Yahoo Messenger has announced it is shutting down on 17 July 2018 after 20 years in action.
Instant message applications were regarded as truly revolutionary 20 years ago. From the “ping” option in Yahoo Messenger to notify someone, to the “warning” lightning bolt you could send someone on AOL Instant Messenger if they were annoying you, these platforms taught us how to communicate on the internet.
Its major rival, MSN Messenger, which launched two years later, was finally shut down by Microsoft in 2014.
Oath says this isn’t the end of messenger at Yahoo. It is currently working on “new, exciting communication tools” for the 21st-century consumer, namely a new platform called Squirrel.
Yahoo started testing Squirrel last month and if you’re interested you can request access to the beta.
source www.standard.co.uk