BlackBerry Messenger for Android surfaces in the first demo video

BlackBerry announced that they would release the BlackBerry Messenger for  iOS and Android devices, back in May. First images of the BlackBerry Messenger for Android surfaced in leaked images last month. Now the first video demo of the BlackBerry Messenger for Android has surfaced online, that shows off most of the features of the app.

The UI is exactly similar to the BlackBerry Messenger on BlackBerry 10 including a slide-out menu with Chat, Contacts, Groups, Updates and Invites. You can slide from the right to go to settings, group chat, report a problem, Help and more. You can start a chat by tapping their display picture in the contacts. It also has NFC support that lets you beam a contact to other Android device easily. It also supports emoticons, attach an image or a voice note to messages.

The website that leaked the video says that the app runs well so far BlackBerry plans to release it very soon. Hope we can see the app later this month as planned. Check out the demo video below.