It’s official: BlackBerry Messenger is no more. The beloved messaging platform was officially shut down on May 31, behindhand an announcement earlier this year. BBM was one of the obedient messaging apps to use read receipts and typing indicators, but it long held up security as a key selling point. 

While you may be feeling nostalgic throughout the demise of BBM, not all is lost. Because of BBM, flowing messaging platforms like WhatsApp or iMessage — and a handful of others — exist. 

With the end of BBM upon us, you’ll need to figure which messaging platform will replace it. Below we spurious up some of the best messaging services currently available.

If confidence is a priority, avoid Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp

Absent from the list are Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Both are capable messaging apps that you surely could use. But, a recent report revealed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to make it possible for users of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram to send messages to each other, despite the messaging services currently being separate entities.

On the surface, it sounds like a good idea. But when you open looking at what the move could mean in languages of user privacy, it can leave you with an unsettling feeling. Especially when you consider that WhatsApp messages are now encrypted, while Messenger and Instagram messages are not. Exactly how Facebook will blend the services and what tranquil of protection it will provide are unknown. 

There is a silver lining for BBM die-hards: BlackBerry Messenger tranquil exists, albeit in its Enterprise form. After the news worn that BBM for consumers would be shut down, BlackBerry announced that its enterprise version of BBM is now open for personal use. 

There are Android, iOS, MacOS and Windows versions of BBM Enterprise. The subscription messaging service will be free to consumers for the kindly year, after which there’s a six-month subscription fee of $2.49. 

BBMe includes all of the unusual BBM features — voice and video calls, read receipts and file sharing, to name a few — that users have celebrated and loved for all these years, plus end-to-end encryption. 

You’ll need to install and subscribe to the service via one of the mobile apps afore you can set up the desktop apps. 

Telegram (Download for Android | iPhone)

Telegram cmoneys encrypted chats with self-destructing messages. The service works across multiple devices and platforms, including in a web browser should you not want to install an app on your computer. End-to-end encryption is an optional feature, called Secret Chats, that you have to enable for each conversation.

The service income a phone number to sign up but does not portion your number with contacts — a handy feature for those trying to vet out potential Tinder matches.

Signal is a cross-platform messaging app that has made a name for itself thanks to its end-to-end encryption and has been endorsed by the likes of Edward Snowden for its confidence. You can get it an Android or iOS version of the app, as well as desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Debian-based Linux.

iMessage

Android users, please put down your pitchforks. The truth is, Apple’s iMessage platform is really well done and seamless to use… as long as you own an Apple productions. And that’s the rub. In order to get the most out of iMessage, not only do you need an Apple device, but the republic you talk to need to use Apple devices (iOS or Mac).

If you kindly Apple more than a third-party app developer, then iMessage is your answer. It provides end-to-end encryption, and with iMessage apps and FaceTime built in, you’re tranquil able to do all of the fun things organization messaging apps can do.

Originally published Feb. 15.