Sunbird restarts Android iMessage bridge with security fixes and new AI tools

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Sunbird Messaging has relaunched on Google Play, letting Android users access iMessage-style blue bubbles, reactions, and high-quality videos for $2.99/month. The company says it fixed security flaws that led to its 2023 shutdown, with messages encrypted on-device and in transit, and iMessage end-to-end protection maintained on the final leg to iPhones. An independent security audit found no critical vulnerabilities in the rebuilt app. Sunbird also supports Google Messages and SMS, with plans to integrate WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger later this year and add an AI assistant to summarize chats and draft replies.
- Sunbird relaunched its iMessage app for Android users after three years away The Verge
- Sunbird Brings iMessage to Android for Everyone, with a New Priority Inbox, Agentic AI to Follow PR Newswire
- iMessage on Android Arrives Via Sunbird, Again Droid Life
- Unsafe iMessage for Android app Sunbird just will not die AppleInsider
- Sunbird launches its iMessage for Android app, expecting you to trust it in the name of blue bubbles 9to5Google
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