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The push to bring iMessage to Android users today adds a new contender. A startup called Beeper, which had been working on a multi-platform messaging

Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users::The push to bring iMessage to Android users today adds a new contender. A startup called Beeper, which had been working on a multi-platform messaging

  • pastabatman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    1 year ago

    It still needs Apple’s servers, which tells me they will try and find a way to shut it down. Now that Apple is going to implement RCS, I care a lot less about this.

    • poopkins@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      What exactly do you mean with it requiring Apple’s servers? All of the services Beeper integrates with require it to communicate with the servers those services belong to.

    • Unreliable@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think it does anymore. Article states:

      So Beeper Mini doesn’t use a Mac server as a relay like all the other apps

      • pastabatman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I don’t, I want modern messaging features like typing indicators, read receipts, and videos that have more than 10 pixels total