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Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by msh on Friday December 15, 2023 @07:44AM (#38653575)
It is how it works, after a certain timeout where it can't be delivered to a device it will fallback to SMS. The exact length of the timeout is not public.

See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8063349?sortBy=best

Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by Volundr on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:53AM (#38655960)
I have no idea if this is true or not, but I'll note that isn't Apple saying that. It's a random user on an Apple forum.