These three BlackBerry apps are now available for any Android 6.0 device – Android Planet

BlackBerry Hub + Services Free

You no longer need a BlackBerry phone apps from the using Canadian company. The BlackBerry Hub + apps are now available for any device with Android 6.0 or newer Marshmallow.

BlackBerry Hub + consists of a wide range of applications, including a home screen replacement . Users with Android 6.0 Marshmallow can download the BlackBerry Hub + Services app from the Play Store and get from there an overview of three other BlackBerry apps and their data.

The BlackBerry Hub itself is the most profound of the three apps. It collects your mail, phone calls, text messages and notifications from Facebook and Twitter. The app provides an overview of all incoming reports of many services and let you can respond immediately. So you no longer have to switch between different apps to SMS messages, email and WhatsApp.

The Hub + additionally includes the BlackBerry Calendar and a Password Keeper. The Calendar integrates with your existing calendars and the Hub, so between your incoming messages when you see appointments. The Password Keeper is intended as an alternative to services such as LastPass and 1Password.

BlackBerry has in recent years suffered from fierce competition in the hardware market, and therefore always put more on software. The Priv, BlackBerry’s first Android smartphone, was well received but sold relatively few. Recently, the company introduced the BlackBerry DTEK50, a modified Alcatel smartphone with BlackBerry’s software. Canadians make hardly any profit on mobile phones while the software division it produces money.

With the BlackBerry Hub + the company hopes probably regain the business market. The company had many years of success among business users, but saw those changes in recent years to Android and iOS. By offering its own enterprise applications for competing operating systems BlackBerry thinking that can get business customers.

BlackBerry Hub + for Android

BlackBerry Hub + is free, but only the first thirty days free of advertising. Then you can choose to see advertising between your posts, or to pay 79 cents per month for an ad-free experience. The apps work on any device with Android 6.0 Marshmallow or later and can be downloaded via the link below.

→ Download BlackBerry Hub + Services in Google Play (free)