There’s a new app on the block, one that has everyone talking. It’s called Beeper and to explain what it is, the app takes 15 of the most popular messaging platforms and crams them into a single interface, making your life much easier. And yes, iMessage is supported using some “trickery,” which for Android folk, sounds pretty sweet.
The people behind the app (previously known as Nova Chat) are well known in the tech space, and chances are, you know the past work of their head honcho Eric Migicovsky. He only created Pebble, the smartwatch that kickstarted an entire segment in the industry. So now you know there’s some good money and brains behind the project. Let’s go over how it works.
To put it real simply, for $10 a month, Beeper combines the inboxes from services like Twitter, Instagram, Hangouts, iMessage, and WhatsApp. Once services are logged into, users can search through all of those services via Beeper, experience a single interface for all of them (which does look rather good), and access other features that come standard with Beeper.
As you may already know, people have been trying to make iMessage work on Android phones via separate services for some time, and while Beeper says their implementation works, we do have to say it’s one of the jankiest set-ups we’ve ever read. I’ll allow them to explain it.
Beeper has two ways of enabling Android, Windows and Linux users to use iMessage: we send each user a Jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app installed which bridges to iMessage, or if they have a Mac that is always connected to the internet, they can install the Beeper Mac app which acts as a bridge. This is not a joke, it really works!
Okaaaaaay, so we get a free iPhone with Beeper? Yes, you do. Beeper is up-cycling old jailbroken iPhones — iPhone 4s to be exact. Honestly, it’s so crazy and insane that it might just work.
Services Supported
- Facebook Messenger
- iMessage
- Android Messages (SMS)
- Telegram
- Slack
- Hangouts
- Skype
- IRC
- Matrix
- Discord
- Signal
- Beeper network
Right now, Beeper isn’t an app you can freely download and start using. The developers are onboarding one person at a time, so who knowns how long it’ll take to gain access and test it out. To get registered, follow the link below, tell them which services you use on a daily basis, and then prepare to wait.
For those interested, you can view the company’s privacy policy here.
This could be a really sweet app if it works the way it’s described, but the real question for me is, will I still show up as a green bubble on my friend’s iPhone?
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// @ericmigi
My texts get across to my family members, pictures ehhh, but as long as I have that, I’m good.
Sounds like WUPHF
Sounds like he should have stayed with making smartwatches…. this is a joke when compared to the Pebble.
Lost me at $10/month.
WUPHF!
Sending people old jailbroken iPhones?
“They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
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No because screw apple and their imessage if someone is being a jerk you don’t ask them to play ball you lock them out. Until they can play nice. So stop buying iPhones and stop texting apple users make them download a chat app.
Stopped reading once I got to $10/mo.
I feel like most Android user already came in conclusion that having an iMessage is not a big deal ( i’m in that category). And if it’s a big deal enough, then they can just switch to iOS.
I’d rather just carry two phones.
How in the world did you get iMessage to work on Android and Windows?
This was a tough one to figure out! Beeper has two ways of enabling Android, Windows and Linux users to use iMessage: we send each user a Jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app installed which bridges to iMessage, or if they have a Mac that is always connected to the internet, they can install the Beeper Mac app which acts as a bridge. This is not a joke, it really works!
why would anyone PAY a Subscription of all things…for this?
My guess is that people in the past have stated a willingness to do so and now this service is putting that willingness to the test.
Interest…..$10/month…..not interested.
That and having to carry a beat up iPhone 4s with me at all times. What?
I don’t think you have to carry it, it just has to be on and have a network connection.
No doubt they’re using the same workaround that has been available for some time, and for free if you own a MacBook.
If you want “blue” messages so badly that you’d pay $10/month for it, then maybe you should just get an iPhone ????
Sounds like it’s $10/mo for the service even if you don’t use iMessage.
$10/month subscription to chat with people? Are we Americans really that lazy that we just can’t tweak our individual notifications or scroll through the app drawer to find a specific chat service to use? And people complain about their phone bills already #firstworldproblems
A $10/month joke.