Android app should follow Material Design, not iOS patterns
The recent Android update (12.4.*) introduces design elements directly ported from iOS, creating a non-native experience that ignores platform conventions and reduces usability.
Core issues:
Platform-inappropriate navigation
The fixed bottom tab bar (Chats / Contacts / Settings / Profile) wastes screen space on rarely used sections. Settings and Profile are accessed only occasionally, yet occupy permanent space. This reduces chat visibility and forces extra scrolling—especially problematic on smaller screens and during one-handed use.
Material Design addresses this with navigation drawers or contextual bottom sheets, showing relevant actions only when needed instead of always displaying everything.
Reduced information density
New borders, spacing, and visual effects in chat lists add visual clutter without functional benefit. Users scan dozens of chats regularly—extra noise slows this down and reduces the number of visible conversations per screen.
Inconsistency with platform expectations
Android users expect Material Design patterns because they are consistent across the OS and well-designed apps. Deviating from these creates cognitive friction and makes Telegram feel like a lazy cross-platform port rather than a thoughtfully designed Android app.
Why this matters:
iOS enforces Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines through App Store review. Android does not mandate Material Design, but this freedom should be used to create better native experiences—not to copy-paste iOS designs that don’t fit the platform.
Suggestion:
Design the Android UI according to Material Design principles. Use platform-appropriate navigation patterns, respect Android’s visual language, and optimize for different screen sizes and interaction models expected by Android users.
The desktop and web versions also deserve platform-native designs or their own Telegram style rather than a universal iOS aesthetic.
Please check this request. The new interface on Android it's getting worse and worse.
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We could have a nice, functional Android interface, instead we get the dumbed down, kiddy iOS slop.
january, whatever.
Stop thinking that anything will change. Liquid Glass effect is disabled by default, and the main interface principles, such as the navigation bar at the bottom, have been in place for a long time now on android, including in some Material Design 3 apps, even as this big bubble which is not tied to the edge of the screen.
Red DLTA
We just want a UI selector, if they wanna get a modern design, thats fine, but let us decide if we want it or not
This is impossible at the code level. Telegram is already unoptimized and buggy, and this will lead to many more bugs and problems, and the app will only become heavier.
El Sincho
ui bad, plz fix
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Leodan A Buduen
Totally agree, now the new chat top bar split design is awful, what's happening with Telegram design team?
Kirill Moskalev
Why would I buy Android phone to see iOS UI patterns? Unimaginable