Finally, BlackBerry Messenger is coming to Android and iPhone this weekend

Finally, BlackBerry Messenger is coming 

to Android and iPhone this weekend

The BBM app will be available for devices running Android 4.0 and up, or iOS 6 and iOS 7. 

It will allow Android and iOS users to communicate with BlackBerry owners.

BlackBerry's popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) instant chat application will be available 

for Google's Android and Apple's iPhone this weekend, the company said.


Rumors about the app coming to Android and iPhone started in June. The app will be 

available for devices running Android 4.0 and up, or iOS 6 and iOS 7. It will allow Android 

and iOS users to communicate with BlackBerry owners.

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is a proprietary Internet-based instant messenger and 

videotelephony application included on BlackBerry devices that allows messaging (and 

videocalls for BlackBerry 10 smartphones) between BlackBerry users. BBM currently has 

more than 60 million monthly active customers on BlackBerry alone, and the overwhelming 

majority use BBM an average of 90 minutes per day.

The news comes in the wake of other rumors that Blackberry could fire 40% of its staff. 

This comes at a time that the company is suffering heavy losses from its failed PlayBook 

tablet and a fading popularity in the smartphone market.

BBM for Android and iPhone features:

BBM Chat – Enjoy real, immediate conversations with friends on Android, iPhone and 

BlackBerry smartphones. Not only does BBM let you know that your message has been 

delivered and read, it also shows you that your friend is responding to the message.

More than chat – With BBM you can share files on your phone such as photos and voice 

notes, all in an instant.

Keep your group in the loop – Multi-person chats are a great way to invite contacts to chat 

together. BBM Groups lets you invite up to 30 friends to chat together, and go a step 

further 

than multi-chat by sharing photos and schedules. And, with Broadcast Message, you can 

send a message out to all your BBM contacts at once.

Post Updates and stay in the know – BBM lets you post a personal message, profile picture 

and your current status, and lets your contacts know instantly in Updates.

Your unique PIN – Every BBM user has a unique PIN that maintains your privacy, so you 

don’t have to give out your phone number or email address to a new or casual contact.

Availability: BBM will be available as a free download for Android smartphones running Ice 

Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean (Android 4.x) beginning at 7AM EDT on September 21. 

BBM for iPhones running iOS 6 and iOS 7 will become available for each market on the App 

Store schedule of 12:01 AM local time on September 22.

You can download the app from the BBM website: www.bbm.com