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BBM for iOS updated with timed messaging, message retraction and more

BBM for iOS updated with timed messaging, message retraction and more

November 1, 2014

Announced by BlackBerry just about a couple of weeks ago, the Snapchat-like timed messaging and WeChat-like message retraction features have come to BBM for iOS through the app’s latest update.

Timed messaging lets you set how long your BBM contacts have access to messages and photos you share with them in a chat. Before you send a message or a photo, you just tap on the timer icon and choose the duration over which you’d like to allow the recipient to view it. “The message is hidden until the recipient touches and holds on the chat,” BlackBerry notes. “Then, once the timer has expired (or if the recipient takes their finger off the screen), the message is no longer visible.”

As for message retraction, it, of course, lets you retract a message for whatever reason, thereby removing it from both your chat history and the recipient’s. To retract a message in BBM, just hold on the message and select the new retract option in the contextual menu.

Check out BBM’s timed messaging and message retraction features in action:

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In addition, the new version of BBM includes the following enhancements:

  • A QUICKER STICKER PICKER: Adding stickers to your BBM chats is now even quicker with a new picker
  • HD PICTURE TRANSFER: It’s easier than ever to get a high quality version of the pictures you receive in BBM.
  • DISCOVER MUSIC: See what music your contacts are listening to in BBM Feeds. See a song you like? Clicking it takes you right to iTunes to download.
  • BBM BULLETINS: Learn about the latest BBM products and services
  • BBM FEEDS IMPROVEMENTS: See how many new updates are in BBM feeds since you last checked

Optimized for iPhone and iPod touch running iOS 7.0 or later, BBM is available on the App Store for free.

Note that the new timed messaging and message retraction capabilities are premium features that are available for free and without limitations over the next three months only. Thereafter, they will be available as part of a yet to be fully outlined BBM subscription.

See also: Skype for iPhone updated with photo saving and deletion, faster chat loading and more, The first minute is free when you make international calls with Google’s Hangouts, and Boo! Snapchat’s very first ad has arrived and it’s for the upcoming horror film “Ouija.”

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BBM
BBM
BlackBerry Limited
Free
Snapchat
Snapchat
Snapchat, Inc.
Free
WeChat
WeChat
WeChat

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