The universal chat app Beeper just got a lot more, well, universal. The company just unveiled the Beeper Mini app, which makes the bold claim to bring true iMessage support to Android devices. Even ...

In the past week, I have sent an iMessage to one friend from a command-line Python app and to another from a Pixel 3 Android phone. Sending an iMessage without an Apple device isn't entirely new, but ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

A clever new app that briefly connected Apple’s secure iMessage texting system and Google’s Android message service was effectively blocked by Apple just days after launching. The $2-a month Android ...

Was it too good to be true? Beeper, the startup that reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users, is experiencing an outage, the company reported via a post on X on Friday.

When I went to middle school there were classic in and out group dynamics between the kids with generic MP3 players and those whose parents had money for an iPod. Then we went to high school and the ...

For more than a decade, iPhone users have enjoyed the exclusivity of blue iMessage bubbles in their chats. That changed in 2023 when the Android riffraff arrived courtesy of apps like Beeper that ...

The Beeper Mini saga resulted in the company’s promise of iMessage for Android ultimately being blocked by Apple, and now the app isn’t available through the Play Store any longer. However, Beeper isn ...

Automattic, the company behind popular web management system WordPress, has purchased Beeper and will absorb Beeper's 27 employees. Beeper made headlines back in December for Beeper Mini, an app that ...