Introducing Yahoo! Messenger’s Call Features
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What Are Messenger’s Call Features?
With Yahoo! Messenger, you can hear voices... those of your friends. Messenger has several nifty call features that let you save money on calls to anywhere in the world. Now, while browsing the web or writing that long-awaited novel, you don’t need to cradle the phone under your chin. All you need is a headset or a microphone and speakers to talk to your friends, hands free. It’s that easy.
Here’s what Messenger has to offer in answer to all of your calling needs:
Yahoo! Phone Out—place
calls from your PC to regular phones and mobile phones in over 30
countries and at very low rates. This premium service requires a pre-paid Yahoo! Voice account.
To learn more, go to Yahoo! Voice.- Yahoo! Phone In—get
a phone number for your PC, hand it out to your friends, and let
them call you on your PC using their regular phones and mobile phones. To
learn more about this premium service, go to Yahoo! Voice.
PC-to-PC calls—use your PC to call the PC of any friend who’s online using Messenger. This feature is completely free for both you and the friend you call.
Open Talk—allow your friends to connect a PC-to-PC call to your computer without needing you to accept the call.
Tip: All of these features require a headset and microphone for your computer.
Messenger makes it easy and affordable to make high-quality voice calls to friends and family around the world. Click the Call button in Messenger to start talking!
Tip: Call features aren’t supported when conversing with Windows Live™ Messenger contacts.
What’s Next
There are just a few things that you need to take care of before placing and receiving calls. Set up your PC so that you have the best listening and speaking environment.
Words to Know
- Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.