🏆 Telegram Android Contest 2025, Round 1

Prize fund: $50,000
Deadline: 23:59 on July 11 (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: July 2025

Telegram is hosting a contest for Android developers to implement a redesigned profile appearance.

In addition to prize money, the winner of this contest may join the 🛫 Telegram Team in Dubai and earn $1 million per year after taxes by year 3.

THE TASK

Rework the existing profile screens by implementing the new design flow in strict accordance with the mockups provided below:
– Profiles of users, businesses, groups, and channels must be covered, including groups with topics enabled.
– Support for both day and night themes is mandatory.
– All related tabs and profile instances must be supported, including those where gifts are displayed.

💡 For this task, we recommend building the relevant screens from scratch. However, reusing existing code components is acceptable.

Contest Requirements:
– You must use Java.
– No third-party UI frameworks are allowed.
– The submission must be consistent with the existing Telegram for Android codebase.
– The app's stability and performance must not be affected with the changes you made.
– The app must be free of significant flaws (including crashes, visual glitches, noticeable element blinking, layout errors, and more).

❗️The implementation must precisely follow the provided design mockups, including all transitions shown in the animated demos.

Evaluation:
During the evaluation stage, we will review your code and test the submission on a wide range of Android devices.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Reveals Unique Legacy Plan

Telegram CEO and billionaire #Pavel #Durov has revealed that he has fathered over 100 children across 12 countries—some through personal relationships, but most via anonymous sperm donations. His goal: to help address declining birth rates and support fertility initiatives.

In a bold move, Durov announced that his estimated $13.9 billion fortune will be equally divided among all his children, regardless of how they were conceived. However, none of them will inherit the wealth immediately. Instead, his will states that the inheritance will be unlocked 30 years after his death, giving his children the opportunity to grow independently and build their own identities.

This unconventional decision reflects Durov’s lifelong commitment to freedom, privacy, and long-term thinking—values that have shaped both his personal philosophy and the #Telegram platform.

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👨‍💻 Telegram’s looking for an Android dev — who’ll earn $1M / year after tax. 🧻

🥇 The only way in is to win our coding contest that ends on July 11. The task? Implement the animation from this mockup in our open-source Android app. 🤖 https://t.me/contest/420

©️ @durov

📰 Users for more than half an hour began to encounter an error when trying to open the message translation. The photo shows the corresponding error pop-up window.

Tip: instead of a message, select the entire text message for this, if your flagship has a built-in translator (on iOS exactly).

📰 The message translation function has not been working for 5 hours. In addition, the press service reported that ✍️ some technical changes are being made to this function.

📰 Telegram has officially become a member of the Astana Hub innovation cluster, as reported on their website.

🇰🇿🧠 This cluster was founded in 2018 as a technology park for the development of IT startups and attracting talented specialists from all over the world. Membership with it allows interaction with the state, the IT community, and will be able to get the opportunity to create collaborations, exchange experiences and develop digital products around the world in addition to the local market. In June 2024, Durov was invited by the Minister of Digital Development Zhaslan Madiyev. After the visit, the Telegram team opened its office in Astana.