We know it’s important for you to stay connected with friends and family no matter where they are in the world. At times, the person you are connecting with may not necessarily be familiar with instant messaging services, that’s why Yahoo! Messenger allows you to make both local and international calls to their landlines or mobile phones at affordable rates.
We’d like to invite you to participate in a quick poll so that we can better understand how regularly you are using the feature:
Hello iOS users, we know how important it is for you to stay available to your friends and continue your conversations while you are on the go. The latest update to the Yahoo! Messenger app for iOS allows you to stay signed in to your chats on your desktop PC computers, Android mobile phones and now, iDevices at the same time! You get notified about new messages where you are active which means you never have to miss a conversation.
Along with this update, we took the opportunity to add premium voice out to iPad.
At Yahoo! we are committed to deliver the best-in-class messaging experience. Download the latest version today and let us know what you think. Enjoy!
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added a bunch of cool new features to the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger App for iPhone, now available on the App Store.
Yahoo! Messenger users on iPhone can now make free voice and video calls to their Messenger friends, low cost calls to land line or mobile phones—plus get new features like multitasking, instant notifications and free SMS.
With the latest Yahoo! Messenger App for iPhone, you can:
Video calls: Make video calls and stream live video one-to-one †
Voice calls: Make free voice calls to your Yahoo! Messenger friends
Low cost voice calls: Talk to your friends on their land line or mobile phone, and make low cost international calls ††
Multitask: Work with other iPhone apps while Yahoo! Messenger runs in the background†
Send free SMS messages via Yahoo! Messenger †††
Get notified for every message: Know when a new message arrives whether the app is running, in the background, or even if it’s not open
Show and tell: Capture and share iPhone photos and video in real-time, with your Yahoo! Messenger buddies
Bring your friends in one place: Add your Windows Live Messenger contacts to your buddy list
Be creative: Use rich text and personal expressions, like emoticons and avatars, to update your friends
Enhanced performance: Get a simpler, faster, richer Yahoo! Messenger experience at your fingertips
Here’s a sneak peak of what you can expect!
To accommodate our friends across the globe, we have also extended our language support to include Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, and Romanian.
Download the latest version by tapping the App Store icon on your iPhone and search for Yahoo! Messenger! You may also see an update alert on your App Store icon. Alternatively, click here to download through iTunes.
We hope you will love this latest version as much as we do. Try it today and let us know what you think!
Andreas Nordin
Product Manager, Yahoo! Messenger
† Available for iPod Touch (4th Generation) and iPhone 3GS/4 users running iOS4.1
†† Available to premium users in select countries
††† Recipients of SMS may be charged by their carriers
Select Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone features are available as follows:
• Video calling:For the optimal experience, iPod Touch (4th Generation) or iPhone 3GS/4, iOS 4.1 & WiFi is recommended. Currently supports iPhone-iPhone & iPhone-PC.
• Voice calls to land line or mobile phone: Must be a Yahoo! Voice Phone Out subscriber in these select markets: US, France, Germany, Spain and Singapore
• Multitasking: Available on iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4, iOS 4.1
For those of you who watch The Bachelorette on ABC, you know that Ali Fedotowsky is in the final throws of determining who is going to be her ultimate choice. As the show nears its end, with only 5 bachelors remaining, millions of viewers are tuning in to see the drama unfold – and Jimmy Kimmel Live had an exclusive check-in segment last night – all through Yahoo! Messenger. Ali couldn’t be on the show – but with Yahoo! Messenger video calling – viewers still got to see and hear all the latest.
For those of you who haven’t already done so, download the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger and experience high-quality, full screen video and voice calling today!
Mother’s Day this year is just around the corner on Sunday, May 9th. I am sure many of you might have planned something special for your moms for this day.
Here are some of the ways Yahoo! Messenger can help to make this day even more special for you especially if you live far away from your mom.
(1). Video Calling – Real-time communication in Yahoo! Messenger took a giant leap last year with the introduction of High Quality Video Calling available in the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger. Our users have taken a liking to this feature and use it especially if they have to talk to friends/families staying far away. So, if you haven’t tried this yet, then this is a perfect time to try out Video Calling with your mom and see her on this special day.
(2). Free PC-2-PC and Paid Calling – As you know, Yahoo! Messenger always had the ability for users to make Free PC-2-PC Calls – so, if your mom is online on Yahoo! Messenger, you could make a free call and talk to her or leave a voicemail if she isn’t online- no matter how large the distance.
If your mom is not online or simply not a Yahoo! Messenger user, then you could also call her on her land-line or mobile using the premium Yahoo! Voice product where you can make local and international calls at great quality for really cheap rates.
(3). Change your Avatar in Yahoo! Messenger to express your love for mom. To do this, simply head over to Yahoo! Avatars and then search for “Mother’s Day” in the “Avatar Search” box. Chose any Avatar from the hundreds of Mother’s Day Avatars and then change your Display Image within Yahoo! Messenger to share this Avatar. Your mom’s joy will know no bounds when she logs into Yahoo! Messenger and sees your Avatar – we guarantee it.
Hope these help you to make the day really special. If you used these or any other products or features from Yahoo! or Yahoo! Messenger on this day, then do drop in a comment – we would love to hear from you.
