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Share your
favourite songs
Discover, play and grow your
music collection with BBM Music.
Socialise over apps
Share favourite experiences
right from the app you're using.
Explore BBM features
BlackBerry® Messenger is an instant messaging app just for BlackBerry smartphone owners.
Communicate in real time
- Share immediately: send and receive messages in seconds and see when your contacts are typing.
- Don't hold back: share your thoughts, stories and rants with unlimited characters and emoticons.
- Get confirmation: know when your messages are delivered and read.
- Add friends: add contacts by swapping PINs or scanning barcodes1.
- Create groups: connect instantly with personal groups of friends, family or coworkers with BlackBerry Groups.
- Text non-BBM friends: send text messages from your BBM™ screen2—just add contacts without BBM to your list by phone number.
Share with your friends
- App experiences: share or chat with BBM friends while you're in an app with BBM-connected apps.
- Multimedia: swap pictures, videos, voice notes and more—send files up to 6 MB.
- Your calendar and location: share calendar entries and locations.
- Personal expressions: personalise your BBM with a display picture and personal message.
- What you're listening to: show what you're listening to on your BlackBerry smartphone.
- App profile feeds: display your latest BBM-connected app game scores, location, links and more in your BBM profile feed.
Learn about BBM- connected apps
Now BBM features are built right into many of your favourite apps.
- Invite BBM friends to experience your favourite apps: select BBM contacts right from the app to invite them to download the app or join in on the fun.
- Chat with BBM friends inside BBM-connected apps: start trash-talking when viewing the latest sports scores—all from within the app.
- Discover apps through friends: new profile feed can display your latest BBM-connected app game scores, links and more for contacts to see. You can even click to download or launch the mentioned app.
Discover music made social with BBM Music
BBM™ Music lets you discover the tunes your friends are listening to—and lets them enjoy your songs, too.
- Create your 50-song music profile: Build your BBM Music profile with 50 of your favourite songs. Choose from a huge catalog of licensed music and refresh your profile by swapping out up to 25 songs per month.
- More friends. More music: Invite BBM friends to become BBM Music friends. Listen to songs in your friends' 50-song profiles and make them your own.
- Share or build playlists, albums or individual songs: Combine songs from your own and your friends' profiles to build playlists. Send songs or playlists to friends or they can see what you're listening to and choose to listen anytime.
Get the new BBM
Update to the newest version of BBM today to ensure you have access to the latest and greatest features like sharing your favorite experiences within BBM-connected apps.
Check your versionDownload the new BBM from your smartphone
Download the new BBM from BlackBerry App World™
View system requirements
Find support
View the user guide to learn about BlackBerry Messenger basics and shortcuts or learn how to use features like creating a group or sharing your location.
Learn how to use BBM featuresView the User Guide
View support resources
1 Barcode scanning functionality requires a BlackBerry® smartphone or device with a camera.
2 To send SMS text messages requires BlackBerry® Device Software v5.0 or later.