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New Unified Messaging App Promises to Bring iMessage to Android

Jan 25, 2021, 12:58 PM by Rich Brome

Beeper is a new $10/month app and service that unifies over a dozen different messaging services into one unified, searchable chat interface. It supports iMessage, Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Android Messages (SMS), Telegram, Twitter, Slack, Instagram, Skype, Discord, Signal, and more. It's available for iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows, and Linux. The service supports iMessage via one of two "bridge" methods: 1. the Beeper app running on a Mac that is always connected to the internet, or 2. "we send each user a Jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app installed which bridges to iMessage". Beeper offers an open API called Matrix that enables bots, extensions, plugins, and integrations. The various "bridges" that power Beeper are open-source, enabling security audits as well as free self-hosting.

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Jaden10

Jan 26, 2021, 1:22 AM

Won't last long

Anyone want to bet Apple is going to swoop in with a army of lawyer and claim theft of IP or copywriter infringement?

JoelMikel

Admittedly my circle of influence is small but is there really a need for this type of app?

Is this different from blackberry hub capabilities? Fully understanding that hub is not available on iOS

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