January 5, 2010 on 11:14 am | In iphone | 28 Comments
Happy New Year to everyone! We hope you had a nice holiday season with your friends and family.
We came back from break and found there was a huge spike in downloads of our Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone app over the holidays.
Did you get a new iPhone recently? If yes, how are you enjoying your new phone?
If you’ve tried Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone, what do you think of it? Is there anything you would you like to see added or changed?
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
December 8, 2009 on 2:02 pm | In Features, iphone | 6 Comments
With the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone (v1.3), it’s now possible to not only share photos, but also videos that you take on your iPhone 3GS.
While you’re in a conversation, tap on the emoticon icon to bring up the message options. Tap on the Media tab where you can choose to take a new photo or video clip, or choose an existing one from your photo gallery.
Your friend will receive a notification that you’re sharing a file with them, and after the file finishes transferring, you’ll see a confirmation on your phone. At anytime while the file is sending, you can tap on the speech bubble to view it.
Friends can also IM you videos (.mov, .mp4), and photos when you’re on your iPhone. When a new file is coming in, you’ll see a message asking if you want to accept or decline the incoming file transfer. Accept it, wait for the download and then just tap the speech bubble to view the image right in the app.
A handy thing about this new feature is that it allows you to send and receive files up to 15MB in size. So when you video your baby’s first steps on your phone, you can instantly send it off to friends and family on IM. And best of all, it won’t count against your data plan the way MMS messages do.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
December 3, 2009 on 10:26 am | In iphone | 28 Comments
The latest update to Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone (version 1.3) is now available. This latest version includes updates for display images, file sharing, as well as support for more languages.
With this new version, we added one of the most frequently requested features from our users – the ability to change your display image right in the iPhone app. Use an existing photo that is stored on your iPhone or take a new one. To change your display image, tap on Settings, then “My Contact Details”.
We also fixed some bugs that were causing display image update problems. So now when your friend updates their display image, it will change in your contact list as well. You no longer need to sign out and back in to get display image updates.
The file sharing feature also got a nice boost. Now you can IM both photo and videos that are stored on your iPhone. You can also receive and view photos, videos (.mov, .mp4), Microsoft Office documents (.doc, .ppt, .xls), .txt files, and PDF files from within the Yahoo! Messenger app. Note that you can only receive those additional types of files, not send. When sending and receiving, the maximum file size is 15MB, which is much larger than the limits of MMS.
This update also includes new language support for French, Italian, German and Spanish. If your iPhone uses one of those languages, your Yahoo! Messenger app will as well after you download this latest version.
To help combat IM spam when you’re on your iPhone, we also added a preference that allows you to ignore messages from people that are not on your Yahoo! Messenger contact list. To set this preference, tap on the Settings icon and look for “Privacy” in the Options section. The preference is turned off by default, so if you want to ignore people not on your list, be sure to go into Preferences and update the setting after you install this latest version.
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 your 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”.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
September 21, 2009 on 9:25 am | In iphone | 59 Comments
This weekend, we released an update for the Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone app. This latest version fixes the issue that some users were having with the contact list disappearing upon sign in. Thank you for your patience while we worked on the issue.
To download the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone (v1.2.3) that includes this update, go to the iTunes App Store or tap the App Store icon on your iPhone and search for Yahoo! Messenger. If you already have Yahoo! Messenger installed, you may also have an update alert for the app.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
August 25, 2009 on 10:53 am | In iphone | 121 Comments
Thanks to everyone who has been using and providing feedback on our latest version of Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone.
Based on your helpful input, we’ve made lots of updates to this version which is now available in the iPhone App Store. Here’s what’s new / changed:
No more Idle status
Now when you exit the Yahoo! Messenger app on your iPhone but are still signed in, you’ll show as available to your friends rather than Idle. We agreed – showing up as idle didn’t make great sense since you want people to IM you.
Buzz got better
Ok, not every feature off the blocks is perfect and this one took some tweaking. In this version we’ve refined the Buzz notification sound and added a preference to turn Buzz on or off in the event you don’t want to use it (under Settings).
We also added vibrating notifications when you send or receive a Buzz. And if you’re in a conversation with someone and another friend buzzes you, you’ll see a notice on the screen.
New notification sound
Oh your bleeding ears! We heard you didn’t like the new IM notification sound so we changed it up a bit. Karl the engineer describes it as “shorter and prettier”. We hope you agree.
Fixed the address book integration
The iPhone address book integration faltered in our last version so we fixed it in 1.2.2. Now when you’re composing a new SMS for example, you’ll be able to access numbers in your iPhone address book, not just in Yahoo! Messenger.
We also tweaked a few things to address some bugs, crash and login issues.
To download the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone (v1.2.2) that includes these updates, go to the iTunes App Store or tap the App Store icon on your iPhone and search for Yahoo! Messenger. If you already have Yahoo! Messenger installed, you may also have an update alert for the app.
As always, please use the Report Problem feature in the app if you run into any issues. You’ll find it under “Settings” in the Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone app.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
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