Thread: BlackBerry Messenger 6.1.0.25 Available in Beta Zone

BBM has been a staple in the BlackBerry universe for many years. It's so important to us that many users will not switch to another platform simply because no one else has a BBM-like app available. We've seen BBM evolve through out the years. The addition of status messages, display pictures, groups and more recently, BBM-connected apps through BBM 6.0 have made BlackBerry Messenger a force to be reckoned with.

Today, BBM 6.1 has rolled out in the Beta Zone. With it come a few new features that should make the user experience more friendly. Check them out below.

• Longer status messages (From 64 characters to 160 characters)
• Animated Display Pictures (Set .gif as Display Pictures)
• The "Set As Display Picture" option added to the Pictures menu
• Set Chat Bubble Colors
• More Emoticons

Check BBM 6.1 in the Beta Zone today

• Share with us anything findings you may have about this new version in the forums!

It a great update. Glad to RIM listening and adding features that people have been asking for!

Nice features, but not enough for me to update from Beta Zone. I'll wait till it becomes available in App World.

I'm gonna try this right now .. A lil new features an look is better than none

Aside from the new features this version just seems overall more solid. Still looking for bugs and haven't found any. The groups not recovering problem is gone. So overall it's a solid build

so far so good ill keep you all posted .. im still stunted that the latest official bbm had so much bugs .. picture sending and groups issues an mine got about 6 errors an closed down which is pretty silly i don't know if to blame my 9800 OS or it was just bbm so im glad to gave this new one a try plus the new feature are ok

Happy with it.One thing I've noticed in Recent updates which is whenever I expand an update,I feel like other updates vibrate !