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▲ 86 r/windowsphone

I’m building a native Telegram client for Windows Phone in 2026.

It’s called Vianigram, and it’s not a wrapper or a webview — it’s a real client built on top of MTProto.

The UI is still evolving, but the core is already working.

What works today:

• Full login flow (phone, SMS, 2FA, QR, signup)

• Real chats powered by MTProto (no stubs)

• Chat list with pagination and live updates

• Typing indicators, online status and read states

• Chat screen with message bubbles (text, photos, voice, documents, polls)

• Rich text support (bold, italic, spoilers, links, mentions)

• Voice messages with waveform + scrubbing

• Background sync using system tasks (no reliable push required)

• Toast notifications and live tiles generated locally

• Smart coordination between UI and background (single MTProto socket)

• Avatars with preview + HD async loading

• LRU cache for chat pages

What’s different:

Windows Phone push notifications are basically dead in 2026.

So instead of relying on push, Vianigram uses a hybrid background system:

• Periodic maintenance task (~30 min worst-case sync)

• VoIP-based triggers for near real-time wake events

• Local cache used for toasts and tile updates

This means:

You still get notifications, badges and live tiles — even without reliable push.

Limitations (alpha):

• Delays when the app is fully closed

• Calls UI not finished yet

• Proxy settings not wired yet

• Message send is optimistic (ack UI missing)

Why I’m building this:

Because Windows Phone deserved a real Telegram client.

And the platform is still more capable than people think.

Downloads and updates:

Telegram — search for PivoraApps or VianiumApps

☕ Buy me a coffee if you want to support the project

Not affiliated with Telegram.

Windows Phone is not dead yet.

u/Legitimate_Post_2701 — 9 days ago
▲ 48 r/windowsphone

I’m building Vianium Music — a modern lossless local music player for Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, and Windows 10 Mobile.

And yes, it also has YouTube Music streaming.

The UI is still rough.
Actually, it’s ugly right now.

But the engine is alive.

This is not just another basic MP3 player. Vianium Music is being built as a real music app for Lumia devices: local library first, lossless playback, metadata, album art, background audio, lock screen controls, equalizer, lyrics, podcasts, downloads, Last.fm — and YouTube Music search/playback on top of that.

The goal is simple:

Bring back the feeling of Xbox Music / Zune-era Windows Phone, but with modern features that still make sense in 2026.

What already works:

Lossless local playback

  • MP3, M4A, FLAC, Opus, OGG, ALAC, APE and WAV
  • Real lossless playback using integrated FFmpeg
  • Native metadata reading directly from files
  • Artist, album, year, genre and embedded artwork
  • Fast local library scan
  • No dependency on the system music index
  • Background playback that keeps running after closing the app
  • Lock screen controls
  • Headphones, Bluetooth and car controls
  • Sleep timer with gradual fade-out

YouTube Music streaming

  • Live search for artists, albums and songs
  • Direct playback
  • No account required
  • AAC 128 kbps streaming
  • Smart cache so repeated songs start instantly
  • Search dedupe while typing

Audio engine

  • 10-band equalizer
  • ±12 dB per band
  • Presets: Flat, Rock, Classical, Bass Booster, Pop, Jazz, Vocal, Electronic
  • Live 32-band FFT visualizer
  • Master EQ toggle without losing settings
  • Settings persist between sessions

Lyrics

  • Synced lyrics that follow the song
  • LRCLIB online lyrics
  • Embedded lyrics from local music files
  • Offline lyrics cache
  • Smooth auto-scroll
  • Overlay with previous, current and next lyric line

Last.fm

  • Automatic scrobbling for local music and streaming
  • Real-time Now Playing
  • Optional login from Settings
  • Follows Last.fm scrobbling rules

Podcasts

  • RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 support
  • Subscribe by feed URL
  • Episode progress
  • Already-listened state
  • iTunes metadata support

Offline downloads

  • Real downloads with resume support
  • Queue with 2 parallel downloads
  • Per-song progress
  • Storage management screen
  • Clear states: queued, active, paused, completed, failed

Other stuff

  • English, Spanish and Portuguese
  • No ads inside the app
  • No third-party analytics
  • No tracking
  • No account required unless you enable Last.fm
  • Direct sideload installation
  • Built for ARM Lumia devices
  • Windows Phone 8 / 8.1 / Windows 10 Mobile support

This is still an alpha. I’m not pretending the UI is ready. It is not.

Right now I’m focusing on the core: playback, library, streaming, caching, lyrics, podcasts, downloads and stability. The interface will come later.

Windows Phone was abandoned by the industry, but the devices are still beautiful, the audio hardware is still good, and the community is still here.

So I’m building the music app I wish Windows Phone still had.

Downloads and updates will be available on Telegram — search for PivoraApps.

Not affiliated with YouTube, Google, Last.fm or Microsoft.

Windows Phone is not dead yet.

u/Legitimate_Post_2701 — 14 days ago