Topic: Testing Yahoo and Windows Live Messenger Interoperability
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Old 06-05-2006, 02:29 PM
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Testing Yahoo and Windows Live Messenger Interoperability
We first reported the announcement of Yahoo/MSN Messenger interoperability back in October 2005. Both Microsoft and Yahoo have continued to promise that interoperability would be available sometime in the second quarter of 2006. The end of the second quarter is fast approaching, and Windows Live Messenger team member Leah reports that testing on an interoperable version of Windows Live Messenger is underway.

What can you expect? You'll be able to merge your buddy lists, and it will definitely support basic instant messaging capability. No voice chat for now, and no public beta yet.

I suspect we'll see another private release for the "beta butterflies", followed soon after by a public beta.

It appears that Microsoft and Yahoo are going to beat Google and AOL to market with the first major pairing of interoperable IM networks.