We have far too many instant messaging applications on your phones, taking up our time and mental space. There is, in most cases, the inevitable overload of notifications on the phone lock screen. WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Apple iMessage, Slack, Skype and even direct messages on Twitter and Instagram. Add to that, there will often be overly enthusiastic contacts who believe in over-communication. The end result is that you will feel like pulling your hair out sometimes. Certainly most of the time. People are screaming for an app that can put all of these apps together in one window so you don’t jump, jump, and jump between them and end up exhausting yourself and your thumbs. Simplify things, if you can. Our prayers may have been answered. The application is called Beeper and may be the super application you have been waiting for. I’m one step closer to instant messaging nirvana, or at least what I hope it is and it will cost me $ 10 a month for convenience.
When Beeper was announced earlier this year, needless to say, it was something I immediately put on the waiting list. The promise at the time was that Beeper would return with the chance to reserve a username at some point. This week, I finally received that long-awaited email with a custom link to reserve my username. And here came the attention to detail – you pay $ 10 a month for services. Share your credit card details now, but you’ll be charged after a few weeks when you’re invited to start using Beeper with the username you’ve reserved for you. It’s the same price, whether you’re signing up for Android or iPhone. There’s also the option to pay a year in advance, which is $ 120 immediately, which the good people at Beeper say will get you on the waiting list. I paid the $ 10 fee to get on the waiting list, because paying for the whole year was not very good with my appetite.
So, what do I get for $ 10 a month with Beeper and why would I even recommend you try this? The notification clutter shown above is a major reason to get an app that brings all your messaging apps together in one place. Beeper is not a messaging app by itself – it does, it brings all existing accounts under one roof, as an app that you open to read and reply to all chats in all connected apps. At this time, you can bring WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Apple iMessage, Slack, Skype, Twitter, Instagram, Android Messages, IRC, Matrix, Discord and Beeper network in one application. This means that most popular instant messaging applications have been checked, although it is interesting to note that WeChat and Line owned in China are not yet part of the supported applications.
Beeper says that once the username has been reserved, the wait begins. Each week, they will invite more and more people to start using the service. When it’s my turn, I’ll be given 30 days to set up my account and start using Beeper, otherwise my username will be released again. The application is cross-platform and is available for Apple iPhone, iPad, Android phones, Apple macOS devices, Microsoft Windows and Linux computing devices. That being said, for iMessage to work on Android phones it needs some smart solutions. There will be filters for the Beeper inbox, the ability to search all chat networks, as well as postponing or archiving messages. Beeper developers say there is no free subscription level at this time, although there are plans to introduce a trial option later this year. Beeper also gets a dark mode with the next update of the app, which means that Beeper users have something interesting to look forward to.