It might be time to move on from BBM. The consumer version of the BlackBerry Messenger will shut down on May 31. Emtek, the Indonesia-based company that partnered with BlackBerry in 2016, just announced the closure. It’s important to note, BBM will still exist and BlackBerry today revealed a plan to open its enterprise-version of BBM to general consumers.

BlackBerry Thursday announced that it will be shutting down its BBM consumer service on 31 May 2019.


“Today we’re announcing that we will be closing BBM consumer service on 31 May 2019,” BBM said in a blog post on its website.

The proprietary mobile instant messenger and videotelephony application said it is shutting down because “users have moved on to other platforms, while new users proved difficult to sign on.”


“Though we are sad to say goodbye, the time has come to sunset the BBM consumer service, and for us to move on,” it added.
Blackberry had in 2018 shut down the Blackberry Playbook Video service.


BBM was very popular in the early 2000s. But the coming of WhatsApp and other instant messaging applications such as Telegram, WeChat and Facebook Messanger saw its popularity fade out.

Back in 2016, BlackBerry announced a new partnership with Indonesia-based Emtek to help expand the consumer BBM business.


As part of the partnership, Emtek expanded the capabilities of BBM for consumers with new features and enhancements while BlackBerry maintained control over their BBM Enterprise solution.

“Three years ago, we set out to reinvigorate BBM consumer service, one of the most loved instant messaging applications, as a cross-platform service where users can not only chat and share life experiences, but also consume content and use payment services,” Blackberry said.


“We poured our hearts into making this a reality, and we are proud of what we have built to date.”

Blackberry said users’ data such as photos, videos and files will be available for download before the app is shut down at the end of May.


“Once the BBM service is shut down, you will not be able to open BBM on your device to see any old or new messages, or retrieve asset files,” it said.

https://guardian.ng/technology/bbm-to-shut-down-may/

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Some girls claim to be born again christians yet they talk to only men with cars.... my sister, were you baptized with engine oil...

This is a clear sign that the world we live in is dynamic and ever changing...Couldn't forget those days when blackberry was used for slaying and bb pin is as important as the air we breath in.

For quality pix and better sound production, a bb phone comes handy....

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Who bbm help

Lolz

Everything comes and go...


There was a time people see you as old-fashioned if you are not using bbm dn

hmm

Blackberry that year
I remember how girls used to do the unthinkable because of it. Now its Iphone.

I can never forget when BBZ10 was reigning then, thats how one girl came into the mechanical engineering workshop, brought out her Z10 and waved it in my my face , her hands moved from left to right in a perfectly synchronised oscillatory motion, showing it off proudly. She opened her mouth like she tried to form an accent, then she uttered what makes me still laugh till today ..in a very confusing accent "Please do you have BBM charger" .

About half of the people who use Iphones have not used 1/10th of its features .And you see them upgrading every year, just to show off.
Life is in cycles . If you think what you use to brag today won't become obsolete tomorrow, then you are just deceiving yourself .

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Stubborn people no wan leave BBM

BBM is a testimony of the fact that nothing good lasts forever.....once upon a time , you no dey BBM you be small boy .....
today even Eskimi and 2go that were considered small boys sites , are still running and The almighty BBM is packing up !!!!
moral lesson : when you seem to be the biggest thing in town be humble.

abeg make dem no shut down bet9ja

If they like so is still existing

people still dey use BBM?

Toyoland:
Who bbm help

I tire ooo

This life sha. Nothing reigns forever.

This is a lesson for we all...

We should strive to continually add value to ourselves...

Some people did the unthinkable just to own a Blackberry then...

I think the BBM had long gone extinct... perhaps BlackBerry only just remembered to say Goodbye officially.

What's app and other social app should take dressing from this...



... "What is dead may never die"

Thanks for your services while it lasted.

BBM....? #spits

They're dead already, I wonder why they are still trying to shut down something.

My first love

This is what happens when you become complacent. Had BB10 come out 4 years earlier than it did BlackBerry won't be dead now

What people did for a blackberry that year sha? Mtcheeeeew

The consequence of a bad decision

Yinmu... Even me wey still dey use BlackBerry Classic no dey use dere yeye BBM

Ok...... Then wen BBM messenger was a hot cake

Toyoland:
Who bbm help

Which one u create

samsam2019:
This is what happens when you become complacent. Had BB10 come out 4 years earlier than it did BlackBerry won't be dead now

The moment they BBM available to Android and apple, it became useless

Wow

I just remembered the "pls can I have ur BB pin?" era. WhatsApp deserves a 360 degree hug, with 30 mins contact time

Hmm...this same BBM some did irreparable things to own!

Heart breaking, I remember the madness of pinging,
Oh those chics with their long nails stylishly tapping the querty keyboards Chai! The formings too sweet.


If you ain't on bbm then you be Jon snow, you know nothing!

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I remember watching porn forgot to off the bbm, omo the thing show everybody.
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Remembering that several ladies traded the dignity for a now worthless device back then, shows the value they place on themselves.