Yahoo Tests Faster and More Social Mail
Yahoo today launched Yahoo Mail Beta, as the company sought to better integrate trends such as social networking.
Beginning today, people can opt-in to Yahoo Mail Beta to navigate and
organize their inbox, browse photos and videos, more efficiently search
for emails and benefit from improved spam protection. The new interface
is consistent across all desktop, mobile, and tablet devices - including
Yahoo Mail experiences on PCs, iPhones, iPads, Android phones and more.
Yahoo Mail Beta also lets people connect with friends across social
networks like Twitter and Facebook and through improved instant messaging
and texting tools right from the inbox.
To get the new version, search on Yahoo.com for "Yahoo! Mail Beta" or visit http://features.mail.yahoo.com and click "Try It Now" to:
- Communicate faster and do more - Designed from the ground up to provide fast performance, this new version will be at least twice as fast for most people around the world. Yahoo Mail Beta also speeds up tools that allow people to be more productive with the time they have, by more easily finding messages from contacts or using third-party applications directly within the inbox.
- Stay connected to social networks - As a central destination for social experiences from across the Web, Yahoo Mail Beta lets people view and share updates from Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo!, and beyond. Additional features include IM and SMS capabilities for chatting and texting within Yahoo Mail Beta.
- View photos and videos right from the inbox - Automatic slideshow features mean people can see photos and videos from sites like Flickr, Picasa, and YouTube from right within their email messages.
- Search through mail with ease - A new mail search tool leverages Yahoo's wealth of search science and technology to help people quickly find the right emails. New search refinement features allow users to easily navigate, sort, and narrow search results by sender, attachment file, date, or folder location.
- Stay protected from spam - Yahoo Mail Beta uses Yahoo's global cloud computing infrastructure to further Yahoo's anti-spam efforts and provide an even safer mail experience.
During this Beta period, Yahoo will continually update and add new features to Yahoo Mail Beta. All global users can choose to switch between Yahoo Mail Beta and the current versions of Yahoo Mail. Yahoo Mail Beta is available in 25 markets around the world.
To get the new version, search on Yahoo.com for "Yahoo! Mail Beta" or visit http://features.mail.yahoo.com and click "Try It Now" to:
- Communicate faster and do more - Designed from the ground up to provide fast performance, this new version will be at least twice as fast for most people around the world. Yahoo Mail Beta also speeds up tools that allow people to be more productive with the time they have, by more easily finding messages from contacts or using third-party applications directly within the inbox.
- Stay connected to social networks - As a central destination for social experiences from across the Web, Yahoo Mail Beta lets people view and share updates from Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo!, and beyond. Additional features include IM and SMS capabilities for chatting and texting within Yahoo Mail Beta.
- View photos and videos right from the inbox - Automatic slideshow features mean people can see photos and videos from sites like Flickr, Picasa, and YouTube from right within their email messages.
- Search through mail with ease - A new mail search tool leverages Yahoo's wealth of search science and technology to help people quickly find the right emails. New search refinement features allow users to easily navigate, sort, and narrow search results by sender, attachment file, date, or folder location.
- Stay protected from spam - Yahoo Mail Beta uses Yahoo's global cloud computing infrastructure to further Yahoo's anti-spam efforts and provide an even safer mail experience.
During this Beta period, Yahoo will continually update and add new features to Yahoo Mail Beta. All global users can choose to switch between Yahoo Mail Beta and the current versions of Yahoo Mail. Yahoo Mail Beta is available in 25 markets around the world.
