{"id":4056,"date":"2024-04-10T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2024\/04\/09\/beeper-app-automattic-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T05:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T05:00:14","slug":"beeper-app-that-created-workaround-for-imessage-on-android-acquired-by-wordpress-owner-automattic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.amobil.online\/beeper-app-that-created-workaround-for-imessage-on-android-acquired-by-wordpress-owner-automattic\/","title":{"rendered":"Beeper App That Created Workaround for iMessage on Android Acquired by WordPress Owner Automattic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Automattic, the company behind popular web management system WordPress, has purchased Beeper<\/a> and will absorb Beeper’s 27 employees. Beeper made headlines back in December for Beeper Mini, an app that brought iMessage to Android devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n Apple was not happy with Beeper Mini using its iMessage servers, and it blocked the Beeper Mini app<\/a>. Beeper tried workarounds<\/a>, but after suggesting Android users acquire a jailbroken \u200ciPhone\u200c to get the service to work, the company gave up on the idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n After Apple blocked Beeper Mini from working, both the FTC and the U.S. Department of Justice met with Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky<\/a>. Beeper Mini was ultimately mentioned in the DoJ’s antitrust filing against Apple<\/a>, with the DoJ suggesting it was a “fix” for the broken Android to \u200ciPhone\u200c cross-platform messaging issue.<\/p>\n Automattic does not plan to revive Beeper Mini, but is instead taking on Beeper, a universal chat app available for Android, iOS, and desktop devices. Beeper is able to integrate with multiple chat networks with a universal inbox, though it does not currently work with iMessage.<\/p>\n
Beeper Mini used reverse engineered iMessage protocols and encryption, taking advantage of Apple’s own iMessage servers to let Android users send “blue bubble” texts to iPhone<\/a> users without an Apple ID<\/a>. The app supported all iMessage functionality, including read receipts, typing indictors, reactions, and end-to-end encryption.<\/p>\n