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1. First, thanks for releasing this for Android. Messenger for Android is great but please add the ability to Buzz!

   Comment by Jeremy — June 30, 2010 #

2. [...] So what does this mean for you? If you are one of the 300 million Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger users worldwide, we’re making it easier to access feature-rich Yahoo! experiences on two of the fastest growing mobile platforms in the market, Android and HTML5-capable browsers.  Get more details on the Yahoo! Messenger app on the Yahoo! Messenger Blog here. [...]

   Pingback by Yahoo! Delivers Amazing New Experiences via Android and HTML5 | Yodel Anecdotal — June 30, 2010 #

3. Nice, great stuff.. can we have a widget for unread mail? Thanks!

   Comment by Collin C — June 30, 2010 #

4. [...] Via Share and Enjoy: [...]

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5. …..so excited to be on the facewebs

   Comment by kitty — June 30, 2010 #

6. Love this app…nice job yahoo

   Comment by Lorenz — June 30, 2010 #

7. [...] So what does this mean for you? If you are one of the 300 million Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger users worldwide, Yahoo! Is  making it easier to access feature-rich Yahoo! experiences on two of the fastest growing mobile platforms in the market, Android and HTML5-capable browsers.  Get more details on the Yahoo! Messenger app on the Yahoo! Messenger Blog here. [...]

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8. Still can’t conference! why ?

   Comment by karveto — June 30, 2010 #

9. [...] Messenger app does pretty much what you’d expect: it allows you to chat with your Yahoo!/MSN friends, [...]

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10. [...] Messenger app does pretty much what you’d expect: it allows you to chat with your Yahoo!/MSN friends, [...]

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11. [...] The Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger Android apps offer many of the core features that you find in their PC counterparts. In the Yahoo! Mail Android app, you can search for important messages with our Full Search and Smart Folders features and organize messages into the same personal folders you use on the PC. In Messenger you can set your Yahoo! Messenger status message, view the status messages of your buddy list contacts and chat with your MSN/Windows Live Messenger friends. For more details on the Messenger app, click here. [...]

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12. [...] Messenger app does pretty much what you’d expect: it allows you to chat with your Yahoo!/MSN friends, [...]

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13. [...] Messenger app does pretty much what you’d expect: it allows you to chat with your Yahoo!/MSN friends, [...]

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14. OMG, Yahoo! You are so CRUEL! What about windows mobile then? the only thing that HD2 lacks is a proper yahoo messenger

    Comment by Rouzbeh — July 1, 2010 #

15. WinMo is a dead platform. Wait for WinPhone7 or whatever it’s called.

    Comment by Znuff — July 1, 2010 #

16. [...] Messenger app does pretty much what you’d expect: it allows you to chat with your Yahoo!/MSN friends, [...]

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17. [...] c’est à Yahoo! aujourd’hui de rejoindre le club Android. Yahoo! Messenger for Android, Yahoo! Mail for Android et Yahoo! Search for Android viennent d’être lancés [...]

    Pingback by Yahoo Messenger pour Android et Yahoo mail pour Android — July 1, 2010 #

18. Hi, thanks a lot for your support! This is what I’ve been waiting for.
    I love the UI. For me it looks much better than the Iphone’s version. However, I found some big problems: (Motorola milestone, android 2.1)
    - Can’t see the other side status (available)
    - Can’t receive message from the other side. Only send.

    Feature suggestion: icon on notification bar. It should change color when I have a coming message

    Comment by Tommy — July 1, 2010 #

19. Suggestion: Use the Android Cloud to Device Messaging system to switch your login to from PC to Android Device.

    Comment by Kel — July 1, 2010 #

20. [...] don’t use Yahoo Messenger, so I didn’t install it. With the new Yahoo! Messenger App for Android, you [...]

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21. Very pleased to see an official app for Yahoo! Messenger for android because none of the alternative apps work 100%.
    However just installed on my HTC Desire and the app shows all of my contacts as being offline.

    Comment by phil — July 2, 2010 #

22. [...] Get it here! [...]

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23. first of all.. i want to thank yahoo! for providing this apps.. i have been waiting for a proper yahoo messenger apps on my motorola milestone all this while and yahoo! rally did a great job..

    but still need more improvement like buzz function and more other options like changing own and others’ display names.. plus would love it if the enter key will enter the text instead of skipping one line..

    the notification also could use setup interface because the notification + vibration is always on when running on background.. i dont think people really need that and if they do.. they can just turn it on and off whenever needed..

    theres also some bug when transitioning between users list and chat page.. not too obvious but its there..

    even with these comments.. im using it anyway coz i like the originals.. thanks again to yahoo!

    Comment by jamallj — July 2, 2010 #

24. I was wondering if there was a way to know that your bug reports for any of these apps were actually being worked on…

    Comment by Shelby — July 3, 2010 #

25. [...] Yahoo Messenger permite chatear con tus contactos y puede funcionar en el fondo con notificaciones push. Además [...]

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26. Finally Yahoo for Android..I like it

    wish we could change profile pic tho

    Comment by TJ — July 3, 2010 #

27. [...] La aplicación de Messenger, soporta emoticones, mensajes push y mensajería instantánea con tus contactos, descargar Aquí [...]

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28. [...] So what does this mean for you? If you are one of the 300 million Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger users worldwide, we’re making it easier to access feature-rich Yahoo! experiences on two of the fastest growing mobile platforms in the market, Android and HTML5-capable browsers.  Get more details on the Yahoo! Messenger app on the Yahoo! Messenger Blog here. [...]

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29. I have had nothing but problems with this app. Keeps logging me out randomly, shows me as invisible to everyone when I am clearly not… and no answers anywhere. Not worth it.

    Comment by Carrie — July 5, 2010 #

30. [...] (it supports OS 2.0 or higher). Get more information on official Yahoo Mobile webpage. [via Yahoo blog] Tags: Google Android, Mobile Apps, Yahoo, Yahoo MessengerBy Davinder on Tuesday, July 6th, [...]

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31. [...] you can get it from Android marketplace. More details at official Yahoo Mobile webpage [via Yahoo Blog]. Tags: Google Android, Mobile Apps, Yahoo, Yahoo MessengerBy Davinder on Wednesday, July [...]

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32. Thank you for your feedback and suggestions. The Yahoo! Messenger team is working hard to bring you the best user experience. In fact, an update release to address stability and image display issues is now available via the Android Market!
    Please update the app and let us know what you think

    Yahoo! Messenger Team

    Comment by sherrine — July 7, 2010 #

33. I couldn’t scan the barcode since I’m using spica…can anyone help me with this? Thanx

    Comment by quac — July 7, 2010 #

34. How do I forward a message or copy and paste a yahoo messenger chat to a friend?

    I have an iphone 3G.

    Please help needed ASAP.

    Comment by Blessing Bob-Manuel — July 8, 2010 #

35. I have been waiting for this for a long, long time ! However, I installed it on my Nexus One with Android 2.2 Froyo (FRF91 – latest) and all the contacts are shown as being offline. Also, the application does not support “aliases”…I don’t even know when I used my Yahoo username and when I used my alias when adding contacts…it’s gonna be a mess.

    But…I have hope

    Comment by Catalin — July 12, 2010 #

36. Nice release, unfortunally it doesn’t work properly.

    First, it is showing me all the contacts are being online. (I have… hard to say, over 1,000 … close 1,500 contacts).

    Secondly, I don’t receive any message. My message are received by the other party, but I don’t get back any message at all.

    A nice feature to have is one to save battery when using 3G, like eBuddy has, where it checks for new messages every so minutes (5-10-15…).

    Hopefully it gets fixed pretty quick and new features are added to it… till then, using eBuddy.

    Comment by Paul — July 17, 2010 #

37. Very glitchy on Samsung Galaxy Spica with Android 2. The app keeps force closing.. messages are often not sent after clicking the “send” button.. needs to be debugged starting from basics..

    Comment by Abhinav — July 17, 2010 #

38. It’s a good news that Yahoo messenger will be available on Android but there is some problems while using Yahoo messenger on phones that it automatically become invisible for contact if the Android will not have the same problems it would be great.

    Comment by Android Blog — July 18, 2010 #

39. I am not sure if this is yahoo’s approach to make yahoo cross plateform or they are just making it open to develop plug-ins. I personally think yahoo messenger API is very outdated now, it was originally developed years ago. Probably you guys should rather make the protocol open and create a community project to develop a QT API based client on yahoo protocol. QT is the next Java in my opinion.

    Comment by Saurabh — July 14, 2010 #

    I’m done fuzzing ylocalbot. Seems I got ignored? I want to use it to find a place that delivers pizza. Can you get me unignored? Thanks.

    Comment by Mike C — July 16, 2010 #

    Comment by chinapanda — July 19, 2010 #

40. I like the application. I have the Motorola Droid and I am unable to find the Yahoo application icon. It is installed. I have to always go back to the market and open it from there.

    Gary

    Comment by GaryG — July 21, 2010 #

41. Glad to see an official Yahoo chat app for Android. Would be MUCH better if you add VoIP capability (like Skype mobile), so I can talk to my contacts. If I want to talk to people, I am still required to use my PC. What do you say?? PRETTY PLEASE??????

    Comment by Tired (but awake) — July 21, 2010 #

42. hi baby

    Comment by cisco — July 23, 2010 #

43. hi guys, I’m having problem with yahoo messenger, can’t sign in when using 3g connection, but works ok in wifi connection. do you also experience the same? after i see the “loading messenger contacts”…. i get a prompt “unable to sign in to messenger”. Any way to fix this? btw, im using an HTC desire unit and TELCO is Singtel.

    Comment by Adrian — July 26, 2010 #

44. First of all great work !

    From what I’ve read and from my experience, this release contains a bug. If the phone is not connected to a WiFi all contacts are offline and you can’t chat at all.

    Comment by Ovidiu Buzetelu — August 2, 2010 #

45. when will this app be available to uk useres, at the moment we cant see it on the android market here.

    Comment by mitch45 — August 2, 2010 #

46. really nice sharing thanks

    Comment by Bitkisel kısırlık ilacı — August 12, 2010 #

47. Why does it only allow you to log on with your primary account. I have a secondary account but when I log on with that screen name, it defaults to the primary account name. Otherwise a good app!

    Comment by droid_user191 — August 16, 2010 #

48. I really like the app, but I’m having an issue sending photo attachments. Maybe I’m just dumb and there’s something I’m missing, but I’m trying to have a conversation with a friend who’s on an iPhone, and the photo attachment icons are grayed out and I can’t select them :S I know we’re chatting cross-platform but that shouldn’t be a problem, should it?

    Comment by EnragedParrot — August 21, 2010 #

49. For hd2 owners, youcan go to xda-developers (dot) com to run android on your hd2s, so you can use this yahoo messenger app.

    Comment by gen — August 23, 2010 #

50. How do I UNinstall Yahoo Messenger from Droid X? Tried it; don’t want to keep it. I drag and drop it onto the delete “X” icon at bottom of apps screen but it won’t uninstall.

    Comment by John B. — August 23, 2010 #

51. Hi, Guys,
    Hope you are not confusing the world any more. Your product should be easy to use, handy and reletively cheap in the markets.
    What opportunities do we have in Nigeria on using this new product. Remember the Black berry episode in Saudi Arabia recently?

    Comment by Musa Hadejia — August 25, 2010 #

52. Your Yahoo for android works just fine except I can’t figure out how to log off, sign out of messenger. Any help?

    Comment by JR — August 27, 2010 #

53. Okay, figured it out, at least for my Captivate.

    Exit messenger by touching the smiley face icon with your user name, upper left under “Y! Messenger”. It opens a pull down menu with Available; Busy, Invisible to everyone and (duh) Sign out of messenger.

    Comment by JR — August 27, 2010 #

54. Thanks for useful information.

    Comment by Cinsel uyarıcı damla — August 30, 2010 #

55. When are we gonna have a JAVA or Symbian versions of Yahoo! Messenger officially released by Yahoo!? I would love to see a J2ME version of Symbian S60 version of Yahoo! Messenger.

    Comment by Ahsan Iqbal — September 4, 2010 #

56. No copy and paste on htc aria at&t. Major problem for me. Other than that, it works alright, just minor bugs as discussed in the forum.

    Comment by Mark Thomas — September 7, 2010 #

57. still cant conference

    Comment by Cindy — September 9, 2010 #

58. Samsung Vibrant….cant conference. Everything thing else works fine….

    Comment by Cindy — September 9, 2010 #

59. I would use the android version of yahoo messenger if it supported aliases. I have several email accounts, but when i use messenger I always use an alias so if the id gets into the hands of a spammer all I have to do is ignore them. If they get my email address they bombard me form a million different ids so it’s impossible to block them. PLEASE add the ability to use aliases, or at a minimum let someone log in to messenger as an alias (don’t necessarily need the ability to switch between aliases so long as I could send all my messages as my primary alias)

    Comment by T — September 18, 2010 #

60. really cool interface of messenger on android. It’s a handy to chat with colleagues in real quick.

    Comment by Vertinix — September 21, 2010 #

61. All contacts are still offline. Third party apps seems work better. Hope you guys are working on this.

    Comment by andrew — September 22, 2010 #

62. Well, I appreciate your tutorial pretty much, thank you!

    Comment by Cymplus — September 22, 2010 #

63. I don’t believe the Buzz feature is available yet for droid, at least I can’t find a button or online comments about how to do it. Please add Buzz button. Also it would be nice if you could see what the emoticons do when you send them, mine do not move on HTC EVO. File transfers always say canceled on the other end even if the transfer is still going through. Please add reliable video chat! I have a phone with two cams and none of the chat clients I use support video chat.

    Comment by Evo — September 23, 2010 #

64. really good and I appreciated.

    Comment by free android app — September 27, 2010 #

65. Buzz! action please

    and it takes forever to sign in unlike the iphone app. Hope it gets up to par with that!

    Comment by KaliKot — October 3, 2010 #

66. we want to yahoo messenger to mobile text messaging.

    Comment by opu sarker — October 7, 2010 #

67. I love it…but it needs a buzz!!

    Comment by jaclyn — October 25, 2010 #

68. Copy and past is a big must for me also. Past works but I can’t copy messages from my contacts. I need the ability to translate and without a translation plug-in or a copy function, I’m dead in the water. Samsung Fascinate

    Comment by tkarig — October 28, 2010 #

69. I can’t get the buzz button to work on my computer nor on my HTC desire!! Why?

    Comment by Cindy — November 1, 2010 #

70. I have a question. Since I can’t download this app because I’m still on 1.6, is that the reason why it won’t appear on the market? Because when I scanned it, it doeasn’t exist on my market. My phone should be getting an update to 2.2 real soon so do you think that will allow it to show on the android market? It seems like the more updated your phone is the more apps are available.

    Comment by Meme — November 2, 2010 #

71. I like the app, however I would like to see the option to override fonts. I have a friend that has hers set to purple… and on the phone you can’t read it. Having the ability to set your font size and override others is a must,

    Comment by Stacy C — November 14, 2010 #

72. need to add groupchat/ conference .

    Comment by hendrik — November 25, 2010 #

73. can you include “calendar” on the next version of YM for sync between HTC Evo and Mac. Thanks

    Comment by pedro — December 13, 2010 #

74. what version of windows live messenger do i need on my pc to video chat with a droid

    Comment by paulina — December 14, 2010 #

75. Coming from blackberry to android this version of yahoo IM is embarrassing considering the power of this platform. VERY DISSAPOINTED so far. Hoping for updates soon.

    Comment by ben — December 20, 2010 #

76. [...] news for Google Android phone users. Yahoo! team has released Yahoo! Messenger for Android [...]

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77. Video/voice plugin service should stop itself when not used.
    Copy from history is greatly expected.
    thx

    Comment by biji — December 31, 2010 #

78. what about suporting the alias ID?

    Comment by Beautiful — January 4, 2011 #

79. Yep!! Definately NEED copy and paste ability!! Am also pretty much dead in the water without it… Please help us!!!

    Comment by Jamie Williams — January 5, 2011 #

80. PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Copy and paste ability!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by tkarig — January 6, 2011 #

81. How do I copy & paste a conversation on yahoo messenger. Im using an HTC Eco. Please help

    Comment by dave — January 7, 2011 #

82. Hi,
    At first I was using it, it works fine. But after a month (maybe after an update), suddenly my contacts always appear offline!
    I can send message, my friend received it, but I can’t receive any messages! Buzz function also have the same issue.
    Then I tested it using WiFi, it works normally! Switched back to 3G, and my friends appear offline again!
    I also tested it using different provider, and the result is still the same. Uninstall and reinstall still same result.
    I even tried to clean install my system and ROM back to factory state, and the issue still there, my friends appear offline, and I can’t receive any message.
    What happen? Please fix this.
    I am using Samsung Galaxy S with Android Froyo 2.2 DXJPA Firmware. Thanks…

    Comment by TerraBuzz — January 13, 2011 #

83. i put yahoo pingbox on my website for customer service chat, and android apps on my phone, on the pingbox, my status are offline, instead the apps online on my phone, please help..

    mean my customer cannot reach my messenger if they need help to assist them through online customer service….

    Comment by shahrul — January 16, 2011 #

84. i’m using Galaxy S, froyo too with speedmod..

    Comment by shahrul — January 16, 2011 #

85. I like it pls i install yahoo msngr. im mongolia pls help me
    my country not

    Comment by sonic — January 30, 2011 #

86. i like pls instal yahoo msngr in mongolia pis help me my country not

    Comment by arifsk — February 4, 2011 #

87. Please add ALIAS recognition!!! No one actually charts with restore real email address!

    Comment by JJ — February 17, 2011 #

88. Well, all the people above begging for a Buzz! feature got it. Unfortunately, those of us who do not care for this feature get to use it anyway, because it’s so easy to accidentally hit the button.

    Could you please add an option to *disable* the Buzz? 2nd choice: redesign the UI to require a little more intent (e.g., slider bar)?

    Comment by Philip — February 18, 2011 #

89. why in the world this app does not support app2sd???? is it that hard? the plugin does!! this app takes a humungous space in the phone memory….might as well install this in the SD card. because between a crawling phone and a phone that is responsive without YM, the later always wins…

    Comment by vince — February 24, 2011 #

90. Cannot get instant push notifications on my Xperia X8. SE insist this must be a problem with the app. It works fine on Wifi. Please can you sort out?

    Comment by Ian — February 28, 2011 #

91. [...] news for Google Android phone users. Yahoo! team has released Yahoo! Messenger for Android [...]

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92. Now Available on Android!
    nice

    Comment by thee fab — March 11, 2011 #

93. i just purchased the samsung infuse with yahoo mobile… and cannot transfer files…. (pictures) is this a known issue?

    Comment by tk — May 19, 2011 #

94. Amazing… Five star study…I did see the RSS Feed wasn’t operating, someone else notice this kind of thing, or perhaps is it just me. Lol

    Comment by houses for sale in boston — May 25, 2011 #

95. [...] Messenger app does pretty much what you’d expect: it allows you to chat with your Yahoo!/MSN friends, [...]

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96. Inside your blog, I see the real comments! Did not exist many junk content…… Your blog being in love I reckon that that’s it! At least I was such a delicacy. Looking forward to you a better article since i subscribed…

    Comment by ddd — August 24, 2011 #

97. Thanksss alot

    Comment by marea — August 26, 2011 #

98. I am download this in my HTC 4G and it is working great .. this blog has additional information about android versin ..
    http://yahoo-exploit.blogspot.com/2011/09/download-yahoo-messenger-for-android.html

    Comment by Sarah — September 12, 2011 #

99. I dont receive any msg at all but can send. Can anyone help me? How can fix this?

    Comment by ahad — December 25, 2011 #

100. this is a great news, thanks for posting it

     Comment by Saglikdemeti — December 27, 2011 #

101. This only need the ability of copy and paste for each bubble text of the sender or the receiver. Other than that everything is good

     Comment by Ari — January 14, 2012 #

102. Thanks for giving such a wonderful tips which is useful for me as well.

     Comment by norton internet security 2009 uninstall — January 29, 2012 #

103. Can anyone tell me how to fix settings on android so that my email and password dont automatically show up when i open up the app??? I need to keep it private.Thanks.

     Also no notification when a contact signs in

     Comment by misec — February 3, 2012 #

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