BBM for iOS and Android downloaded 10 million times in 24 hours

After BlackBerry recommence the rollout of its well-liked messaging app, BBM or BlackBerry Messenger to Android and iOS users, it reported that the app has been downloaded over 10 million times by Android and iPhone users, one of the best single-day openings for a mobile app to date.

In 24 hours, BBM for iOS and Android has been downloaded 10 million times, according to BlackBerry. It already reached 5 million downloads in its first eight hours of accessibility, so the acceptance rate seems to have held fairly steady.

I have seen reports of apps that launched with one million download in a day, but over 10 million? Amazing,” Bocking wrote. It must also be noted that the first 5 million downloads for the app came within the first eight hours of the launch on iOS and Android stores.

Bocking also revealed that the BBM app for iPhone was the top ranked free app on Apple's App Store across 75 countries during those first 24 hours, including in the UK, US, Canada, and "most of the Middle East.

BlackBerry has repeated that BBM Voice (voice chat) will also be introduced to BBM for iOS and Android, in the future, in accumulation to BBM Channels (broadcast groups) and BBM Video (video chat).

You can download BBM for Android and BBM for iOS from their particular apps stores.

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