Another update for BBM app for Iphone and iOS on 2nd June 2014

BlackBerry announced new update for its BBM app for Iphone and other supported iOS device at 2nd June 2014 ago. The update consists the followings, according to BlackBerry:

BBM App version 2.2.0.19:

• Simple sign up for new BBM users
• New sign in screen for existing BBM users
• Improved experience for adding new BBM contacts by email
• Updates tab has been re-named ‘Feeds’
• 16 new emoticons
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

So for those of you who until now still use the old version of BBM app, why not update your BBM app to the latest one? It's FREE (of course) and worth upgrading.

Here is the download link on the App Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/bbm/id690046600?mt=8

After upgrading to the latest one, one thing directly noticeable is the new full screen BBM logo when first time opening the BBM app (if you couldn't find it that means you have it opened on the background, try to close the BBM app from the task manager and reopen it).
This is the new full screen BBM logo that appears everytime the BBM app open for the first time:

Also for the first time after updating to this version, you will be prompted to personalize your profile, asking you to give photo to your profile.

And another thing noticeable is the 3rd tab which is now renamed to "Feeds" where previously it was named as "Updates".

However the contents of "Feeds" (formerly "Updates") are the same: All, Contacts and Channels.

And "Updates" on the left menu is also updated to "Feeds" as shown below.
 

About performance improvements, do you feel the BBM app performance getting better and faster?
To me, I feel more or less the same as the previous version and even this version is slower to get to contact and start chatting compared to previous version because of the new full screen BBM logo that appearing every time this BBM app is started for the first time.

And if you are actually checking your iPhone memory usage, after quite sometime, depends on how active you are using BBM app for chatting/voice call and depends on how many contacts you have in your BBM, BBM app can and will grow from 50+MB (original size when installed) to almost 1GB!
You may want to check your usage by going through iPhone Settings app > General > Usage and find BBM app. You may be surprise on your finding.
So few things/features that current version of BBM app is still lacking are:

• delete history, including chat, photo transfer
• delete cache. your contact photos and previous photos (if they changed their photos) are kept by the BBM apps somewhere in your iPhone

Hopefully they (BlackBerry) will incorporate these features in their next release.
But don't worry, until that happen, I already find a way to reduce your BBM app size. So stay tuned because I'm compiling everything and will post it on future post. Thanks!