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Beeper Mini is an Android app that was recently released to the public. Through this app, Android users get iMessage functionality with unique security features. But shortly after the app launched, it suddenly stopped working on several devices. As PhoneArena points out, this affected the app’s seamless integration with Apple devices.
Users on Reddit and other social media platforms confirmed that they are unable to send or receive messages on Beeper Mini. There are also some who revealed their Apple ID sign-in stopped working when the app was reinstalled or activated on a new device. And when you try to send a message, the app would result to an error prompt that reads “failed to lookup on server; lookup request timed out.”
As of this writing, the reason behind the outage has not been stated. But Beeper CEO, Eric Migicovsky, spoke to TechCrunch and confirmed Apple may have cut off the app’s integrations.
“If it’s Apple, then I think the biggest question is — if Apple truly cares about the privacy and security of their own iPhone users, why would they try to kill a service that enables iPhones to send encrypted chats to Android users? With their announcement of RCS support, it’s clear that Apple knows they have a gaping hole here. Beeper Mini is here today and works great. Why force iPhone users back to sending unencrypted SMS when they chat with friends on Android?”
So what does this mean for Beeper Mini in the future? The CEO shared that it is currently evaluating their options. They will likely make a more detailed decision once everything has been sorted out.
Source: PhoneArena
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