Yahoo, in Sunnyvale, California, plans to unveil the enhanced voice communication feature in a test upgrade of Yahoo Messenger scheduled for availability at some point Wednesday as a free download at.
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"We have had PC-to-PC voice connections via Yahoo Messenger since 1999, and this is chapter two," said Frazier Miller, director of product management at Yahoo's instant messaging group. For a fee, users can dial out to a phone number from within Yahoo Messenger using the third-party Net2Phone service, an existing option.Īlso new with the free voice communication service are a call history log and the ability to leave voice-mail messages. Instead of having to take turns speaking, users will have a constant connection with good voice quality even if they're hooked up to the Internet at dial-up speeds.Īs with the existing voice feature, both users need PCs equipped with a microphone and speakers, since the voice "calls" are made from within the Yahoo Messenger interface and there are no phone numbers to dial.
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Yahoo plans to improve the PC-to-PC voice communications feature of its Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service, replacing the current walkie-talkie technology with a persistent connection.