In 2020, Eric Migicovsky — the co-founder of Pebble, one of the early smartwatch companies — announced the creation of the Beeper app. In a lengthy blog post, Migicovsky explained how Beeper would “bridge all our chat networks into one client.” In other words, he wanted to ease our suffering from the overwhelming number of messaging apps we use by bringing them all together into one hub. Later, Migicovsky also promised the ability for Beeper users to use iMessage on Android, which is considered the holy grail of messaging app experiences.
Once Beeper started gaining some steam, I signed up for the waitlist. It took over a year (407 days, to be specific), but I finally gained access to the service, which is still in beta. Excitedly, I set it up, all the while thinking, “This is going to solve all my messaging problems!”