WordPress.com proprietor Automattic final 12 months acquired the multi-service messaging app Beeper for $125 million and mentioned it might merge it with Texts.com, an earlier acquisition in the identical class. Now, Beeper is releasing the primary set of redesigned apps for iOS and desktop in beta after the merger.
In a weblog publish, Beeper mentioned that it constructed the desktop app utilizing Texts.com app’s basis, and the iOS app from scratch. The corporate added that the brand new set of apps are sooner and fewer battery hungry.
On X, Texts.com founder Kishan Bagaria mentioned that whereas customers can nonetheless use the outdated app, ultimately the corporate will present a straightforward technique to migrate to the brand new set of apps.
At present, the app makes use of Beeper Cloud to retailer messages and credentials for different companies. In upcoming variations, all this information can be saved on-device. What’s extra, the brand new apps could have on-device encryption for higher privateness and safety, and assist a number of accounts related to the identical messaging service. Bagaria additionally talked about that down the road, the Mac app will enable customers to ship and obtain iMessages.
Beeper was based by Eric Migicovsky, who was the founding father of the Pebble smartwatch and a companion at Y-Combinator. After the acquisition, Migicovsky turned the outfit’s head of messaging. Nevertheless, final month Migicovsky introduced that he’s centered on constructing Pebble once more.
