PSA: Yahoo Messenger is shutting down next month
Verizon subsidiary Oath has announced that Yahoo Messenger
is officially shutting down next month. Users will have six months to download
their chat history from Yahoo Messenger. Yahoo explains that the shutdown of
Messenger will allow it to focus on creating new communication tools that
“better fit consumer needs.”
Oath says that Yahoo Messenger is shutting down on July
17th. The company is redirecting users to its new group messaging application,
Squirrel. Interestingly, Squirrel is still in private beta, and it’s unclear if
the service will open up to the public before Yahoo Messenger’s shutdown next
month.
It said: "There currently isn’t a replacement product
available for Yahoo Messenger. We’re constantly experimenting with new services
and apps, one of which is an invite-only group messaging app called Yahoo
Squirrel (currently in beta). You can request an invite at
squirrel.yahoo.com."
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