If you’re already a fan of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), we’ve got some
exciting news designed to make it easier for you to connect with your
entire mobile social network. BlackBerry plans to make BBM, our wildly
popular mobile messaging service, available for the first time to iOS®
and Android™ users this summer, (subject to approval by Google Play and
the Apple App Store, as applicable). This means that, once available,
you can welcome your friends and family using these other mobile
platforms to connect over BBM and share in the Team BlackBerry love.
As we’ve chronicled on our Inside BlackBerry blog for some time now, BBM
set the standard for mobile instant messaging with fast and reliable
service and an added layer of engagement with delivered and read
statuses. You’ve shared with us your stories about how BBM has kept you
connected when it mattered most to you. Upon release of the
multi-platform BBM service, you can broaden that real-time connection to
friends and colleagues on other supported mobile platforms.
In the first version of multi-platform BBM, iOS and Android users
are expected to be able to experience the following BBM features:
The immediacy of BBM chats
Multi-person chats
Voice note sharing
BlackBerry Groups, where BBM users are able to set up groups of up to 30 people and share calendar, photos, files and more
The team here at BlackBerry has definitely been working hard to
bring the much-adored BBM experience to a wider group of mobile users.
In a recent press release at BlackBerry Live 2013, Andrew Bocking,
Executive Vice President, Software Product Management and Ecosystem, at
BlackBerry had this to say:
“For BlackBerry, messaging and collaboration are inseparable from
the mobile experience, and the time is definitely right for BBM to
become a multi-platform mobile service. BBM has always been one of the
most engaging services for BlackBerry customers, enabling them to easily
connect while maintaining a valued level of personal privacy. We’re
excited to offer iOS and Android users the possibility to join the BBM
community.”
BBM Quick Facts:
* More than 60 million monthly active users
* More than 51 million daily active users who are connecting with
friends or colleagues an average of one and a half hours every day.
* BBM users send and receive more than 10 billion messages each day,
nearly twice as many messages per user per day as compared to other
mobile messaging apps
* Almost half of BBM messages are read within 20 seconds of being received; indicating how truly engaged BBM customers are
Today, BlackBerry also announced BBM Channels, a new social
engagement platform within BBM that will allow customers to connect with
the businesses, brands, celebrities and groups they are passionate
about. BlackBerry plans to add support for BBM Channels as well as voice
and video chatting for iOS and Android later this year, subject to
approval by the Apple App Store and Google Play. If approved by Apple
and Google, the BBM app will be available as a free download in the
Apple® App StoreSM and Google Play store. Additional details about
system requirements and availability will be announced closer to the
launch.
That’s some pretty big news, indeed!!!
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