I installed the Beeper Android app on my phone and gave it a try. You have to provide an email, fill in the confirmation code sent to it, and then you can choose a username (which will form your Matrix identity @username:beeper.com, although the app never tells you this).

Already at this point I'm starting to get disappointed - I can sort of understand hiding the complexity of Matrix instances from beginners, but no where in the app's preferences/settings could I find the full name of the Matrix account it created for me. Also, you never to get to set a password for the account you just created, meaning you can't use it from other Matrix clients.

The major problem for me is that the app does not let you connect any other Matrix accounts. I already have another Matrix account - the whole point of Beeper is to centralize your chats, so why can't I add it?

Maybe the self-hosted Beeper will let you add more than one Matrix account?

Links and notes

• https://www.beeper.com
• https://old.reddit.com/r/beeper/comments/16kwrrp/how_do_i_use_beeper_in_other_matrix_clients a post in this thread suggests you can request your password from support or something (sounds sketchy to me).
• https://blog.rayberger.org/migrating-matrix-accounts