Good news to blackberry users. It seems we the android users are about to adopt u guys into our platform.

BlackBerry may look outside the box

Update: A BlackBerry spokesperson wrote to explain that yes, the BlackBerry 10.2.1 update does indeed add support for native Android apps up through Android Jelly Bean. This version is already available for developers, and will be released to the public "this year," according to the spokesperson.

He also pointed out that the existing release, BlackBerry 10.2.0, supports Android apps up through Android Ice Cream Sandwich, but only if they're repackaged as .bar BlackBerry files and re-submitted to BlackBerry World. So BB 10.2.1 ups the compatibility and eliminates the need to repackage the apps.

Apparently the next BlackBerry firmware update will support native Android APK files directly, and porting them over will require very little work from developers, according to Good e-Reader.

The digital publishing news site reported that it spoke with at least four Android app developers at CES 2014 who confirmed that BlackBerry had approached them about publishing their apps directly to BlackBerry 10.

These developers need do nothing more than make BlackBerry World profiles and submit icons, screenshots and app descriptions for their existing Android apps to appear in the BlackBerry 10 app ecosystem.