Beeper is back baby!
Well… sort of. Beeper is back in open beta with a brand new app, but the blue bubbles won’t be noticeable.
Most people probably recognize the name Beeper from the Beeper Mini days, when the app launched in late 2023 and allowed Android users to easily chat with iPhone users via Apple’s iMessage with just their phone number. Apple, of course, couldn’t let it stand and quickly switched to the kneecap Beeper and continued to struggle with all efforts to bring the blue bubbles back online. The saga culminated when Beeper dropped iMessage for Android, although the saga briefly prompted calls for an investigation into Apple in the US
This new Beeper app is not Beeper Mini or Beeper Cloud or anything like that. It’s just Beeper, rebuilt from the ground up to offer fast and fluid messaging on Android. Beeper’s main goal is to offer unified messaging across multiple platforms, including RCS, Telegram, Signal and others. All your messages in one place — sounds pretty handy.
In a blog post about the new app, Beeper noted that it’s super fast, offers local message caching on the device, full message search, and a beautiful new design. Of course, it’s also a beta release, so there are plenty of issues and plans for new features and improvements. Beeper has a full list of known issues and upcoming features listed in a blog post if you’re curious.
Although not mentioned in the blog post, Android police says the new Beeper app will eventually get the iMessage bridge that’s currently in the Beeper Mini. However, that bridge is a ghost of what it once was, and its continued operation largely depends on whether Apple finds a way to kill it or not. If that happens, Beeper said he doesn’t plan to follow up with Apple about it.
Finally, if you want to try out the new Beeper app, you’ll need a Beeper account. But to get an account, you’ll need an invite or be on the Beeper waiting list. However, once you’re in, you can start enjoying Beeper’s unified messaging inbox on your smartphone.
You can find Beeper in the Play Store here.
Header image credit: Beeper
Source: Beeper Via: Android Police