Beeper, the iMessage app for Android, finally gave up on the ‘blue speech bubble’
Article entered 2023-12-22 15:04:21
Article modified 2023-12-22 15:04:20
‘Beeper Mini’, an app that allows you to send iPhone-only iMessages from your Android smartphone, has finally raised the flag with Apple. Apple announced that it will no longer seek a solution if it continues to try to block Beeper’s iMessage function.
According to Verge, a technology media outlet, on the 22nd (local time), Beeper has recently corrected an error that appeared in a function that allows Android users to send iMessages, and will stop resolving the issue if Apple blocks Beeper’s service again in the future. announced that it would focus on its long-term goals.
According to foreign media, Apple urgently blocked the Beeper Mini on the 12th, six days after its release, for security reasons.
The colors of a regular text message (left) and an iMessage (right) seen on an iPhone are different. Beeper Mini Homepage
Apple only allows sending iMessages on its own devices, such as iPhone and iPad. Therefore, when an iPhone user exchanges a text message with another Apple device user, a blue speech bubble appears, and when a conversation occurs with an Android user, a green speech bubble appears.
Beeper Mini allows Android users to send these blue speech bubbles, and is known to improve problems such as poor photo quality and transmission errors that occurred when sending messages between iPhones and Android smartphones. You can also use all other features of iMessage, such as emoticons and typing effects.
Beeper said, “Every time Beeper Mini goes ‘down’ due to Apple’s interference, Beeper’s credibility suffers,” and that operating in a way that continues to circumvent Apple’s sanctions is “unsustainable.”
“We believe (Beeper) is a fantastic product that deserves to exist and we want to fight for it, but the reality is that we can’t win a game of cat and mouse with the biggest company on the planet,” he said. “The best chat on the planet.” He announced that he would focus on the “long-term goal of creating an app.”
