Yahoo has announced plans to permanently axe the public chat rooms feature of its messaging tool. It said in a blog post it would replace the tool, along with other services being removed, with new features.

What is Yahoo chatroom?

Chat was a free online chat room service provided exclusively for Yahoo! users. Yahoo! Chat was first launched on January 7, 1997. Yahoo!

What is the alternative to Yahoo Messenger?

The best alternative is Telegram, which is free. Other great apps like Yahoo! Messenger are Signal (Free, Open Source), Element (Free Personal, Open Source), Jitsi (Free, Open Source) and Skype (Freemium).