Let your BBM contacts know what you're doing or share your mood by changing your BBM name, status, or picture.
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Tap
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- Tap your picture or name.
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Do any of the following:
- To change the name that your contacts see, tap your current name.
- To change your BBM picture, tap your current picture. Tap
. Select a new picture or animated GIF to use as your BBM picture.
- In the What's on your mind? field, type a status.
- To show the
icon beside your name, tap Status > Busy.
Save a status for later
- Tap the Status drop-down list > Edit Status Messages.
- Type a status that you want to save and use again.
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To show the
icon beside your name when you select the status, turn on the
Show busy icon switch.
- Tap Done.
You can select your custom status in the Status field.
Show your location
To help your contacts know when you might be unavailable to chat, in BBM you can show the country that you're in and the local time.
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Tap
> 
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- Turn on the Show My Country and Time switch.
Show what you're listening to
BBM can change your status message to display the song title and artist when you're listening to music. When you're done listening to music, your status message returns to the last status message that you typed.
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Tap
> 
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- Turn on the Show What I'm Listening To switch.