14 DAY TRIAL // Today, Canadian mobile phone maker BlackBerry has announced an update to its BlackBerry Messenger application for the owners of Android and iOS-based devices, allowing them to easily find friends that also use BBM.
The updated version of the application will be rolling out to devices this week with the aforementioned Find Friends on BBM feature packed inside, the company has announced.
“BBM now includes a new Find Friends feature that allows you to discover people you know that are also using BBM and invite them to your BBM contact list, from within the app,” Jeff Gadway, head of product and brand marketing for BBM, notes in a post on the Inside BlackBerry blog.
According to BlackBerry, the new Find Friends feature has been designed so as to detect the contacts in user’s list that are already using BBM.
Furthermore, the feature will then provide users with the possibility to easily send an invite to these people, so as to add them to their BBM contact list.
“For those contacts that don’t yet have BBM, you can invite them to download the app with an email or SMS invite,” the aforementioned blog post also notes.
“We know how important it is for you to connect with your closest friends, family and colleagues. With this update, we’ve made it easier to find and invite them quickly and easily. You’re always in control of your contact lists.”
The new version of the application has already started rolling out to Android and iOS users out there, and should reach devices in a few hours, the handset vendor notes.
Moreover, the company has noted that they are working hard on bringing the best possible experience to BBM users out there, and that more updates will be delivered in the next few weeks.
BBM 2.0 for Android & iPhone will be released in the not too distant future with a great deal of enhancements packed inside, Jeff Gadway also said.