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According to Apple, Beeper Mini and its iMessage feature posed a security risk to users, which is why it was shut down

Tech News Today (December 10, 2023): Apple patched a loophole that disables Beeper Mini, an iMessage app for Android devices, and Grok mentions OpenAI in its responses attracting the attention of Elon Musk.

Beeper, like Sunbird and Texts, sought to find a way to bring iMessage to Android users. Its app, Beeper Mini, worked well. But a few days after it launched, Apple took steps to shut it down.

Apple announced that it has shut down all the third party apps that have allowed Android users to download and communicate via iMessage.

Apple has officially responded to the Beeper Mini controversy, confirming it cut off the Android app's access to iMessage citing "significant risks to user security and privacy."

The app that flawlessly brought iMessage support to Android is no longer working, and Apple has now revealed its involvement.

Apple Inc. on Saturday said it shut down third party applications that enabled Android devices to use the iMessage service to communicate with iPhone...

Beeper Mini, the app that lets Android users text in blue "iMessage" bubbles, has been shut down by Apple.

Beeper, a service that brought iMessage to Android in a more secure way than previous attempts, has now been blocked by Apple after just a few days.

IMessage on Android would "remove an obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones," an Apple engineer warned several years ago.