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I wonder if the plan is to merge Beeper and Texts.com. They both look verify similar in their features. Maybe texts.com for the Apple Ecosystem and Beeper for

I wonder if the plan is to merge Beeper and Texts.com. They both look verify similar in their features. Maybe texts.com for the Apple Ecosystem and Beeper for the Android one ? After all, Beeper just released their new version of the app for Android.

bluish29 2y ago
Beeper is cross platform. They have an app for iOS and Mac.
- ghostly_s 2y ago
  OP didn't day Mac. They were presumably referring to Apple's main platform, iOS.
  - bluish29 2y ago
    I replied before the OP edited the comment substantially.
- batuhanicoz 2y ago
  Both of our apps are cross-platform. Both Texts and Beeper are available on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Texts for iOS is in public beta, you can join the TestFlight: https://texts.com/install/ios https://texts.com/install/ios
austinkhale 2y ago
Seems that way. From the announcement: "This is a big bet. Automattic is doubling down on chat after their acquisition last year of Texts.com, a messaging app with a similar mission. Our teams and products will merge, and I will take on the role leading the team as Head of Messaging. It will take a bit of time for us to integrate and combine forces under the Beeper brand. We’ve got big plans!"
timdorr 2y ago
The bottom line of the post says as such (sorry if it was edited in after you posted) "For Texts.com users... [...] Over time, we will work to integrate the teams and products. More news to come in the future!"
joenot443 2y ago
Does anyone know how the texts.com iMessage integration works? EDIT - It’s macOS only. Nothing new to see here, I’m afraid.
- ghostly_s 2y ago
  Came to ask the same, is that really true? They have a graphic on their homepage that certainly implies you can use it as a replacement for iMessage on iOS. I can't imagine anyone doing that if you can no longer actually reach anyone on iMessage.
  - CharlesW 2y ago
    > They have a graphic on their homepage that certainly implies you can use it as a replacement for iMessage on iOS. You can. You run a "router" on your Mac, which allows iMessage interop without the protocol hacking that doomed Beeper.
TechRemarker 2y ago
Yes, it mentioned Texts and Beeper teams will be merging under the Beeper brand. So essentially the end of Texts. Presumably will bring some parts of Texts app to Beeper that doesn't exist, but overall glad I abandoned Texts little while back, since while loved the idea, was very buggy with notifications delayed, or sometimes unable to send certain types of messages through certain services etc. And no pathway at the time for support on iOS. With all the EU stuff, there is a chance maybe people will be forced to open up more as would love to have a single app to manage all messaging but certainly far from hopeful that will come to be, at least without downsides.
drkleiner 2y ago
They will likely dismantle Texts and focus on Beeper as it received more investment while taking the good of Texts. They will probably introduce Texts monetization model to Beeper though. One app for Apple and another for Android kinda defeats the purpose of "all in one platform", wouldn't it?
- jamiequint 2y ago
  I hope not, have you used both apps? Texts is much more stable and easy to use than Beeper in my experience.
  - Grustaf 2y ago
    The Beeper codebase is also in a pretty bad state.
    - COGlory 2y ago
      What information is this based on?
      - Grustaf 2y ago
        The codebase
    - hbn 2y ago
      Didn't they just do a ground-up rewrite?
      - Grustaf 2y ago
        Let’s hope so
  - qeternity 2y ago
    Texts.com runs locally, Beeper runs bridges.
  - artdigital 2y ago
dorian-graph 2y ago
Merging the 2 will be interesting since they take opposite approaches? Texts doesn't use bridges.
gmays 2y ago
Yes, from the post: > Automattic is doubling down on chat after their acquisition last year of Texts.com, a messaging app with a similar mission. Our teams and products will merge, and I will take on the role leading the team as Head of Messaging.
batuhanicoz 2y ago
Both Texts and Beeper are in active development while we work hard behind the scenes to combine the best parts of both under the Beeper brand. So we'll only have Beeper on every platform.

bluish29 2y ago

Beeper is cross platform. They have an app for iOS and Mac.

ghostly_s 2y ago
OP didn't day Mac. They were presumably referring to Apple's main platform, iOS.
- bluish29 2y ago
  I replied before the OP edited the comment substantially.
batuhanicoz 2y ago
Both of our apps are cross-platform. Both Texts and Beeper are available on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Texts for iOS is in public beta, you can join the TestFlight: https://texts.com/install/ios https://texts.com/install/ios

austinkhale 2y ago

Seems that way. From the announcement: "This is a big bet. Automattic is doubling down on chat after their acquisition last year of Texts.com, a messaging app with a similar mission. Our teams and products will merge, and I will take on the role leading the team as Head of Messaging. It will take a bit of time for us to integrate and combine forces under the Beeper brand. We’ve got big plans!"

timdorr 2y ago

The bottom line of the post says as such (sorry if it was edited in after you posted) "For Texts.com users... [...] Over time, we will work to integrate the teams and products. More news to come in the future!"

joenot443 2y ago

Does anyone know how the texts.com iMessage integration works? EDIT - It’s macOS only. Nothing new to see here, I’m afraid.

ghostly_s 2y ago
Came to ask the same, is that really true? They have a graphic on their homepage that certainly implies you can use it as a replacement for iMessage on iOS. I can't imagine anyone doing that if you can no longer actually reach anyone on iMessage.
- CharlesW 2y ago
  > They have a graphic on their homepage that certainly implies you can use it as a replacement for iMessage on iOS. You can. You run a "router" on your Mac, which allows iMessage interop without the protocol hacking that doomed Beeper.

TechRemarker 2y ago

Yes, it mentioned Texts and Beeper teams will be merging under the Beeper brand. So essentially the end of Texts. Presumably will bring some parts of Texts app to Beeper that doesn't exist, but overall glad I abandoned Texts little while back, since while loved the idea, was very buggy with notifications delayed, or sometimes unable to send certain types of messages through certain services etc. And no pathway at the time for support on iOS. With all the EU stuff, there is a chance maybe people will be forced to open up more as would love to have a single app to manage all messaging but certainly far from hopeful that will come to be, at least without downsides.

drkleiner 2y ago

They will likely dismantle Texts and focus on Beeper as it received more investment while taking the good of Texts. They will probably introduce Texts monetization model to Beeper though. One app for Apple and another for Android kinda defeats the purpose of "all in one platform", wouldn't it?

jamiequint 2y ago
I hope not, have you used both apps? Texts is much more stable and easy to use than Beeper in my experience.
- Grustaf 2y ago
  The Beeper codebase is also in a pretty bad state.
  - COGlory 2y ago
    What information is this based on?
    - Grustaf 2y ago
      The codebase
  - hbn 2y ago
    Didn't they just do a ground-up rewrite?
    - Grustaf 2y ago
      Let’s hope so
- qeternity 2y ago
  Texts.com runs locally, Beeper runs bridges.
- artdigital 2y ago

dorian-graph 2y ago

Merging the 2 will be interesting since they take opposite approaches? Texts doesn't use bridges.

gmays 2y ago

Yes, from the post: > Automattic is doubling down on chat after their acquisition last year of Texts.com, a messaging app with a similar mission. Our teams and products will merge, and I will take on the role leading the team as Head of Messaging.

batuhanicoz 2y ago

Both Texts and Beeper are in active development while we work hard behind the scenes to combine the best parts of both under the Beeper brand. So we'll only have Beeper on every platform.