diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/core/notifications/NotificationDispatcher.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/core/notifications/NotificationDispatcher.kt
index b7eb873..d480573 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/core/notifications/NotificationDispatcher.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/core/notifications/NotificationDispatcher.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ package ru.daemonlord.messenger.core.notifications
 
 import android.Manifest
 import android.app.PendingIntent
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ import ru.daemonlord.messenger.MainActivity
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import javax.inject.Singleton
 import kotlin.math.abs
+import java.net.URL
 
 @Singleton
 class NotificationDispatcher @Inject constructor(
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ class NotificationDispatcher @Inject constructor(
         } else {
             NotificationChannels.CHANNEL_MESSAGES
         }
+        val displayBody = payload.toDisplayBody(context)
 
         val state = synchronized(chatStates) {
             val existing = chatStates[payload.chatId]
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ class NotificationDispatcher @Inject constructor(
             }
             val updated = (existing ?: ChatNotificationState(title = payload.title))
                 .copy(title = payload.title)
-                .appendMessage(payload.body, payload.messageId)
+                .appendMessage(displayBody, payload.messageId)
             chatStates[payload.chatId] = updated
             updated
         }
@@ -82,19 +86,21 @@ class NotificationDispatcher @Inject constructor(
         )
 
         val contentText = when {
-            state.unreadCount <= 1 -> state.lines.firstOrNull() ?: payload.body
-            else -> "${state.unreadCount} new messages"
+            state.unreadCount <= 1 -> state.lines.firstOrNull() ?: displayBody
+            else -> context.getString(R.string.notification_messages_count, state.unreadCount)
         }
         val inboxStyle = NotificationCompat.InboxStyle()
             .setBigContentTitle(state.title)
-            .setSummaryText("${state.unreadCount} messages")
+            .setSummaryText(context.getString(R.string.notification_messages_count, state.unreadCount))
         state.lines.reversed().forEach { inboxStyle.addLine(it) }
+        val bigPicture = payload.previewImageUrl
+            ?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() && state.unreadCount <= 1 && payload.messageType.equals("image", ignoreCase = true) }
+            ?.let { loadNotificationBitmap(it) }
 
-        val notification = NotificationCompat.Builder(context, channelId)
+        val builder = NotificationCompat.Builder(context, channelId)
             .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notification_small)
-            .setContentTitle(state.title)
+            .setContentTitle(payload.senderName?.ifBlank { null } ?: state.title)
             .setContentText(contentText)
-            .setStyle(inboxStyle)
             .setAutoCancel(true)
             .setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
             .setGroup(GROUP_KEY_CHATS)
@@ -120,7 +126,19 @@ class NotificationDispatcher @Inject constructor(
                     .setAllowGeneratedReplies(true)
                     .build(),
             )
-            .build()
+        if (bigPicture != null) {
+            builder.setLargeIcon(bigPicture)
+                .setStyle(
+                    NotificationCompat.BigPictureStyle()
+                        .bigPicture(bigPicture)
+                        .bigLargeIcon(null as Bitmap?)
+                        .setBigContentTitle(payload.senderName?.ifBlank { null } ?: state.title)
+                        .setSummaryText(contentText)
+                )
+        } else {
+            builder.setStyle(inboxStyle)
+        }
+        val notification = builder.build()
 
         val manager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(context)
         manager.notifySafely(chatNotificationId(payload.chatId), notification)
@@ -145,7 +163,7 @@ class NotificationDispatcher @Inject constructor(
         val totalUnread = snapshot.sumOf { it.unreadCount }
         val inboxStyle = NotificationCompat.InboxStyle()
             .setBigContentTitle("Benya Messenger")
-            .setSummaryText("$totalUnread messages")
+            .setSummaryText(context.getString(R.string.notification_messages_count, totalUnread))
         snapshot.take(6).forEach { state ->
             val preview = state.lines.firstOrNull().orEmpty()
             val line = if (preview.isBlank()) {
@@ -158,7 +176,7 @@ class NotificationDispatcher @Inject constructor(
         val summary = NotificationCompat.Builder(context, NotificationChannels.CHANNEL_MESSAGES)
             .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notification_small)
             .setContentTitle("Benya Messenger")
-            .setContentText("$totalUnread new messages in ${snapshot.size} chats")
+            .setContentText(context.getString(R.string.notification_summary_count, totalUnread, snapshot.size))
             .setStyle(inboxStyle)
             .setGroup(GROUP_KEY_CHATS)
             .setGroupSummary(true)
@@ -188,6 +206,35 @@ class NotificationDispatcher @Inject constructor(
         return abs((chatId * 1_000_003L).toInt())
     }
 
+    private fun loadNotificationBitmap(url: String): Bitmap? {
+        return runCatching {
+            URL(url).openStream().use { input ->
+                BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input)
+            }
+        }.getOrNull()
+    }
+
+    private fun ChatNotificationPayload.toDisplayBody(context: Context): String {
+        val normalizedType = messageType?.trim()?.lowercase()
+        val raw = body.trim()
+        if (!raw.isBlank() && normalizedType == "text") {
+            return raw
+        }
+        return when (normalizedType) {
+            "image" -> {
+                if (raw.equals("photo", ignoreCase = true) || raw.equals("image", ignoreCase = true) || raw.isBlank()) {
+                    context.getString(R.string.notification_type_photo)
+                } else raw
+            }
+            "video" -> if (raw.equals("video", ignoreCase = true) || raw.isBlank()) context.getString(R.string.notification_type_video) else raw
+            "audio" -> if (raw.equals("audio", ignoreCase = true) || raw.isBlank()) context.getString(R.string.notification_type_audio) else raw
+            "voice" -> if (raw.equals("voice message", ignoreCase = true) || raw.isBlank()) context.getString(R.string.notification_type_voice) else raw
+            "circle_video" -> if (raw.equals("video note", ignoreCase = true) || raw.isBlank()) context.getString(R.string.notification_type_circle) else raw
+            "file" -> if (raw.equals("file", ignoreCase = true) || raw.isBlank()) context.getString(R.string.notification_type_file) else raw
+            else -> raw.ifBlank { context.getString(R.string.notification_type_message) }
+        }
+    }
+
     private data class ChatNotificationState(
         val title: String,
         val unreadCount: Int = 0,
@@ -195,7 +242,7 @@ class NotificationDispatcher @Inject constructor(
         val lastMessageId: Long? = null,
     ) {
         fun appendMessage(body: String, messageId: Long?): ChatNotificationState {
-            val normalized = body.trim().ifBlank { "New message" }
+            val normalized = body.trim().ifBlank { "Message" }
             val updatedLines = buildList {
                 add(normalized)
                 lines.forEach { add(it) }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/core/notifications/NotificationModels.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/core/notifications/NotificationModels.kt
index eaad261..ab47251 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/core/notifications/NotificationModels.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/core/notifications/NotificationModels.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ data class ChatNotificationPayload(
     val title: String,
     val body: String,
     val isMention: Boolean = false,
+    val messageType: String? = null,
+    val previewImageUrl: String? = null,
+    val senderName: String? = null,
 )
 
 object NotificationIntentExtras {
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/push/PushPayloadParser.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/push/PushPayloadParser.kt
index 69b7bbb..e448e28 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/push/PushPayloadParser.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/ru/daemonlord/messenger/push/PushPayloadParser.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ object PushPayloadParser {
             title = title,
             body = body,
             isMention = isMention,
+            messageType = data["message_type"] ?: data["messageType"],
+            previewImageUrl = data["preview_image_url"] ?: data["previewImageUrl"],
+            senderName = data["sender_name"] ?: data["senderName"],
         )
     }
 }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml
index f48c7a0..76c3636 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@
     <string name="notification_action_reply">Ответить</string>
     <string name="notification_action_reply_hint">Введите ответ</string>
     <string name="notification_action_mark_read">Прочитано</string>
+    <string name="notification_messages_count">%1$d сообщений</string>
+    <string name="notification_summary_count">%1$d новых сообщений в %2$d чатах</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_message">Сообщение</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_photo">Фото</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_video">Видео</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_audio">Аудио</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_voice">Голосовое</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_circle">Кружок</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_file">Файл</string>
     <string name="profile_avatar_content_description">Аватар</string>
     <string name="profile_user_fallback">Пользователь</string>
     <string name="profile_choose_photo">Выбрать фото</string>
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 9d1e2ab..33c0c7d 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@
     <string name="notification_action_reply">Reply</string>
     <string name="notification_action_reply_hint">Write a reply</string>
     <string name="notification_action_mark_read">Mark as read</string>
+    <string name="notification_messages_count">%1$d messages</string>
+    <string name="notification_summary_count">%1$d new messages in %2$d chats</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_message">Message</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_photo">Photo</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_video">Video</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_audio">Audio</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_voice">Voice message</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_circle">Video note</string>
+    <string name="notification_type_file">File</string>
     <string name="profile_avatar_content_description">Avatar</string>
     <string name="profile_user_fallback">User</string>
     <string name="profile_choose_photo">Choose photo</string>
diff --git a/app/notifications/service.py b/app/notifications/service.py
index 1ef8a91..dce6ac2 100644
--- a/app/notifications/service.py
+++ b/app/notifications/service.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import re
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from app.chats.repository import is_chat_muted_for_user, list_chat_members
+from app.media.repository import list_attachments_by_message_ids
 from app.messages.models import Message
 from app.notifications.repository import (
     create_notification_log,
@@ -29,6 +30,21 @@ def _extract_mentions(text: str | None) -> set[str]:
     return {match.group(1).lower() for match in _MENTION_RE.finditer(text)}
 
 
+def _message_preview_label(message: Message, image_preview_url: str | None) -> str:
+    text_preview = (message.text or "").strip()
+    if text_preview:
+        return text_preview[:120]
+    message_type = message.type.value if hasattr(message.type, "value") else str(message.type)
+    return {
+        "image": "Photo" if image_preview_url else "Image",
+        "video": "Video",
+        "audio": "Audio",
+        "voice": "Voice message",
+        "circle_video": "Video note",
+        "file": "File",
+    }.get(message_type, "Message")
+
+
 async def enqueue_notification(db: AsyncSession, payload: NotificationRequest) -> None:
     await create_notification_log(
         db,
@@ -51,18 +67,28 @@ async def dispatch_message_notifications(db: AsyncSession, message: Message) ->
 
     sender_users = await list_users_by_ids(db, [message.sender_id])
     sender_name = sender_users[0].username if sender_users else "Someone"
+    attachments = await list_attachments_by_message_ids(db, message_ids=[message.id])
+    first_attachment = attachments[0] if attachments else None
+    preview_image_url = None
+    if first_attachment and first_attachment.file_type.lower().startswith("image/"):
+        preview_image_url = first_attachment.file_url
+    preview_body = _message_preview_label(message, preview_image_url=preview_image_url)
+    message_type = message.type.value if hasattr(message.type, "value") else str(message.type)
 
     for recipient in users:
         base_payload = {
             "chat_id": message.chat_id,
             "message_id": message.id,
             "sender_id": message.sender_id,
+            "message_type": message_type,
+            "preview_image_url": preview_image_url or "",
+            "sender_name": sender_name,
         }
         if recipient.id in mentioned_user_ids:
             payload = {
                 **base_payload,
                 "type": "mention",
-                "text_preview": (message.text or "")[:120],
+                "text_preview": preview_body,
             }
             await create_notification_log(
                 db,
@@ -72,8 +98,8 @@ async def dispatch_message_notifications(db: AsyncSession, message: Message) ->
             )
             send_mention_notification_task.delay(
                 recipient.id,
-                f"{sender_name} mentioned you",
-                (message.text or "")[:120],
+                sender_name,
+                preview_body,
                 payload,
             )
             continue
@@ -84,7 +110,7 @@ async def dispatch_message_notifications(db: AsyncSession, message: Message) ->
         payload = {
             **base_payload,
             "type": "message",
-            "text_preview": (message.text or "")[:120],
+            "text_preview": preview_body,
         }
         await create_notification_log(
             db,
@@ -94,8 +120,8 @@ async def dispatch_message_notifications(db: AsyncSession, message: Message) ->
         )
         send_push_notification_task.delay(
             recipient.id,
-            f"New message from {sender_name}",
-            (message.text or "")[:120],
+            sender_name,
+            preview_body,
             payload,
         )