Blackberry Messenger, styled as BBM is celebrating its 10 years anniversary today; the company’s instant messaging client was released back on the same day in 2005.
As BBM Clocks 10, the Canadian-based company looked back at some important milestones in in the history of the PIN-to-PIN mobile messaging platform.
• August 1, 2005: Birth of BlackBerry Messenger
• August 2009: GPS location integrated with BBM, BBM adds PIN barcode scanning, Introduced Streamlined voice notes and Animated Display; Picture first on mobile device
• July 28, 2011: BBM 6 Launches with Connected Apps
• November 2, 2011: BBM Music Beta Launches
• September 13, 2012: BBM Enters the Collins English Dictionary
• December 10, 2012: BBM Voice Launches with BBM7 Update
• October 22, 2013: BBM Goes Cross Platform
• November 26, 2013: BBM Channels Launches
• April 1, 2014: BBM Stickers Launches
• November 20, 2014: BBM Meetings Launches
• January 7, 2015: BBM Supports Android Wearables
• February, 2015: BBM Shop Hits 1 Billion Views
• March 4, 2015: BBM Hits 100M Google Play Installs
• June 26, 2015: Private Chat Introduced
• July 3, 2015: BBM Gets Android Material Design Makeover
• August 1, 2015: BBM Celebrates its 10th Birthday
The most important Milestone which most people would and should remember for a long time was when BBM was announced for other OS platforms in 2015, making it available on Windows Phone, Android and iOS devices.
Blackberry is giving out a free ‘Happy Birthday BBM‘ sticker pack for a day (August 1st) from the BBM Store. The sticker should go back to its regular price after today.
Happy Birthday to you BBM, we hope you stay on for more years to come.
Source: Blackberry Blogs
