BBM Coming Soon With New Features

The once dominant BBM is coming to Android and to iOS and we told you about this a couple months ago. A new development however is that Blackberry is now bringing a whole bunch of new features to the messaging platform, in a bid to try win back people from WhatsApp which has really become a heavyweight in the free messaging service realm.

BBM Video With Screen Share

People using BBM will now be able to switch from chat to video with the new features that are coming up. There is also more such as the ability to share the view from you camera with the user that you are currently speaking with and also the ability to show photos, your browser, or a business document. This is a pretty neat feature with is currently not available with rival messaging platforms.

BBM Voice

In addition to having the ability to actually switch from chat to video call, you can also switch from chat to voice calling also.You can speak to your BBM contacts for free, all over the world using your wi-fi connection. You will know instantly once your friends are available for calling because you will be notified much like Skype.

BBM Connected Apps

You will also be able to chat with your BBM friends within your apps and select your BBM contacts to invite them to join in on whatever you are doing. Facebook, Twitter, Blackberry Travel and Blackberry world are all BBM connected apps which means you can share your travel itinerary without leaving BBM

What do you think of the new features that are coming with BBM to Android and iOS? Is this enough to convince you to switch from WhatsApp or any other service you are using right now? Please leave us a coment below.

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Samsung is promoting BlackBerry Messenger in Africa, “coming soon to Galaxy smartphones”

BlackBerry Messenger was supposed to hit the Android and iOS app stores today, but there’s nothing just yet (but you can try the beta). More interesting is that Samsung has now kicked-off its promotion of BBM – earlier this month the two companies struck a deal to promote the messenger in Africa.

CrackBerry forum member PauloPlmenta spotted an ad of the Galaxy S4 running BlackBerry Messenger during a football game (Manchester United vs. Chelsea) broadcast in Mozambique.

Samsung Mobile Ghana is also taking part of the campaign by posting teasers on Facebook.

There was even a video ad that prematurely made its way to YouTube, but has since been pulled down. I’m not sure if this is the same video, but it shows the Galaxy S4 next to what appears to be the Galaxy Star and the Galaxy Note 10.1. It’s not clear how long this video will stay up.

Anyway, the BlackBerry Messenger will be available through Samsung’s own app store (but in the Play Store too). Samsung, of course, has its own messenger, ChatON, but that one is yet to gain any sort of traction.

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BlackBerry Messenger beta for Android and iOS now available

The hotly anticipated BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS that was officially announced by BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, back at the company’s annual Live 2013 conference is a step closer to its official release as the app is now in its beta testing stages.

The cross-platform version of the upcoming instant messenger is available to a number of developers and beta users to test the app on their Android and iOS devices.

The BBM beta is available only with an invitation from the BlackBerry team. The beta version of the app currently requires Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and above operating system, while the iOS version runs on iOS 6 and higher.

Now, that the application is in its beta phase, it seems likely that BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS will meet its “this summer” release goal as set earlier.

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BlackBerry Messenger coming to Android and iOS in September

BlackBerry’s CEO Thorsten Heins announced that the popular BlackBerry Messenger will be available on Android and iOS back at the BlackBerry live 2013 conference. We then had a tweet from the BlackBerry Worldwide tweeter account stating that the app will be available on June 27.

Unfortunately, the account didn’t turn out to be an official BlackkBerry affair and the BlackBerry Messenger for the Android and iOS did not make its appearance on the suggested date. However, the much-awaited BBM for the two of the most popular smartphone platforms will be available “this summer”, according to the BlackBerry India managing director.

The BlackBerry executive clarified that what he meant is North American summer, which lasts until September. This basically means we are two months away from getting the trademark messanger service on non-BlackBerry smartphones now.

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