misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBeeper Mini, days after launch, seems to be broken with iMessage not sending or receiving9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down15
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkBeeper Mini, days after launch, seems to be broken with iMessage not sending or receiving9to5google.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThe push servers are required for beeper Mini, because it acts as a gateway between GCM and ANP. Beeper Cloud uses Mac Minis, and Beeper posted the software on github so you can self host it. The two apps work very differently.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNow I swear, right before I deleted it, that Beeper Mini had a “use push notifications” switch in its Settings screen. I assumed that would require you to manually open the app every time you really wanted to check.
The push servers are required for beeper Mini, because it acts as a gateway between GCM and ANP.
Beeper Cloud uses Mac Minis, and Beeper posted the software on github so you can self host it.
The two apps work very differently.
Now I swear, right before I deleted it, that Beeper Mini had a “use push notifications” switch in its Settings screen. I assumed that would require you to manually open the app every time you really wanted to check.