Yahoo Together
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| Developer(s) | Yahoo! (Verizon Media) |
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| Initial release | October 2018 |
| Operating system | Android,[1] & iOS[2] |
| Type | Instant messaging and social media |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | together |
Yahoo Together is a freeware and cross-platform messaging service, developed by Yahoo!. It is available for the mobile platforms Android and iOS,[3] but lacks a desktop or web version.
The software was introduced in beta on May 8, 2018 under the name Yahoo Squirrel as the replacement of Yahoo! Messenger.[4][5] In October 2018 it was renamed to its present name.[6]
Yahoo Together is targeted to families and the consumer market rather than enterprise.[7]
Reception
It has been compared to Slack.[8]
See also
- Comparison of instant messaging clients
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of IRC clients
- Instant messaging
References
- ^ "Yahoo! Together – Group chat. Organized". 2018-07-19.
- ^ "Yahoo Together - Group Chat". Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ^ "Together - Yahoo Mobile". mobile.yahoo.com.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (2018-05-08). "Yahoo is testing Squirrel, an invite-only group messaging app". TechCrunch.
- ^ Hager, Ryne (2018-05-08). "Yahoo just released a group chat app called Squirrel". Android Police.
- ^ Lovejoy, Ben (2018-10-04). "Squirrel relaunched as Yahoo Together, a Slack-like chat app for family and friends". 9to5Mac.
- ^ https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/download/social-networking/yahoo-together-group-chat-15-3331631/
- ^ Bedford, Tom (2018-10-05). "Yahoo Together is the new Slack-like business messaging app you'll never use". Alphr.
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