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New Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone: chat with your Windows Live friends

April 4, 2010 on 9:02 pm | In iphone | 79 Comments

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added one of the most requested features to our latest version of Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone (1.4): the ability to chat with your Windows Live contacts.

Now when you’re on your iPhone, your Windows Live friends will be able to see when you’re online, and send and receive messages from them. You can also add new Windows Live friends right from the app.

In addition to supporting Windows Live conversations, we also added more languages in a prior release. Those of you who speak French, German, Italian, and Spanish can enjoy Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone in your native tongue.

If your iPhone is set to one of those four languages, Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone will detect that automatically and load the same language.

To download the new version, tap the App Store icon on your iPhone and search for Yahoo! Messenger (you may also see an update alert on your App Store icon). Or click here to download it through iTunes.

We hope you enjoy this latest version. If you have any technical issues with Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone, please send us feedback by tapping on “Settings”, then scrolling down and tapping on “Report Problem”.

Thyaga Vasudevan
Product Manager

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  1. it’s feature set is almost caught up to mac messenger. And updated about 10x as often so i give it another year tops before it is passed it.

    Comment by MysticalOS — April 4, 2010 #

  2. [...] To download latest version of Yahoo Messenger on iPhone, tap the App Store icon on your iPhone and search for Yahoo Messenger. Alternatively, you may check for update alert on App Store icon or download it directly from itunes link. [via YM blog] [...]

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  3. @MysticalOS

    Amen.

    Comment by Lucky — April 4, 2010 #

  4. WHAT YOUR NAME?
    WHAT DO YOU LIVE?

    Comment by HIEU — April 5, 2010 #

  5. Why I cannot send and recive massege from yahoo massenger to any selphone free.Now I live in Bangladesh.PL take nesesery action for this problme.I know many bangladeshi people are useing Yahoo massenger-10.So you will see this matter.THank you.

    Comment by Md Abdullah Al Nazom — April 5, 2010 #

  6. Great! Thanks for this, a much needes and requested update.

    Can we have message logging and individual stealth settings now please?

    Comment by The Phazer — April 5, 2010 #

  7. when yahoo!messenger support Android?

    Comment by neomatrix2008 — April 5, 2010 #

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  9. [...] Messenger, algo la versión para Windows sí permite. Pero eso era hasta ahora, porque se acaba de publicar una nueva actualización que ya nos ofrece este [...]

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    Comment by bilal al _hossari — April 5, 2010 #

  11. bilal_27789@yahoo.com

    Comment by bilal al _hossari — April 5, 2010 #

  12. Sa

    Comment by Adalberto — April 6, 2010 #

  13. Still looking for more chat history. 15 is almost as good as zero!!!

    Comment by Mes — April 6, 2010 #

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  15. Good feature!
    most of my friends use hotmail – live accounts.

    Yahoo for iphone is awsome! but can you change the sound of the new message, it is so annoying.. i think a more calm sound would make it perfect!

    Comment by Gadeer — April 7, 2010 #

  16. [...] unterstützt jetzt die Möglichkeit, mit deinen Windows Live-Kontakten zu chatten, laut einem Beitrag im Yahoo! Messenger Blog. Wenn du jetzt auf deinem iPhone bist, können deine Windows Live-Freunde dich sehen können, wenn [...]

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  17. I hope I find good friend with yahoo messenge

    Comment by almab — April 9, 2010 #

  18. I hope find good friend with yahoo messenger

    Comment by almab — April 9, 2010 #

  19. Anything for android?

    Comment by Oskar — April 12, 2010 #

  20. [...] you may be aware, we have been releasing new versions of Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone quite regularly to give our users quality experience on the iPhone. It is our hope that users will [...]

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  21. Would like to add my name to the ever growing list of people asking for the following for the iPhone version:
    1) Stealth settings on a per-friend basis. Right now the only option is to appear invisible to all.
    2) Ability to change the notification sound. When I get a new im, my poor phone emits a horrid sound which I cannot change for messenger.

    I have seen numerous comments and posts about the above requests, hopefully they can be implemented soon.

    Comment by CT — April 16, 2010 #

  22. @CT Thanks for your feedback. We will consider as we continue to iterate on the Messenger app.

    Comment by Kedar — April 16, 2010 #

  23. any one

    Comment by amar — April 17, 2010 #

  24. [...] 19 Apr, 2010  Yahoo As you know, Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone allows you to IM friends and family right from your iPhone wherever you are. This is a great app but something was missing: the ability to chat with your Windows Live Messenger contacts. I’m happy to announce that our colleagues on the Yahoo! Messenger team recently released a new version of the Yahoo! Messenger App for the iPhone (and iPod Touch), which allows interoperability. You can read more on their blog post [...]

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  25. What about group chat? You guys don’t forget to add group chat.

    Comment by Jonathan Talavera — April 26, 2010 #

  26. Great app, but It would be nice to have the option of changing the alert sounds. Thanks!

    Comment by Kirk — May 12, 2010 #

  27. thanks. chat

    Comment by chat — May 15, 2010 #

  28. How come, I can’t use Yahoo messenger when I am traveling? It seems, it’s easy for any Hotel to block access to voice/video calling. Is there a way to by-pass this hurdle? Cheers.

    Comment by Globetrotter — May 19, 2010 #

  29. A Yahoo Messenger chat? This sounds like something cool as I will not have to go to my computer to use it.

    Comment by windows registry checker — July 1, 2010 #

  30. It’s great that yahoo has develop instant messenger for the i phone, but since the days of Dick Tracy people have been crying to be able to see whom they are speaking to on the phone. Skype is the preferred medium when it comes to chatting with friends and family member online. This is the way to go when it comes to the i phone.

    Comment by Raymond — July 24, 2010 #

  31. Please update new version with multitasking

    Comment by Dana — August 2, 2010 #

  32. Have been using this App on my iphone–an frequently LOSE messages from people. A notification will pop up letting me know I have a message–and if I click VIEW…more often than not, the message does not load–nor do previous messages in the same thread. For instance, today I could see a message from a friend had come in–they had left 14 entries…but when I clicked to view…there were none. How do I fix this glitch?

    Also…when I turn my keyboard sideways–the screen is cut off…including the send key.

    Comment by April — August 12, 2010 #

  33. Please update with group chat / conference. Even the yahoo chat app for blackberry has it. Why not for iphone?!

    Comment by Richard — August 19, 2010 #

  34. Need to be able to turn off anoying tones.

    Comment by Knott Kneeded — August 23, 2010 #

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    Comment by kazanganti — September 9, 2010 #

  36. Also, please let us choose whether we want the suggestive spelling or not. Some people type in a different language and it gets very tiring to have to go back and re type our words because yahoo thought it was misspelled and changed it to a different word. THANK YOU!

    Comment by lamuneca206 — September 12, 2010 #

  37. How do I remove my yahoo messenger ID from the ID line when I logout on my iphone4 using verion 1.4? Whenever I logout my ID name remains and I don’t want it to be seen.

    Comment by Dave — September 14, 2010 #

  38. How do I change the alert sound when messages are received?

    Comment by fariz — October 9, 2010 #

  39. this is deffinitally a cool app for the iphone. We are thinking about actually doing an iphone how to tutorial for this yahoo app on our site.

    Comment by iphone how to — October 26, 2010 #

  40. I am having the same problem as April above. I get several Notifications on my iTouch but when I go to Yahoo Messenger they do not appear. Why is this happening?

    Comment by info — November 25, 2010 #

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  42. Need to be able to turn off anoying tones. Thanks for sharing..

    Comment by 1stblogger — January 6, 2011 #

  43. It just isn’t as clear as some of the other messenger clients on iphone.

    Good start though.

    Hopefully it will get better with new versions.

    Comment by Registry Defense — January 24, 2011 #

  44. I use it everyday without any problem so far.

    Comment by Bruno Dubois — January 24, 2011 #

  45. is fantastic! now we can contact our friends through mobile

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  47. i want new version

    Comment by t0-2 — January 31, 2011 #

  48. Yeah! That’s sooo cool! What I like to use is the “iPhone DevSecrets Course”, which shows you how to make your own Apps & Games, without being a skilled programer.

    Comment by Tommy Tucker — January 31, 2011 #

  49. This is great! Thanks for sharing. It will be interesting to see the new versions.

    Comment by Psychologist Perth — February 8, 2011 #

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  51. Can I change the sound when someone types me a message?

    Comment by zantac — February 12, 2011 #

  52. I should get rid of my old phone and get one!

    Comment by Terrasse Dubois — February 14, 2011 #

  53. Great app! I’m sure future versions will improve on this one.

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  54. Very Cool!!!

    Comment by Wii Zelf Ombouwen — April 18, 2011 #

  55. My boyfriends messages are not appearing all of a sudden on yahoo messenger chat. I’ve deleted & re installed app. What else can I do it’s so frustrating. It’s my only communication with my boyfriend in the forces. Please help rectify. Many thanks

    Comment by Janine Paine — May 2, 2011 #

  56. Those of you who speak French, German, Italian, and Spanish can enjoy Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone in your native tongue.

    Comment by Hotel Manila — May 5, 2011 #

  57. Good on Yahoo for rivalling the other mobile messenger service.

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  58. This is great! Thanks for sharing.

    Comment by lilei — May 16, 2011 #

  59. I’d like to see future improvements with this app

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  60. Hi Thare! i need to say that i think this is a great feature but somehow it doesn’t work on my phone..any tips on how to get it working correctly? (sorry for my bad English im European) Good day everybody greetings

    Comment by aambeien — June 22, 2011 #

  61. I don’t have many friends at windows live, though. Do you have an app for the Google/Gmail chat? I only have 2G iPhone, the latest version of YM cannot be installed. =(

    Comment by Steve — June 24, 2011 #

  62. I still use it today realy great

    Comment by schimmelinfectie — July 6, 2011 #

  63. Well i am not much in yahoo messenger..I love to chat on Gtalk.

    Comment by finance homework help — July 8, 2011 #

  64. Good news!! Everybody can touch in with their friends through yahoo in mobile!!!

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