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BBM to come preinstalled on some Android smartphones

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06 June, 2013

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Earlier last month BlackBerry announced it will be bringing its highly popular BlackBerry Messenger (a.k.a. BBM) to Android and iOS, but it turns out the Canadians are aiming higher – they want BBM to be available out of box.

"There is interest from other handset makers" says BlackBerry COO Kristian Tear, but he didn’t say which ones. Apple is certainly not one of them (it has a competing service, iMessage), Android manufacturers will be easier to convince (except maybe Samsung, which has ChatOn).

While BBM has been falling out of popularity recently, it's still used by 51 million users for an average of 90 minutes a day. The monthly user count is only a little higher – 60 million – which means that most people who have BBM use it heavily.

Android and iOS users won't get the full BlackBerry Messenger experience, not at first anyway. There will be chats (including multi-user chats), Groups and voice notes. Voice and video calls, channels plus screen sharing are expected to be added later on.

By the way, the Android and iOS apps should land in their respective app stores on June 27.

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  • tU1
  • 20 Sep 2013

BBM for android Will be available on 21st sept starting 7.00am

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  • nuel
  • 98c
  • 15 Jul 2013

please when exactly is bbm coming to android? it's a welcome idea and i'm anticipating it.

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  • AnonD-155580
  • Pwf
  • 15 Jul 2013

Well in my opinion the app that is rising as a rocket but as silent as an ant is line its like whatsap but better, and have those huge emoticons and free video calling, things that rim hasn't even minded, even nimbuzz gets better than bbm so I keep l...

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