Streamy Gets Serious with Chat, Streams, and FB Connect

We wrote about Streamy coming out of private beta back in March. Streamy connects you with a few of your favorite social media websites and allows you to manage them from one simple interface. Service supported include Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, and Flickr. Not only that, but Streamy wants to be your RSS Feed reader as well. Streamy’s interface has changed a lot and it seems like the developers may have read my original review because a few of the issues I had with it have been resolved.

Chat / IM

Probably one of the coolest features that’s been added to Streamy is the ability to connect it with your IM accounts. Those accounts supported include AIM, Yahoo, and Google Talk. All you need to do is go into Settings and add your favorite chat service. Not only can you chat from within Streamy, but you can also share things to your IM buddies with simple drag and drop.

FriendFeed, Twitter, and Facebook Integration

Originally, Streamy had a look but don’t touch policy on your social streams. You could look at all the activity bein imported from your other social services, but you couldn’t actually interact. That has completely changed at this point. You can like and comment things on FriendFeed, Like and Comment on stuff from Facebook, and reply to tweets from Twitter. Each service has a share box at the top that allows you to simply post a message as well.

FaceBook Connect

Facebook connect makes it drop-dead simple to sign into Streamy or sign-up for a Streamy account. Just click the Facebook badge to get started. Streamy also says we should expect support for other sign in methods like Google and Twitter. OpenID is also a possibility on the horizon.

Conclusion

Streamy is still not exactly the end-all solution to dealing with all this social media stuff, but it’s a step in the right direction. If you’re looking for a simple service where you can check on your Twitter/Facebook updates while you catch up on some blog feeds, Streamy could be that service. More advanced users may find it somewhat restrictive, but it appeals to those who just want to check their updates from one spot and only keep track of a small group of friends. Don’t forget to check out the new demo video on the Streamy homepage.

Have you been using Streamy? Have you tried it? What do you think?