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Beeper Mini has a new “fix” coming for its broken iMessage on Android integration. However, the new method requires Mac access to send (and intermittently resend) “registration data” from an Apple-made desktop or laptop, calling into question how far users will stick with the app. The company says you’ll see the new functionality in an update to the Beeper Cloud Mac app on Wednesday, December 19.Beeper’s current method requires identification info (“registration data”) sent from a physical Mac computer to authenticate…

There’s a new development in the Beeper vs. Apple drama that started unfolding a few days ago. To refresh your memory, Beeper found a workaround to make iMessage work on Android. But Apple put a stop to it, citing security and privacy concerns.Beeper was quick to offer a different workaround. It then dropped the price of Beeper Mini, making it free of charge since reliability was a concern. Beeper Mini then went down again for some users on Thursday, though Beeper said an easy fix was available. Apple had not…

Apple’s recent move to block Beeper Mini, the app that lets Android users chat with iPhone through the iMessage protocol, has caught the eye and a fair bit of ire of several U.S. congresspeople. Now lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the tech giant over “potential anticompetitive treatment” of the smaller messaging app.Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter KillerOn Sunday, Sens Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee and representatives Jerry Nadler and Ken Buck signed a letter requesting that the…

The ongoing saga between Apple and iMessage for Android app Beeper Mini has led to a bipartisan letter calling on the Assistant Attorney General to investigate “whether this potentially anticompetitive conduct by Apple violated the antitrust laws.”The letter, co-signed by Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee and Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Ken Buck, was sent Sunday to US Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter. According to their letter, Apple has previously admitted it leverages iMessages “to lock users into…

A bipartisan group of US senators and representatives have urged the Department of Justice to investigate whether violated antitrust laws by attempting to block access to . Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT), along with Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Ken Buck (R-CO), have asked an assistant attorney general to look into “potentially anticompetitive conduct” by Apple.There have been a number of efforts in recent months to provide Android users with access to iMessage . Earlier this month, Beeper…

Beeper Mini, the Android app that allows users to send iMessages, went live last week, got blocked, found a workaround, and has now seemingly been blocked again, according to Beeper. This time, only about 5% of users are suffering from the block and there’s one very simple workaround. In a post on X, Beeper said ‘Apple appears to be deliberately blocking iMessages from being delivered to ~5% of Beeper Mini users. Uninstalling and reinstalling Beeper Mini fixes the issue. We won't have a fix tonight, but we're working on…

Beeper might be developing “the best chat app on Earth,” but don’t expect iMessage support to be reliable, considering what we’ve witnessed in the past few days. Beeper Mini took advantage of a loophole to offer iMessage support to Android users without requiring the setup of a Mac computer in the cloud. Apple then closed the workaround, which it highlighted as a security issue that it had to fix.Still, iMessage worked via Beeper Cloud, and Beeper found a way to make it work on Beeper Mini while simultaneously…

Apple blocked it once, and it seems to be doing it again. Over the last weekend, Apple shut down Beeper Mini, an “iMessage for Android” app, after its developer 'reverse engineered' the iMessage feature to send messages from Android smartphones in blue bubbles. The app was back but some users are again unable to send messages.The app from the startup Beeper could have put iPhone users at risk of privacy and security woes after a flaw was exploited."Apple appears to be deliberately blocking iMessages from being delivered…

The whole saga between Beeper Mini and Apple this past week has been pretty entertaining to watch. And now we’re entering chapter 3 of this saga – the Return of Beeper Mini. On Monday afternoon, Beeper Mini announced it was working again, using another workaround to get iMessage on Android. But it is only a matter of time before Apple shuts it down once again. Really what Beeper is doing here is helping Apple make iMessage a lot more secure than it already was. With this new update for Beeper Mini, users will need to…

In another twist to the story, Beeper Mini, the end-to-end encrypted Android app that allows you to send iMessages from an Android smartphone without needing an iPhone, is back on the Google Play Store.Last Tuesday, Beeper Mini launched on Google Play with what the company is calling “the fastest growing paid Android application launch in history. In the first 48 hours, it was downloaded by more than 100,000 people.”On Friday, Apple responded by blocking the techniques used by Bleeper Mini to access iMessage in what…