All-in-one chat app ‘Beeper’ brings iMessage to Android and Windows using solution

The new universal chat program “Beeper” combines 15 different chat platforms in one inbox and offers iMessage on Android and Windows (via The edge).

The app comes from a team, including former Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky, and allows users to access a range of messaging services, including WhatsApp, SMS, Signal, Telegram, Slack, Twitter, Skype, Hangouts, Discord, Integrate Instagram and Facebook Messenger into a single, searchable mailbox. Most notable is the support for Apple’s iMessage, as it’s only officially available on Apple devices.

The program is’using a little trickery“To achieve this, with the site’s frequently asked questions, which reveal that an always-online Mac with the Beeper app is needed to use as a bridge. Alternatively, Beeper sends a” Jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app ” installed that bridges to iMessage “to users who are unable to use a Mac.

The app is built on the open source Matrix messaging protocol. Although the clear short-term goal is to make it easier to chat between different services, Migicovsky discussed the prospect that all users will gradually switch to the open source Matrix itself to chat, rather than simply as a bridge between services.

Beeper costs $ 10 a month for its hosting option and is available on MacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. Prospective users can request an early invitation to join the app on the Beeper website.