Yahoo! Messenger

by Yahoo! Inc

A messenger service to keep you in contact with your friends

Operating system: Windows

Publisher: Yahoo! Inc

Release: Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228

Antivirus check: passed

Last revision: Last week

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Yahoo! Messenger for Windows, is a free messaging service that connects together instant messaging, personal services, and email. As a bonus, it links to news services, allowing you to link along with your contacts with others and your links to news, weather, sports, business, and other kinds of news. It offers one of the few and rare integrated chat experiences found among technology companies from a name that's been in the technology industry for more than two decades.

It is a redesigned version of Yahoo! Chat, which was an Internet chat service for nearly 20 years and used and beloved by millions. Originally released in 1998, it remained popular until it was shut down in 2012. Like Yahoo! Chat, it puts you into instant contact with your friends. It allows you to see when friends are online and send messages to them. It also allows you to save past conversations with friends, and it puts conversations with friends in the same tabbed interface as its other features. Through a series of tabs, you're able to switch quickly between conversations with friends and to the other services Yahoo! Messenger for Windows provides, such as the news links.

Yahoo! Messenger for Windows, supports file sharing among users, which has long been a popular service. Files can be up to 2 GB, though more recently it has been limited to photo files, GIFs, and videos. These features interface well with other products and services owned by Yahoo!, which offers you an excellent integrated experience. These advantages of scale offer the user significantly more than a stand-alone chat program.

Allows users to see when their friends are online

Features:

Instantly message friends and other users.
Start and participate in private group conversations.
Create plug-ins for Internet radio and other services
Potential for the use of URI schemes
Like and unsend messages to other users

ADDITIONAL INFO

Options for offline users and users with low connectivity

Photo sharing in large number or bulk

Availability for iPhone and Android, in addition to desktop and the web

USER REVIEWS AND COMMENTS

Kayden

This software is great for people who are constantly on Yahoo because this is a messaging app that facilitates the process of communicating with other people who are on Yahoo as well. You are able to share photos instantly and use things like GIFS and even unsend messages.  This app is free even on mobile devices and it is an essential download for many.  The 11.5 version is the most updated.                        

Aidan

I remember using Yahoo Messenger back in the day so it's great to see that some form of it exists still out there. The program is pretty self explanatory. It enables you to use the classic messenger which involves you talking to your friends and also being able to check your mail. It's a nice throwback to when we used to use these messengers.                        

Jack

It is very disappointing and terrible compare to other messenger applications. It does not contains developed options on it. PC version is too bad while comparing other devices. The video calls and games option is good.  Though android version is better                        

Joseph

Honestly, No one around me is using Yahoo these days and I don't know if I can convince my friends and family to use the app as well since we're using other alternatives. Also the design doesn't look that modern, so it's not that visual appealing. However, if there are some features that catch my eyes and unique, I don't mind give it a try.                        

Ruaridh

Yahoo messenger is very safe to commuication to others. they provide safty to our customers and many latest updates are here very fast to type the message                        

Scott

If you're looking for a way to get in touch with your friends and family for free, then check out Yahoo! Messenger for Windows. This program is fun to use since it offers a suite of emojis that you can drop into your conversations to keep things interesting. You can even use this messenger service to video chat with your friends and loved ones.                        