Beeper (software)

Beeper supports a variety of chat services and protocols, including Discord, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, IRC (via Libera Chat), Matrix, Signal, Slack, SMS/RCS (via Google Messages), X, Telegram, Google Voice and WhatsApp. The app used to support iMessage, but has since been removed due to unreliable performance caused by iMessage's operator Apple. Beeper is built on top of the Matrix protocol and Element application, bridged to the other services. The app Beeper was created in 2020 by Eric Migicovsky, Brad Murray and Tulir Asokan as NovaChat. The company is located in Palo Alto, California. Migicovsky was previously the founder of smartwatch company Pebble. The company renamed the app from Beeper to Beeper Cloud upon launching Beeper Mini in December 2023. It got renamed back into Beeper in 2024. In April 2024, Automattic acquired Beeper for $125M.