The animated GIF feature integrated with Tumblr, also owned by Yahoo! at that time. It also allowed album sharing, with multiple media files in one IM. After the software's relaunch, only certain media files could be shared: photos, animated GIFs and videos. Yahoo! Messenger offered file sending capabilities to its users. Yahoo! Messenger was shut down entirely on July 17, 2018, replaced by a new service titled Yahoo! Together, only to be shut down as well in 2019. It was also the first major IM client to feature BUZZing and music-status.Ī new Yahoo! Messenger was released in 2015, replacing the older one.

In addition to instant messaging features similar to those offered by ICQ, it also offered (on Microsoft Windows) features such as: IMVironments (customizing the look of Instant Message windows, some of which include authorized themes of various cartoons such as Garfield or Dilbert), address-book integration and Custom Status Messages. The actual client, originally called Yahoo! Pager, launched on Ma and renamed to Yahoo! Messenger in 1999. Yahoo! Messenger dates back to Yahoo! Chat, which was a public chat room service. The service also offered VoIP, file transfers, webcam hosting, a text messaging service, and chat rooms in various categories. Yahoo! Messenger was provided free of charge and could be downloaded and used with a generic 'Yahoo ID' which also allowed access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail.

Yahoo! Messenger (sometimes abbreviated Y!M) was an advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!.

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