Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228

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Date updated

June 1, 2012

Developer

Yahoo Inc | (more products)

All time downloads

29,360

License

Free

Platform

Windows

Size

18.50 MB

Description of Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228

Keep friends at your fingertips

Use Yahoo! Messenger to call and talk over the Internet just like you're on the phone. All you need is a headset, or a microphone and speakers. Its that easy - just click the Call button. If no ones there, leave a voicemail! Find, add, share friends... It's easier than ever to add and invite friends to Messenger. You can even send your contact information to a friends Address Book. You can also get much better sound quality than regular phone lines.

Try it out - you and your friends will really hear a difference.

Key features

• Instant Messaging: Send text messages in real-time to your friends on Yahoo! or Windows Live Messenger.
• Chat Rooms: Join a chat room to meet new friends while you discuss your favorite topics.
• Photo Sharing: Share photos from your desktop or Flickr, then discuss them over IM while you and a friend view them together.
• PC-to-PC Calls: Make a voice call to another Yahoo! Messenger user for free (microphone and speakers/headset required).
• Phone Out (PC-to-Phone Calls): Call friends on their regular or mobile phones from Messenger for as low as 1¢ a minute (Phone Out account required).
• Phone In (Get a Phone Number for Messenger): Get a new phone number that allows you to receive calls in Yahoo! Messenger (Phone In account required).
• SMS (Text Messaging): Send text messages from Messenger to your friends mobile phones for free.
• Webcam: Plug in your webcam to share live video with your friends on Yahoo! Messenger.
• IM Conferencing: Instant message with many friends at once in a conference room (includes voice capabilities, where available).
• IM with Friends on Other Networks: IM with friends who use Windows Live Messenger, Reuters Messaging, and Lotus Sametime — right from Yahoo! Messenger.
• File Transfer: Send files instantly to a friend while you IM (2 GB limit).

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Editor's review for Yahoo! Messenger

With the internet bringing the world closer and closer each and every day, the rise of many instant messaging programs that have been developed by public and private organizations alike has worked to bring about greater connectivity and closeness for users around the world on a regular basis. One of the pioneers in this field that is still working to becoming better and better today is Yahoo! Messenger, with the new Yahoo! Messenger offering improvements on older versions that can bring about greater usability and enjoyment to those wishing to keep in touch no matter where they may be.

Branching beyond simply typing to send messages from one person to another, Yahoo! Messenger 10 also offers enhanced video calling to span the distances between computers and bring you in touch with those you wish to chat with. Offering full-screen video and voice transmissions in high quality connectivity, the video calling feature available on Yahoo Messenger's platform is one of the top performers in the industry - and all free of charge.

Alternatively, if you're an internet socialite and regularly involved in websites such as Twitter, Flickr, Facebook or other social media platforms Yahoo! Messenger allows you to keep up to speed at all times on what's going on in the world around you. Providing users with a live update ticker, Yahoo! Messenger lets you see at all times the latest news and announcements that are coming out in your subscribed feeds and keep your friends and family as well informed of what you are doing every time you make an update.

Bearing in mind that the world is becoming a smaller place with more and more users wishing to communicate in their own language as well, Yahoo! Messenger 10 also offers multi-language support in order to easily and effectively communicate across languages with ease. Whether you're a fluent speaker in a language and want to communicate in French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian or any other language out there or simply want to meet those in foreign lands Yahoo! Messenger is a great opportunity to use the language of your choice whenever and wherever you want.

Better still, feel free to take it on the road with you with a iPhone version to stay connected while on the road, or connect from any computer with no download necessary thanks to a handy web version able to run completely out of a browser. So what are you waiting for? Get in, get connected and keep in touch or make new friends with Yahoo! Messenger today.

What is new in version 11.5.0.228

• Invite your friend to play a game – In addition to instant messages, text messages, voice and video calls, you can now play popular social games such as Mafia Wars and Fishville right within Yahoo! Messenger.
• Keep up with friends wherever they are – View, comment on and like updates from Yahoo! Pulse, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, and more, all from 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. Continue your conversations on the go using Mobile Web Messenger, SMS Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger App for Android.
• Always be available – Stay signed in to multiple PCs simultaneously so you never have to miss a message.
• Easy access to recent conversations – Retrieve all your IM conversations from any PC where you have signed in to Yahoo! Messenger.
• Personalize your experience with fresh new skins – Express yourself and show off your personality with one of the 7 newly added messenger skins.