Yahoo Messenger 2.0 for iPhone hits App store, brings video calling over 3G

By on Oct 11, 2010 at 5:20 PM
General October 11, 2010

While a new update to the Yahoo Messenger app on the iPhone would be eventful in and of itself, the latest version brings a very special gift — video calling over 3G, and not just phone to phone, but phone to computer or vice versa. Unfortunately in our quick tests, video calling seems to be buggy, not reliable, and above all, pretty low in the quality department when we do manage to get it working. In addition to video calls, the newly updated Yahoo Messenger brings free voice calls to other Yahoo Messenger friends, supports background multitasking, and more. Let us know if you’re feeling the new update, though we’ll be waiting for real FaceTime calling over 3G.

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  • PAPINYC

    ‘Facetime over 3G’ will never happen on AT&T.

    • Mgl323

      Not unless you jailbreak your iphone.

    • Carmen

      Yes it will.

      At least you can’t argue that my statement is any more or less practical than yours.

      • PAPINYC

        I see you finally came out of that ‘dresser’ you stuffed yourself into on Thursday, congrats’!

  • Jeremy

    Even over wifi the quality from pc to phone is garbage. On the other hand it did connect quickly.

  • mwrg

    As soon as 4G comes on line, then yes, this becomes usable.

    • sirpaul

      I don’t think it has to do much with internet speed. Yahoo and video calling in general has always worked well on my PC in the past, even with only a 512 Kb/s download and 128 Kb upload connection.

  • mwrg

    Speaking of iPhones, not one mention of the Jailbreak hubub over the weekend? News blackout BGR, or choosing to ignore it because you didn’t break the story?

    • sirpaul

      Did you try to JB 4.1 on 3GS by any chance? I managed to brick my phone 3 times before I just settled with 4.1 and no jailbreak :(

      • mwrg

        I did get it working. Had to do it from a Windows netbook I had lying around however, as using VMWare from a Mac was no good.

  • rOpO

    Fring already has video calling altho it has some intermittent latency issues, but overall, usable app with Android, Symbian and iPhone cross platforms.

  • Mgl323

    Works fine over computer and phone, but could use some improvements over video and voice quality. Looking forward for future updates. Using iphone 3gs btw.

  • Mgl323

    Well what do you know, Boy Genius pic has 4 out of 5 bars and its on 3G?

    • sirpaul

      Because he got the free bumper from apple lol

  • Dionte

    Works great pc to iPhone, iPhone to pc, over wifi and 3G :-) no Mac support yet for video calls

  • Bill

    Where’s the Android update???

    • superchunk

      Why are you not using Google’s better services anyways.

  • MacMan

    Yahoo is a joke check out the Tango app. Face time chats on 3G. Thank me later.

  • iName

    whats going on with AIM and Skype?

  • superchunk

    people still use yahoo? I always felt it was by far the worst email/messaging service.

    • sirpaul

      All my friends from Europe use yahoo. Very rarely does someone use gmail or hotmail. And if they do, it is their secondary email.

      • http://infotainmentempire.blogspot.com pekosROB

        Hmmm odd, everyone I know in Europe uses hotmail and not Yahoo or Gmail.

        Gmail is usually reserved for my friends’ “professional” life.

  • Anonymous

    SO STUPID !! THEY SHOULD HAVE IT WHERE YOU CAN ADD AOL OR AIM PEOPLE WHO HAS YAHOO?

    • uptheblock

      they do…its called AIM and AOL, go use em

  • Mo Chedda

    when is skype going to step up? Ive been waiting far too long for a skype video chat over 3g

  • Flacofromny

    1: Great news now I could talk n see my friends back in my country.
    2: yahoo is a great service n love the email don’t see any difference b/w yahoo email n gmail they the same thing. For me I use yahoo as my primary email cus I have an iPhone n offer push for the emails.
    3: I have t met not even one person in this world that use Gtalk beside the people from buzz so I dont get why people talk so much shit about yahoo.

    • sirpaul

      Because most people in North America are unaware of the huge market share Yahoo! has in the IM and email business in other countries.

      I personally don’t use Yahoo! because it is extremely cluttered. Also, Live Messenger ALWAYS offers better video quality than Yahoo!

  • Anon

    I’ve been trying to test this, it doesn’t work for me.

  • michael scott

    Now if the i*hone would just make ‘calls’ on 3G ….that would be great.

  • Hahhahahahah

    Iphone??

    That app phone from a few years back?

    Bahahahahahaha

    So yesterday, grandmas phone now.

    • uptheblock

      -sent from his lonely bedroom

  • offdayJB

    and this is where AT&T is crying in joy over their new tiered data packages. fuck u Bell!!

  • zamuro
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