Beeper, a multi-service messaging app that allows users to connect to all their chat apps from a single interface, is relaunching its app on Wednesday, offering a more secure version that no longer requires the use of proprietary cloud services. In addition, Beeper is introducing premium offerings that provide access to more accounts than the free version and include features for advanced users, such as reminders, the ability to send messages later, incognito mode to read messages without being marked “read,” decoding voice notes using artificial intelligence, and more.
The app is now owned by WordPress.com maker Automattic, which bought Beeper for $125 million in 2024, and has almost fully integrated with rival Texts.com, which Automattic also acquired the year before for $50 million.
The 30-person team (including contractors) currently operating under the Beeper brand supports WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, X, Telegram, Signal, Matrix, Slack, Google Chat, Discord, LinkedIn, and Google Messages (SMS/RCS). On Mac computers, Beeper can also connect users to their iMessage chats, although Apple has closed this access in previous versions.
The overall goal, according to Automattic, is to simplify the problem associated with a large number of messaging apps while ensuring the security of these chats.
According to Beeper CEO Kishan Bagaria, previously, the app would first connect to the Beeper Cloud before communicating with the messaging network. While this system remains the default, users will now have the option to switch to Beeper on the device, where the app will connect directly to the messaging network, bypassing the middleman.
“This ensures that the end-to-end encryption is maintained and your privacy is the same as in the official app,” Bagaria told TechCrunch in an interview ahead of the app’s relaunch. However, it remains to be seen whether the companies involved in this process will appreciate the fact that their own apps will be bypassed.
“We have a good relationship with some of these companies, and some of them don’t mind,” says Bagaria. “We haven’t heard much from others.”
