Introducing Messenger’s Voice and Video Features
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What Are Messenger’s Video and PC-to-PC Call Features?
With Yahoo! Messenger, you can hear voices... those of your friends. Messenger lets you use your PC to call the PC of any friend who’s online using Messenger anywhere in the world. And, it’s completely free for both you and the friend you call.
Tip: PC-to-PC calling isn’t supported when conversing with contacts outside the Yahoo! network, such as your Windows Live™ Messenger contacts and your Pingbox™ visitors.
Important: Emergency calling services, such as 000, are not available through PC-to-PC calling. Inform others who use this product that they must dial emergency numbers through traditional phone lines or mobiles.
What’s that you say? You aren’t always available to accept calls through Messenger? Of course you aren’t. That’s why we let your friends leave voice messages when you’re not signed into Messenger or not accepting calls. You can listen to your messages using an email service of your choice. Find out more in the Setting Up Voice Messaging tutorial.
What’s Next
There are just a few things that you need to take care of before placing and receiving calls. Optimise your video and voice equipment so that you have the best listening and speaking environment.
Words to Know
- Pingbox: an embedded box on a Web page where visitors to the page can send you instant messages and which lists visitors on your Messenger List.
- Video call: a call in which you can hear and see the person your talking with.
- Voicemail: a message left in the caller’s own voice for the intended recipient to listen to later.
- Webcam: a video camera typically attached to a computer.
- Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.