{"id":89697,"date":"2013-10-22T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=89697"},"modified":"2013-10-22T19:15:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:15:08","slug":"bbm-for-android-and-iphone-how-tos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/89697-bbm-for-android-and-iphone-how-tos.html","title":{"rendered":"BBM for Android and iPhone how to&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BlackBerry announced on 21 October that it is continuing the rollout of BBM for Android and iPhone customers around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>BBM is now available in Google Play, the App Store and in select Samsung App Stores \u2013 where it is free to download.<\/p>\n<p>BBM for Android arrived in the Samsung App store first for South African users, while iPhone and other Android users in Africa will be able to download the app towards the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>To assist users who are new to BBM for Android and iPhone, BlackBerry published a few \u2018how to\u2019 videos on YouTube.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">BBM &#8212; Creating and Managing Groups<\/h3>\n<p>BBM for Android and iPhone lets you create and manage groups of up to 30 people. You can chat, share photos, plan events and create lists.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MlJzsDzynF8?list=PLSV1iA-lr7yn0vBJVc3wRdSfKVpqnlW-1\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">BBM &#8212; Know when your messages have been delivered and read<\/h3>\n<p>BBM for Android and iPhone chats are the closest thing to a live conversation. You always know when your messages have been delivered and read.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yKpEQk6Eut0?list=PLSV1iA-lr7yn0vBJVc3wRdSfKVpqnlW-1\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">BBM &#8212; Multi-Person Chats<\/h3>\n<p>BBM for Android and iPhone multi-person chats are a great way to get a few people talking together. You can easily add multiple contacts to join a chat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJVZIvzaO8Y?list=PLSV1iA-lr7yn0vBJVc3wRdSfKVpqnlW-1\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">BBM \u2013 Updates<\/h3>\n<p>BBM for Android and iPhone lets you stay in the know with what&#8217;s going on with your BBM contacts. You&#8217;ll see when your contacts update their profile photo or status message. You can even jump in and respond right from the Updates tab.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8uugekoZclA?list=PLSV1iA-lr7yn0vBJVc3wRdSfKVpqnlW-1\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">BBM &#8212; How to Share Pictures and more&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>BBM for Android and iPhone lets you do more than just chat. BBM also gives you lots of ways to share pictures.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sz4h9lRk5Tw?list=PLSV1iA-lr7yn0vBJVc3wRdSfKVpqnlW-1\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">BBM &#8212; How to Add a Contact by PIN<\/h3>\n<p>BBM for Android and iPhone makes it easy to add new people to your BBM contact list. BBM uses a PIN to help protect your privacy and control the info you share. With a BBM PIN, you don&#8217;t have to give up personal info like your email or phone number to become contacts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vgEyU-rbAHI?list=PLSV1iA-lr7yn0vBJVc3wRdSfKVpqnlW-1\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">BBM for Android, iPhone articles<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"BBM for Android, iPhone arrives\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/89493-bbm-for-android-iphone-arrives.html\"><strong>BBM for Android, iPhone arrives<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"BBM for Android, iPhone \u2013 100% commitment, no date\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/88059-bbm-for-android-iphone-100-commitment-no-date.html\">BBM for Android, iPhone \u2013 100% commitment, no date<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"BBM for Android, iPhone: how it will work\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/87282-bbm-for-android-iphone-how-it-will-work.html\"><strong>BBM for Android, iPhone: how it will work<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackBerry publishes videos to assist people who are new to BBM on Android and iPhone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":77840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[36,397,101,97,1125,2150],"class_list":["post-89697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-active","tag-android","tag-bbm","tag-blackberry","tag-iphone","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89699,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89697\/revisions\/89699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}