BBM for Android and iPhone was Delayed, What's Wrong?

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) should now has been used by Android users. Because, a couple days ago BlackBerry had been promising that the application will be present in Android and iPhone this weekend.

BBM for iPhone was present in the Apple App Store. However, until Sunday (22/09/2013) morning, there are no signs about the emergence of this app in the Google Play Store. The app still isn't available.


According to Blackberry,  the delay is caused by the leaked apk that recently surfaced online. It wasn't the final version of the app (and contained bugs), but still managed to garner "over 1.1 million active users in the first [eight] hours." The hype has caused some unnamed issues in the system, preventing the app from being launched on time.

To correct these issues, the leaked version of the app will be disabled, rendering it useless. This will give the BBM for Android crew a chance to work out the kinks without umpteen million users clogging up the system – or at least that's what I assume.

The downside of all this is that there's no new release date, only that the company will launch the app "as soon as they are able."