This program allows Internet users to communicate via private, personalized text messages, and indicates when friends, family members, and business colleagues are online. AOL Instant Messenger combines AOL's Buddy List and Instant Message features, enabling users to send and respond to messages immediately. Other features include a user directory and buddy chat capabilities, personalized news, and a Neighborhood Watch feature so you can disconnect when crank chatters contact you. You also can send personalized greetings from your Buddy List, forward a copy of your Buddy List to a friend, and add your own comments to an entry on your Buddy List.

FEATURES

Lifestream
Keep Tabs On Your Buddies

The new Lifestream feature lets you stay on top of what your AIM Buddies are doing by allowing you to add a variety of accounts such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Get status updates from your AIM Buddies, post photos and leave comments to stay connected.

Comments
Post Real Time Comments

Leave comments for your friends instantly. When you leave a comment on a friend's AIM Lifestream, the comment will post back to Facebook, Twitter and others.

A Fresh Look and Feel
Change Up Your Color Theme

The new AIM offers tons of new color schemes to choose from, as well as a redesigned user interface that allows you to view Buddy Icons and status messages more clearly.

Mobile
AIM On the Go

AIM is available on most Mobile phones. Get the newest version of AIM on your iPhone, Blackberry or Windows Mobile.

Faster and Lighter Performance
We've Stepped It Up a Notch

This new version of AIM will run faster and use less of your PC's resources.
AIM 7: Fast and Light
Buddy Icon Cropper
Upload a Picture Instantly

It's easier than ever to change up your Buddy Icons by uploading a picture off of your PC, creating your own avatar or browsing through our Expressions library.