It’s here! The new Yahoo! Messenger Beta is now available for download. Yahoo! Messenger Beta makes it fun and easy to share, connect, and play with friends and family – no matter where you are in the world.
We’re excited to tell you about all the great new features in this release:
DO MORE THAN JUST IM – PLAY SOCIAL GAMES WITH FRIENDS
Instant messaging is great but it takes more than just IM to stay in touch with the people who matter most to you. The new Yahoo! Messenger Beta offers more ways than ever before to connect (and have fun!) with friends and family. Not only can you instant message, text, and make voice and video calls, you can now play social games right within Yahoo! Messenger.
Play socially – Play some of the most popular social games with your friends, starting with offerings from Zynga, Elex, and OMGPOP. Games include:
Fishville and Mafia Wars from Zynga – Coming soon
Balloono, Pool, Draw My Thing from OMGPOP
Happy Harvest & Happy Manor from Elex
Get your friends involved – Share your game activities and play-status so that friends can join your game and you can join theirs.
MANAGE ALL YOUR SOCIAL NETWORKS FROM ONE PLACE
Having trouble keeping up with different groups of friends across various social networks? Yahoo! Messenger Beta brings together your social experiences from across the web and provides a single destination to see what your friends are doing or let them know what you are up to.
Keep up with friends wherever they are – View, comment on and like updates from Yahoo! Pulse, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, and more, all from one place, right within Yahoo! Messenger.
Post one status to multiple social networks – Share your Messenger status simultaneously on Yahoo! Pulse, Facebook, and Twitter.
Chat with Facebook friends – In addition to your friends on Windows Live, you can now IM your Facebook friends right within Yahoo! Messenger.
STAY CONNECTED ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
As you and your friends become increasingly mobile, it is essential to stay connected no matter where you are, across devices. That’s why Yahoo! Messenger keeps you connected whether on desktop, the Web, or mobile devices.
Enjoy rich experiences across devices – Now on Android! – Make free video calls, and share photos and videos between PC, iPhone, and now Android.
Converse virtually anywhere – Start your IM conversations on your PC and continue them from your iPhone, Android, or any Internet-enabled device.
Always be available – Stay signed in to multiple PCs simultaneously so you never miss a message.
Easy access to recent conversations – Retrieve recent IM conversations from any PC where you have signed in to Yahoo! Messenger.
Learn more and download the new Yahoo! Messenger Beta at http://messenger.yahoo.com/beta/win We hope you’ll enjoy the new Yahoo! Messenger Beta as much as we do!
As with any new release, we want to hear all about your experience — what’s working well for you and what’s not. Try it today and let us know what you think through the “Send Feedback” link on the Help menu.
Also note that video calling on Android requires OS 2.2+ and the Yahoo! Messenger Video Add-on. We support the MyTouch 4G & EVO phones, and will support additional devices in the coming weeks.
You have asked and we have answered! We are happy to announce that Mobile Web Messenger now offers SMS capabilities – one of the most highly sought after features. What this means is that in addition to the usual instant messages and emoticons, you can now send text messages from Messenger to your friends’ mobile phones for free†
We have made the following updates to the latest version of Mobile Web Messenger:
Send SMS for free to your IM friends or to any mobile numbers †
Enhanced Searchbox allows you to look up contacts by their usernames or phone numbers in your Yahoo! Address book and IM contact list
Easy toggle between SMS and IM conversations
Whether you have a smartphone, or standard feature phone, if you have a data plan, Mobile Web Messenger can run on your phone. No setup is required – Just enter m.yahoo.com/messenger into the mobile browser on your phone, and you’ve got Yahoo! Messenger.
Sherrine Tan
Yahoo! Messenger Team
† Available in select markets within the supported carrier networks . Carrier charges may apply to the receiving party.
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
Why are we turning pink? October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Join Yahoo! in the fight against breast cancer by updating your Yahoo! status to let us know why you’re turning pink.
Yahoo! has teamed up with the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) to provide free mammograms for uninsured women. For each person who updates his/her pink ribbon status in Yahoo! Shine and Yahoo! Pulse during the month of October, Yahoo! will donate $1 to NBCF up to $50,000.
Once you’ve updated your status, head over to Yahoo! Shine to see why others are turning pink and how others are connected to breast cancer in similar ways.
You can also show that you care by getting your Avatar the “Breast Cancer Awareness Gear” – the pink ribbon symbolizes support for finding a cure for breast cancer.
Do your part to support Breast Cancer Awareness today! I’ve updated my status…have you?
Imagine connecting with your friends from school or work OR keeping in touch with your grandparents back in your hometown OR reconnecting with your childhood playmates in a different country.
Now, imagine all of these can be seen live, in real time as you talk to them and have conversations with them. You can see their faces, their expressions, their emotions, their laughter, and much more. This is powerful!
With Yahoo! Messenger’s high-quality, full-screen video calling capability, you can experience the presence of your friends and family during an IM conversation. Physical distance is no longer a barrier to connecting yourself to your loved ones and anyone who matters to you.
We created a few videos that capture some of life’s most interesting, incredible, and unexpected moments all via Yahoo! Messenger. Check out these videos and tell us what you think!
