Beeper in September: Google Voice, Parity, and more

Google Voice
Beeper is adding a new network to our list of supported apps after quite some time: Google Voice – available on Beeper On-Device, joining Google Messages and Google Chat in the growing family of supported Google messaging apps.

LinkedIn on Beeper On-Device
Previously Beeper Cloud–only, LinkedIn can now be added as a Beeper On-Device connection. This means you can connect multiple LinkedIn accounts (with Beeper Plus) while keeping your chats stored securely on your device.

Parity: Typing indicators
Continuing our Parity work in August, Beeper now has bidirectional typing indicators support for Google Messages and Instagram (Beeper On-Device only.) You’ll see when your friends are typing and they’ll see when you are, too.

Parity: Custom emojis in Telegram messages
Custom emojis in Telegram messages now display exactly as intended, fully animated, so you can see every expressive detail.

Don’t mark as read after archive
If you’re an inbox-zero workflow user, you probably don’t want to respond to every person, but also don’t want to send them a read receipt for a chat you haven’t read, when you archive. Now you can – in Beeper settings, just toggle this switch:

Android Customization

Many of you have asked for more customization options. We’ve now baked in more options under Settings → Appearance on Android:

• “Custom” allows you to select any color you want
• “Expressive Colors” uses Google’s new M3 Expressive color system from 2025
• “High Contrast” increases distinction between colors for readability
• “Pure Black” will take background colors that are close to black and make them actually black, which should be kinder to your battery if you’ve got an OLED screen

That’s it for this update. Coming soon:

• Indicators for disappearing messages.
• Configure disappearing message timers.
• Create new group chats.
• Group chat management.
• Delete chat.

Thanks for all the feedback – keep it coming!

Kishan and the Beeper team