To simplify the social-messaging expertise of customers, the previous CEO of smartwatch brand Pebble has created an all-in-one platform for 15 of the favored chat apps on the earth. Dubbed as “Beeper”, this new platform is created by a group that features the co-founder of Pebble, Eric Migicovski, who claims that the service will enable customers to make use of Apple’s very personal iMessage on Android, Home windows, and even Linux.
Now, in case you are unaware, iMessage is an Apple-only service because it solely works on the corporate’s personal units akin to iPhones, iPads, and Macs. It’s the a part of the closed ecosystem which Apple is thought for and in consequence, the app has by no means been accessible for Android or Home windows customers since its launch.
Nonetheless, with Beeper, Migicovski states that it is possible for you to to entry iMessage in your Android, Home windows, or Linux units “utilizing some trickery”.
And sure, iMessage works even on Android, Home windows and Linux utilizing some trickery 🙂
— Eric Migicovsky (@ericmigi) January 20, 2021
How Does It Work?
Going into the FAQ part of the platform, the group states that it “was a tricky one [issue] to determine” however they found that if a consumer installs the Beeper Mac app on a Mac machine that’s at all times linked to the web, the Mac “acts as a bridge” for Beeper to run iMessage on actually any platform.
Now, in case you would not have a Mac that may be linked to a community always, then the corporate will ship you a jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app put in. So, it is possible for you to to make use of the jailbroken machine because the bridge. And in case you suppose that the corporate is joking about sending you an iPhone, Migicovski later confirmed in a remark that this initiative is definitely actual. This implies you’ll not solely get iMessage assist on extra platforms however an older-gen iPhone as properly.
— Eric Migicovsky (@ericmigi) January 20, 2021
Other than supporting iMessage, Beeper helps a number of different messaging providers together with nearly all the favored ones akin to Fb Messenger, Instagram, Twitter, Sign, WhatsApp, and even the work-focused Slack.
You will discover your complete listing of supported messaging providers proper under:
- Fb Messenger
- iMessage
- Android Messages (SMS)
- Telegram
- Slack
- Hangouts
- Skype
- IRC
- Matrix
- Discord
- Sign
- Beeper community
Now, do remember that Beeper is a subscription-based platform with a month-to-month subscription price of $10 (~Rs. 730). We can’t affirm if this value consists of the jailbroken iPhone or not, but it surely almost certainly ought to. You may try Beeper on its official website and join the service from this link.
