Made for the D-pad
Focus moves where you expect, Back goes where you came from, and nothing needs a touchscreen or a mouse to reach.
Telegram, on the big screen.
Tellygram is an unofficial Telegram client for Android TV. Your chats' videos and photos in a grid you can drive with the remote — and playback that starts before the file has finished downloading.
把 Telegram 搬上电视大屏：遥控器操作、大屏播放、边下边播。
Built for a couch and a remote
Chats as a media wall
Pick a chat and see its videos, photos and GIFs as a grid — thumbnails, durations and a hover preview on the focused card.
Plays while it downloads
Playback starts from the bytes already on disk and keeps going as the rest arrives, so a 1 GB file doesn't have to land before you press play.
Honest about codecs
If a file uses a profile your TV's hardware decoder refuses, playback falls back to the software decoder instead of failing outright — and when it truly can't play, it says so in words.
English, 简体中文, 繁體中文
The whole interface is localized, including the player, the media info panel and the settings page.
Open and local
Open source, no analytics, no third-party services. Messages and media live on the device and are exchanged with Telegram only.
Download
Pick the build that matches your TV. If you are not sure, start with arm64-v8a — that covers current Sony, Philips, TCL, Hisense and Xiaomi TV boxes. The universal build works anywhere and is larger.
- Download the APK above (from the TV's browser, or on a computer and copy it over).
- Allow installing apps from unknown sources for the app you open it with.
- Install it, open Tellygram, and sign in to your Telegram account.
These are debug builds, distributed directly — no Play Store, no account with anyone but Telegram. Every build is signed with the same key, so newer versions install over older ones.
FAQ
- Is this an official Telegram app?
- No. Tellygram is an unofficial, community-built client. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Telegram in any way beyond using Telegram's own API with your account.
- Where does my data go?
- To Telegram, and nowhere else. There is no analytics, no crash reporting and no third-party service. Media that plays on the TV is cached on the device so it can be replayed.
- Will it work on my TV?
- It needs Android TV 5.0 or newer and is designed for d-pad navigation at TV distance. Phones and tablets work but are not the target — the layout assumes a big screen and a remote.
- A video fails with a decoder error. Why?
- Some files are encoded with profiles TV hardware decoders reject (for example H.264 High 4:4:4). The app retries with the software decoder; if the device has no decoder for that profile at all, the file cannot be played on that TV.
- How do I report a bug or ask for a feature?
- Open an issue on GitHub.
中文说明
Tellygram 是一个第三方（非官方）Telegram 电视客户端。它把会话里的视频、图片、动图 排成一个可以用遥控器操作的大屏网格，点开即播；播放会从已经下载到本地的数据开始，不必等整个文件下载完。 界面支持 English / 简体中文 / 繁體中文。直接下载上面的 APK 安装即可，无需应用商店账号。