Beeper Mini is back

Re:Beeper Mini is back by oneplane on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:48PM (#38605317)

Don't WhatsApp and Signal already do exactly that?

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Re:Beeper Mini is back by rezonant on Monday December 11, 2023 @04:03PM (#38605474)

> And yes, iOS allows 3rd party apps but not nearly with enough permissions to act as a full Messages+iMessage alternative.

Not an Apple user, but I imagine even though there's some allowances for third party messaging, there's a lot of holes. For instance, what happens if I ask Siri to send a message to a specific contact from my Apple Watch. Will it send it over Signal if I've added a Signal address to their contact card and went the mile to set that as the default messaging app for that user? Curious.

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Re:Beeper Mini is back by oneplane on Monday December 11, 2023 @04:08PM (#38605511)

While I don't mix text and voice control that often myself, it appears to be fully supported: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1803878309981730/?locale=sv_SE&cms_... as for what actions an app supports, that appears to vary based on what the developer included.

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Re:Beeper Mini is back by rezonant on Monday December 11, 2023 @07:37PM (#38607572)

But do you have to say "Send a WhatsApp message to X" or does it work with "send a message to X"?

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