Need clarification on BBM Groups and Chat ater 6/27/2018
Since this change is rapidly approaching, there are some areas with regard to Groups and Chats within BBM that need further clarification.
In the official statement on the BB Help Blog, the following is stated:
"BBM Groups will no longer support groups with a combination of BB10 / BBOS participants and Android / iOS participants -BBM Groups will continue to support groups with only BB10 and BBOS participants, or groups with only Android and iOS participants"
My questions are as follows:
Groups:
1. What action will be taken on groups that contain both BB10 AND Android/IOS Users? Will the 'hybrid' groups be deleted? Will the BB10 users just disappear from the groups?
2. Will group admins need to selectively remove BB10 users from the groups prior to June 27?
3. If groups that contain BB10 users remain, but with the BB10 users removed, will posts and pictures posted by BB10 users remain visible in the group for Android/iOS users?
Chats:
It is stated that 1:1 chats between BB10 and Android/iOS users will still be possible.
This raises the following questions:
4. Will chats between BB10 and Android/iOS users still also support posting images/gifs/videos/voice notes to a chat?
5. Will Voice Calling between BB10 and Android/iOS users still be supported?
6. Will Chats (as opposed to groups) still support adding users (either BB10 or Android/iOS) to the chat?
If the answer to questions 6 is yes, then this might be a clunky workaround for 'hybrid' groups no longer being supported.
I made the transition from BB10 to Android a couple of years ago, but have maintained contacts and groups which are still very active after many years of use. Some of the contacts and group members are still on BB10. For those either not willing or not able to migrate before June 27th, I'm just looking for clarification on what needs to be done to prepare for this change.
If the answer to my first question about groups just vanishing is yes, then there is a lot of administration that needs to occur in a short period of time.