Beeper’s push for iMessage on Android is actually over

In a publish on X (previously Twitter), Beeper introduced it’s eradicating the Beeper Mini app from the Google Play Retailer and shifting the iMessage bridge to the “Labs” part of its cloud model. No new customers will have the ability to use Beeper Cloud to achieve entry into Apple’s messaging service, however the chat app acknowledged that iMessage should work on Beeper Cloud for some present customers. Beeper additionally made the iMessage bridge (which it famous price $750,000 to construct) open supply.

The corporate doesn’t plan to offer assist or troubleshooting to present customers who run into issues with the iMessage repair, because it’s now absolutely targeted on “our mission past iMessage” and constructing “a common, multi-network chat app.”

After Apple blocked Beeper’s iMessage for Android app, Beeper’s subsequent answer used Macs to allow Beeper Cloud and connect with iMessage. The chat app launched one final workaround (asking its customers to purchase or hire a jailbroken iPhone) however burdened it will not reply if Apple retaliated. 

A number of Beeper prospects misplaced entry to Apple’s messaging service on their Macs, too, reported The New York Occasions on Friday. After the Occasions started its reporting, a few of these customers regained entry by way of Mac, whereas customers on Reddit famous that they may entry iMessage on their Macs once more after being blocked.