The Fight Over Apple’s iMessage and Those Green Bubbles

After nearly 10 years, my husband, Will, finally joined the Nguyen family iMessage chat.

Will, a staunch Android user, infiltrated the group earlier this month using Beeper Mini. This fresh app promises the previously impossible: turning green-bubble Android texts into blue-bubble iMessages. Unlike other workarounds, Beeper Mini initially didn’t rely on a server, a Mac or an iPhone.