BlackBerry released app updates to BBM for Android and the BlackBerry Hub for Android today and have followed it up with updates to BlackBerry Contacts, BlackBerry Calendar, Notes by BlackBerry and Tasks for BlackBerry.
At present, all of these apps are only available on the BlackBerry Priv.
The following free apps have been updated and bring minor enhancements and stability fixes.
Contacts by BlackBerry
The Contacts app is designed to store all your contact info in one location for convenient management.  You can interact with your contacts using a variety of methods such as phone calls, text and email messages, or calendar events directly from the Contacts app. You can also create and manage contact groups.
Key Features:
- Intuitive user experience
- Unified contacts: Work and personal contacts in one convenient location
- Remote search: Perform Global Address List searches directly from your device
- Recent contacts management: Allow or block recent contacts
- Contact groups: Create groups and easily start group conversations
- Smart filters: Quickly identify and locate your contacts
- Per-account filtering: View contacts associated with specific accounts
- Quick access to favourite and frequently used contacts
- Multi-select contacts
- Support for: CardDav accounts and Gravatars
Download Contacts by BlackBerry from Google Play
Notes by BlackBerry
The Notes app is optimised for Android and is designed to increase your productivity. Your notes are conveniently synchronised with the Microsoft Exchange Server using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.
Key Features:
- Simplified experience: Intuitive user experience
- Find anything: Searchable text in notes
- Work Anywhere: Notes are synchronised by Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync 14.1 or later
- Automatic set-up for popular email services including: Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange
Download Notes by BlackBerry from Google Play.
Tasks by BlackBerry
The Tasks app is optimised for Android OS and designed to increase your productivity. Your tasks are conveniently synchronised with the Microsoft Exchange Server using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.
Key Features:
- Simplified experience: Intuitive user experience
- Quick tasks: Quickly create tasks, set due dates and reminders from your task list
- Stay informed: Receive notifications for upcoming tasks
- Work Anywhere: Tasks are synchronised by Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync 12.x or later
- Automatic set-up for popular email services including: Windows Live Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
- Tasks Sync: Effortlessly sync recurring tasks, due dates and reminders
Download Tasks by BlackBerry from Google Play.
BlackBerry Calendar
Experience the best out-of-box calendar experience on Android. With the BlackBerry Calendar, you can view and respond to your meeting invitations directly from the BlackBerry Hub. When you create or change events, you can avoid double bookings by viewing when you’re busy. Using the Join Now feature, you can instantly dial into your meetings directly from your event reminder. And with Google Now™ voice commands, booking meetings has never been easier.
Key Features:
- Create, respond to and cancel meeting invitations for public calendars when you integrate with BlackBerry Hub
- See conflicts and adjacent events when you create or respond to an invitation
- Sync subscribed and CalDav calendars with BlackBerry accounts
- Forward your meeting invitations to additional participants from the BlackBerry Hub
- Join conference calls directly from event reminders using “Join Nowâ€Â
- Search for events by subject, location, participants and notes
- Scan through your future events with Inline Month View
- The Meeting Mode option allows you to automatically silence your audible notifications during meetings
- Send comments when you respond to meeting invitations, when you integrate with BlackBerry Hub
Download BlackBerry Calendar from Google Play.
All of BlackBerry’s Android apps can be view here.
