Beeper Mini Now Requires s to Access a Mac to Send Blue Bubble iMessage Texts From Android 2k4769 Technology News

In a reddit post Tuesday, the Beeper team provided a status update for an iMessages fix on Android devices. n4k3g

Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 20 December 2023 15:12 IST

Beeper Mini Now Requires s to Access a Mac to Send Blue Bubble iMessage Texts From Android

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Beeper lets Android s send blue bubble iMessage texts

Highlights

The Beeper Mini app was launched on December 5
Apple initially blocked Beeper Mini citing security concerns
Beeper Mini now requires an Apple ID for iMessages to work on Android

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Android phone s to have access to a Mac for the service to work reliably.

In a reddit post Tuesday, the Beeper team provided a Mac computer for iMessages to work with blue text bubbles on an Android phone.

“When you connect iMessage on Beeper, we need to send identification information called ‘registration data' from a real Mac,” the Beeper team explained in the post. “We have, up until now, we been using our own fleet of Mac servers to provide this. Unfortunately, this has proven to be an easy target for Apple because thousands of Beeper s were using the same registration data.”

Beeper Mini Resumes iMessage Service on Android Phones

Beeper Mini announced that it will publish an update for Beeper Cloud (Mac version) on Wednesday that would generate unique registration data for each . “This 1:1 mapping of registration data to individual —in our testing—makes the connection very reliable,” the post said. It's also worth noting that the Mac registration isn't a one-time thing; Beeper s would need to have continued access to a Mac for iMessage to work. Beeper Mini needs to regenerate Mac registration data once every week or every month even after initial connection, in which case a Mac computer must be switched on regularly.

The company also mentioned that s without a Mac could ask a friend on Beeper with a Mac for their registration data. According to Beeper, their testing showed that up to 20 iMessage s could safely use the same registration data.

While Beeper's latest update enables stable iMessages with Apple ID for Android s, it certainly presents hurdles by requiring continued access to a Mac computer.

Apple Blocks Beeper Mini's iMessage Service Citing Security Concerns

Released December 5, Beeper Mini iPhone. The messaging app also s features like read receipts, typing indicators, high quality media sharing, stickers, reactions, voice notes, and GIFs.

Apple, however, quickly blocked the app soon after its launch citing privacy and security concerns. The iPhone maker said in a statement that it acted against Beeper Mini's iMessage service as it exploited "fake credentials." Apple said that the techniques used by Beeper "posed significant risks to security and privacy."

Beeper Mini restored its iMessage service on December 11, but required s to s to using an Apple ID since phone number registration was unavailable. The company said that it had deed all phone numbers from the platform and all messages would be sent and received via the email address used in the 's Apple ID.

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