# blindGram 14.3: Ghost mode, a cooler phone and better navigation

blindGram 14.3 Final, released August 7, 2026 on Telegram 12.9.2, adds Ghost mode, uses less battery and makes polls, checklists and reactions accessible.

The two changes you will notice first are not features. The app no longer works in the background when nothing has changed, so the phone stays cooler and the battery lasts longer, and several causes of sudden closes are gone. After that comes Ghost mode, and a long list of screens that finally speak.

### Battery and stability

- blindGram no longer works in the background when nothing has changed, and playing music no longer keeps the proximity sensor awake.
- Fewer sudden closes: damaged saved settings, controls left over from a screen you had already left, and unlucky timing while recording a voice message no longer bring the app down.

### Ghost mode and fewer distractions

- Ghost mode, new in the chat list's More options, stops your read receipts, story views, typing indicators and online status from being sent. Chats and stories still open normally for you. Today it also has a row in General settings, **Stay offline with Ghost mode**.
- New switches remove what you do not need: **Disable ads**, which also removes sponsored search results and sponsored video overlays, **Hide proxy sponsor channel**, and an option to hide images in the top view.

### Downloads and playback

- "Auto-download small voice messages" is now **Auto-download small attachments**, and it works both ways: turn it off and photos, voice messages, videos and files stop downloading by themselves.
- **Remember Video playback position** resumes any video where you stopped, and **Keep video speed for all videos** applies your chosen speed to every video. Music speed no longer resets on the next track.

### Polls, checklists, reactions and the recorder

- Checklists and polls are fully accessible: each task and whether it is done, and item menus on a long press. Custom reactions are read by name, with your selected and recent ones first.
- A long press on Send is reachable with the screen reader, so send timers and effects can be used, and the notification button in the schedule picker has a name.
- The voice recorder's preview keeps its controls and play button, "Play Once" and "Pause" follow a logical order, round video Pause and Resume match the recorder, and a locked recording keeps its Send label.

### Focus, search and one route through a chat

- The controls at the bottom of a chat can be found by touch again, on one route: title, pinned messages, Go to bottom, the messages, then the message box.
- Focus lands on the search result you picked, and on the unread message when you open a chat.
- Search results can be browsed as a list, Go to bottom stays available during search, and **Show Search Navigation Buttons at Bottom** moves Previous and Next below it.
- New navigation options: a replacement menu when the bottom tabs are hidden (**Hide the bottom navigation bar**), New Channel in the chat list menu, **Always show search button in chat list**, **Show tabs in share instead of categories**, [blindGram Proxy shortcuts](/blog/2026-08-29/blindgram-proxy-safety-privacy/), and account switching from the profile item. Forum topics open in full-screen preview.

### More spoken, more labeled

- Channel post signatures and call encryption emoji are spoken, and **Announce only the transfer percentage** reads the percentage alone.
- Adjustable controls work again, folder colors are announced by name, and number controls say their value and range.
- Labels were added to the translation panel, profile call buttons, the star rating badge, title bar search, PhotoViewer settings, mini apps and the music player. Group creation no longer has redundant and unlabeled stops.

### Fixes

- The selection count beside Copy and Forward, the post view count announced twice, large unread counts read too low, the pinned banner after jumping to the latest message, and Forward without quote disappearing in silence are all fixed, along with other reported bugs.

The current release is on the [download page](/download/). Ghost mode and the ad switches are in the [General settings guide](/docs/general/), the player options in the [Media settings guide](/docs/media/), and the beta that led here is covered in the post on [blindGram 14.3 Beta 2](/blog/2026-08-01/blindgram-14-3-beta-2-search-media-navigation/).

### APK attachment

https://t.me/blindGram/392