Blackberry Messenger Coming To Windows Phone Soon

We’ve got exciting news for Windows Phone users this morning – BBM is on its way to you in the coming months! From the beginning we’ve said that we’re committed to listening to what customers want and you’ve spoken – Windows Phone users want BBM! BBM will also be supported on the newly announced Nokia X platform In a recent press release John Sims, President, Global Enterprise Solutions at BlackBerry said, “BBM continues to grow in popularity as millions of people use our mobile platform for chatting and connecting with friends or colleagues, and we are very excited that we will soon welcome Windows Phone and Nokia X users to the BBM community,” Bryan Biniak, Vice President and GM of Developer Relations, Nokia Corporation added, “Today marks an exciting moment for Nokia. By bringing BBM to the Windows Phone and Nokia X communities, our customers will be able to experience this popular global messaging app.” Thanks to everyone who took Twitter, Facebook and our blog to ask for BBM on other platforms like Windows Phone. The BBM team is hard at workon BBM for Windows Phone and Nokia X as well as lots of great new features for BBM that we can’t wait to tell you about. BBM will be available as a free downloadfor Windows Phone users this summer.

BlackBerry had already revealed that BBM will be hitting Microsoft's Windows Phone soon; however it was yet to announce an exact release date for the platform. Now, BlackBerry's CEO John Chen has reaffirmed the company's plan for Windows Phone smartphones and confirmed that the BBM app will be released by second quarter (May or June) this year. Chen added that the instant messaging service will be released for the Nokia X platforms and the app will come preloaded on some Nokia devices in selective markets. Chen also indicated that BBM will come preinstalled on some Lumia devices, once the app is released for the Windows Phone platform. Chen, while talking to Techcrunch, revealed that BBM now has 85 million monthly active users and 113 million registered users. Chen was quoted as saying, "We're seeing a solid uptick in multi-platform users, driving growth in total registration. Like last quarter, growing the BBM user base is a top priority and we have a number of initiatives driving this."