection claims.
It is striking that, despite presenting Cocoon as a potential infrastructure for third partiesSo far, only examples of use within Telegram itself have been offered, primarily channel summaries and Quick View page summaries. Adoption by other AI applications has not yet materialized visibly, leaving much of the network's functionality dependent on the company's word.
Liquid Glass extends to the entire app on iOS
Alongside the AI ​​innovations, Telegram for iPhone is also being updated. completes the adoption of the Liquid Glass design throughout the interfaceThis style, promoted by Apple in iOS, is characterized by the use of transparencies, blurs, and refraction effects that create a sense of depth similar to polished glass.
In everyday life, this translates into semi-transparent backgrounds, frosted glass effect panels, and smoother transitions These effects are distributed throughout chats, menus, lists, and settings sections. The app now integrates better with the overall visual appearance of the system, especially in the most recent versions of iOS, where Apple has been refining these effects.
Other popular applications, such as certain browsers, They had already adopted this visual language before.While some messaging platforms still maintain a more classic aesthetic in much of their interface, Telegram is taking advantage of this trend to position itself among the apps that best fit the current iOS design.
The company says that during the redesign it has sought a middle ground between visual impact and usability on devices several years oldThis is especially relevant in markets like Spain, where recent iPhones coexist with older models. The idea is to prevent the effects from making the app sluggish on less powerful devices.
Overall, the full adoption of Liquid Glass aims to reinforce the sense of continuity between the operating system and the applicationThis is something many users appreciate when they spend a significant portion of their day in chats and channels. For Telegram, this change is also a way to prevent its interface from falling behind Apple's evolution.
More control over performance and battery on iPhone
Deploying an interface full of transparencies and animations has an obvious cost: This can increase the load on the device's processor and GPU.In practice, this can translate into higher energy consumption, something that users with worn-out batteries notice more easily.
To offset this potential impact, the app incorporates specific settings within the Energy Saving section in iOSFrom there, it's possible to reduce the intensity of graphic effects or limit some animations, with the aim of extending battery life or improving fluidity on older iPhones.
Thus, whoever Those who prioritize aesthetics can maintain Liquid Glass at virtually maximum capacity.Those who value more screen time have room to reduce transparency and blur. The goal isn't to completely disable the new design, but to offer reasonable flexibility for different uses.
Telegram implicitly acknowledges that, compared to the previous design, The new interface may result in additional power consumption if all effects remain active.Therefore, it suggests that those who use the app a lot outside the home, or in areas with poor coverage where the phone already consumes more energy, check these settings if they notice a significant drop in battery life.
For the most intensive users of the application, whether for work or to follow multiple news channels, being able to adjust this balance between appearance, performance and battery It ceases to be a mere detail and becomes a practical tool. Ultimately, what's at stake is how many hours of actual use you can get out of the phone without sacrificing visual innovations.
How the post summary works in channels
The process for leveraging these AI functions is relatively simple: when a message that is especially long on a compatible channelThe application displays a specific summary button, represented by two arrows pointing towards each other and located next to the post.
By pressing that icon, Telegram automatically generates a condensed version of the textThis unfolds on screen without leaving the channel or changing context. The idea is that the user gets a clear overview of what's being said in a matter of seconds.
If the person wants to delve deeper, all they have to do is Tap the original post to read the full messageThe summary does not replace the content, but acts as an additional layer designed to save time, which is useful when following many channels that publish frequently.
The company has indicated that the system relies on open-source language models running on CocoonThey emphasize that requests are encrypted and processed in a way that protects the privacy of both the author and the person requesting the abstract. This approach addresses common concerns surrounding the use of AI in messaging services.
In the current phase, Telegram has clarified that the option to summarize messages It is initially offered to those with a paid Telegram Premium subscriptionThe plan is that in the future it can be expanded to more users with daily limits or similar restrictions, while maintaining additional benefits for those who pay the monthly fee.
AI gains importance in Telegram's strategy
The new automatic summaries are part of a broader commitment to artificial intelligence within the platformBack in 2024, the app had already integrated a bot based on Microsoft Copilot, which allowed users to make queries and generate content directly from chats without leaving Telegram.
The difference now is that the company It strengthens its own infrastructure through Cocoon and open-source modelsInstead of relying exclusively on large external providers, this gives them more leeway to decide how they handle data and what guarantees they want to offer, although it also obliges them to assume responsibility for maintaining and auditing that network in the medium and long term.
Meanwhile, the development team boasts of a very high update rate over the last yearAccording to their figures, during 2025 more than 75 new features were introduced across 13 different versions of the app, which implies an average interval of about 26 days between releases.
At times, the pace was even faster: There were versions released just 8 days apart.This typically coincides with the arrival of key features that the company wanted to make available to users as soon as possible. Telegram uses this data to emphasize the idea of ​​a platform that evolves rapidly and avoids long development periods for new features.
In contrast to more gradual strategies, such as those of other messaging services widely used in Spain and Europe, Telegram's approach focuses on relatively rapid deployments accompanied by explanations on its official blog.With its combination of integrated AI, visual redesign on iOS, and power consumption controls, the app aims to establish itself as an option that blends advanced features, updated design, and customization options for both demanding users and those who simply want their phone to last all day.
With these new features, the iPhone version of Telegram becomes a more versatile tool for following channels, reading links, and managing the daily deluge of information, relying on AI-assisted summaries, a more modern visual environment, and adaptive power consumption settings to the needs of each user in Spain and the rest of Europe.