{"id":60852,"date":"2014-02-19T13:35:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T11:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=60852"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:52:16","slug":"bbm-now-available-for-android-gingerbread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bbm-now-available-for-android-gingerbread\/","title":{"rendered":"BBM now available for Android Gingerbread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As\u00a0<a title=\"BlackBerry Messenger coming to Android Gingerbread in February\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/blackberry-messenger-coming-to-android-gingerbread-in-february\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced late last month<\/a>, <strong>Blackberry Messenger (BBM)<\/strong> is finally available for Android users running Android Gingerbread 2.3.3.<\/p>\n<p>The outdated Gingerbread edition of Android still runs on 21% of Android devices, or nearly <strong>175 million smartphones<\/strong>, making it an attractive market for BBM&#8217;s developer, RIM. When the messaging app <a title=\"BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS rolling out today\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/blackberry-messenger-for-android-and-ios-rolling-out-today\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first launched on iOS and Android<\/a> late last year, it saw an <a title=\"BlackBerry Messenger downloaded over 10 million times\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/blackberry-messenger-downloaded-over-10-million-times\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">immediate surge in downloads<\/a>. Since then, the app has been less popular than expected.\u00a0Adding a version for Gingerbread could once again help boost the app&#8217;s popularity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60856\" title=\"BBM\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/bbm.png\" alt=\"BBM\" width=\"551\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/bbm.png 551w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/bbm-256x216.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gingerbread is still common in emerging markets, which could be a a particularly attractive target for BBM. Nevertheless, there remains some fierce competition in the market for messaging applications with <a title=\"Download WhatsApp for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/whatsapp-android.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a title=\"Download Viber for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/viber-mobile.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viber<\/a>, <a title=\"Download Line for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/line.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Line<\/a>, <a title=\"Download WeChat for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/wechat.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WeChat<\/a>, and the newest addition, <a title=\"Download Telegram for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/telegram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telegram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Download BBM for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/blackberry-messenger.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download BBM for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Download BBM for iOS\" href=\"http:\/\/blackberry-messenger.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download BBM for iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>RELATED ARTICLES:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"BBM gets free voice calling, 'Channels' on Android and iPhone\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/bbm-gets-free-voice-calling-channels-on-android-and-iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBM gets free voice calling, &#8216;Channels&#8217; on Android and iPhone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Why you should (and shouldn't) download BBM\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/why-you-should-and-shouldnt-download-bbm\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why you should (and shouldn&#8217;t) download BBM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"BlackBerry Messenger downloaded over 10 million times\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/blackberry-messenger-downloaded-over-10-million-times\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BlackBerry Messenger downloaded over 10 million times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As\u00a0announced late last month, Blackberry Messenger (BBM) is finally available for Android users running Android Gingerbread 2.3.3. The outdated Gingerbread edition of Android still runs on 21% of Android devices, or nearly 175 million smartphones, making it an attractive market for BBM&#8217;s developer, RIM. When the messaging app first launched on iOS and Android late &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bbm-now-available-for-android-gingerbread\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BBM now available for Android Gingerbread&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2039,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-60852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331310,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60852\/revisions\/331310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60852"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=60852"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=60852"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=60852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}