diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/rosetta/messenger/ui/components/metaball/ProfileMetaballOverlay.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/rosetta/messenger/ui/components/metaball/ProfileMetaballOverlay.kt
index 301ee3e..54fffb0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/rosetta/messenger/ui/components/metaball/ProfileMetaballOverlay.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/rosetta/messenger/ui/components/metaball/ProfileMetaballOverlay.kt
@@ -260,6 +260,16 @@ fun ProfileMetaballOverlay(
     // Should we draw the connector? (when avatar gets close enough)
     val showConnector = collapseProgress > 0.3f && avatarState.showBlob && distance < maxDist * 2f
     
+    // Calculate blur intensity for avatar based on distance to notch (like Telegram)
+    // When avatar is far - no blur, when close - more blur
+    val avatarBlurRadius = if (showConnector) {
+        // More blur as avatar gets closer to notch
+        val nearProgress = (1f - (distance / maxDist).coerceIn(0f, 1f))
+        (nearProgress * ProfileMetaballConstants.BLUR_RADIUS * 0.5f).coerceIn(0f, 10f)
+    } else {
+        0f
+    }
+    
     Box(modifier = modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
         // LAYER 1: Metaball shapes with blur effect (BLACK shapes only)
         Canvas(
@@ -267,18 +277,16 @@ fun ProfileMetaballOverlay(
                 .fillMaxSize()
                 .graphicsLayer {
                     metaShader.setFloatUniform("cutoff", ProfileMetaballConstants.CUTOFF)
-                    renderEffect = RenderEffect
-                        .createBlurEffect(
-                            ProfileMetaballConstants.BLUR_RADIUS,
-                            ProfileMetaballConstants.BLUR_RADIUS,
-                            Shader.TileMode.DECAL
-                        )
-                        .let { blurEffect ->
-                            RenderEffect.createChainEffect(
-                                RenderEffect.createRuntimeShaderEffect(metaShader, "composable"),
-                                blurEffect
-                            )
-                        }
+                    // IMPORTANT: First blur, THEN threshold shader
+                    // createChainEffect(outer, inner) - inner is applied first
+                    val blurEffect = RenderEffect.createBlurEffect(
+                        ProfileMetaballConstants.BLUR_RADIUS,
+                        ProfileMetaballConstants.BLUR_RADIUS,
+                        Shader.TileMode.DECAL
+                    )
+                    val thresholdEffect = RenderEffect.createRuntimeShaderEffect(metaShader, "composable")
+                    // Chain: blur first (inner), then threshold (outer)
+                    renderEffect = RenderEffect.createChainEffect(thresholdEffect, blurEffect)
                         .asComposeRenderEffect()
                 }
         ) {
@@ -343,7 +351,7 @@ fun ProfileMetaballOverlay(
             }
         }
         
-        // LAYER 2: Actual avatar content (NO BLUR!) - rendered on top
+        // LAYER 2: Actual avatar content - with blur when close to notch
         if (avatarState.showBlob) {
             val avatarSizeDp = with(density) { (avatarState.radius * 2f).toDp() }
             val avatarOffsetX = with(density) { (avatarState.centerX - avatarState.radius).toDp() }
@@ -357,6 +365,14 @@ fun ProfileMetaballOverlay(
                     .clip(RoundedCornerShape(avatarSizeDp / 2))
                     .graphicsLayer {
                         alpha = avatarState.opacity
+                        // Apply blur to avatar when close to notch (like Telegram)
+                        if (avatarBlurRadius > 0.5f) {
+                            renderEffect = RenderEffect.createBlurEffect(
+                                avatarBlurRadius,
+                                avatarBlurRadius,
+                                Shader.TileMode.DECAL
+                            ).asComposeRenderEffect()
+                        }
                     },
                 contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
                 content = avatarContent