As the communications landscape continues to change over, we're focusing on building and introducing new, exciting communications tools that better fit consumer needs,' the company writes in a blog post. 'We know we have many loyal fans who have used Yahoo Messenger since its beginning as one of the first chat apps of its kind. Now, every time someone mentions the term, it invariably refers to Facebook Messenger. There was a time when Messenger meant Yahoo Messenger. Yahoo questions Get 24/7 live expert help with your Yahoo needsfrom email and passwords, technical. Yahoo Messenger, on the other hand, failed to evolve as quickly. Select the product you need help with and find a solution. Yahoo Messenger, that made its debut in 1998 as Yahoo Pager, may have begun the era of instant messaging - beginning with the desktop and then transitioning on to mobile - but over the course of time a plethora of instant messaging services like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp have come up. The writing has been on the wall for a very long time. The end of Yahoo Messenger isn't surprising.

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