Lifestream, redesigned UI, plug-ins, text friends through IM, multi-party voice chat...
New in v7.x: Ability to choose which services to push your AIM status, Windows 7 improvements with enhanced application icons, improved and more streamlined upgrade mechanism, mail notifications now have subject and sender, new look for notification "toasters" that appear in the lower right of your screen; various other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes
- Last Updated: 11.20.09 (v7.1.4.10 Beta Release)
Upgrade Meter: 3
New in v7.x: Lifestream (keep tabs on what's going on with your buddies, including support for Facebook and Twitter), support for netbooks, search for buddies by name, numerous performance enhancements, new colors and themes for AIM, saved away messages, better buddy info, improved conversation bubbles (Beta 2); redesigned user interface (new look and feel), better performance, bigger buddy icons, buddy icon cropper tool, big status entry area, new ad size and placement; various other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes
- Last Updated: 10.06.09 (v7.0.13.4)
Upgrade Meter: 5
New in v6.9: Shiny new gold look and layout (with new buttons, new layout, new color, new brand), ability to get updates from your friends on AIM and other social networks (including Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace), new Bebo profiles and profile manager, AIM Blast feature, Emoticons as text (instead of always as images) (Beta 3); option to sign in as invisible, new light-weight design (with new colors, buttons, and overall look and feel), options to manage your Buddy List, ability to search the Web from AOL AIM (Beta 2); new Welcome Screen with "AIM Zones" (TMZ, Moviefone, Sports, etc.), feature for reporting abusive or threatening IMs, various plug-in updates; various other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes
- Last Updated: 07.16.09 (v6.9.17.2)
Upgrade Meter: 4
New in v6.8:
New plug-ins to expand AIM's functionality, tighter cell phone integration (ability to text friends through IM), access to free QQ Games, more personalization options (v6.8); Buddy List docking, ability to insert images in your Buddy Info, improvements to linked screen names, new personalization options (v6.5); various minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes
- Last Updated: 10.28.08 (v6.8.14.6)
Upgrade Meter: 4
New in 6.0:
Drag and drop interface for sharing pictures, AIM Phoneline integration for PC to PC chatting, the ability to retrieve messages you missed while you were offline, IM logging, IM grouping for more efficient management of friends' IMs, bigger buddy list; Release Notes - Last Updated: 11.15.06 (v6.0.28.1)
New in AIM Triton 1.0.4.1:
Various bug fixes for earlier 1.4.x releases; Release Notes - Last Updated: 03.30.06
New in 1.0.4:
Additional Expressions support, ability to edit or create a profile, more customization options for IM windows (v0.7.13.1); plaxo-enabled AIM Address Book that provides ability to import your contacts from a variety of applications (Outlook and Outlook Express) and ISPs (Yahoo and MSN Hotmail) directly into your Buddy List, new Expressions setting that allows you to display other users' wallpaper in your IM windows (0.6.17 Beta); automatically remembers your conversation with your buddy, even after you close the conversation (v0.5.21 Beta); Release Notes - Last Updated: 01.27.06
New in 0.5.15 Beta:
AIM Today page, ability to send and receive files to and from AIM clients, AOL SuperBuddy icons now displayed in Buddy List; Release Notes
New in AIM Triton (vs. AOL Instant Messenger): Sleek New Look for AIM, unified Buddy List and Address Book with single-window access, QuickNote feature, multi-party voice chat, improved away message management, session-based IM logging, easy-access modules for AIM Radio and AOL Mail; Release Notes
