ICQ 6 the new and latest version with many improvements through which you can interact among users is very easy, simple and very fast across all the communication platforms. ICQ 6 is a venerable chat client which boasts an entirely new client infrastructure and a fully re-designed User Interface (UI) along with a new look and feel. The latest innovations and improved features in ICQ 6 includes Quick IM which is for enabling users to send messages to contacts without opening a message window, easy access simple navigation between incoming messages, Tabbed conversations for the management of all active conversations in one message window by using tabs, new and improved search history of messages, files, and calls, advanced and easy and user friendly features use to search through contacts, on ICQ, and the web. It also includes video, audio, and text chat modes in a strong push to make the application the most versatile chat client around. Audio chatting was smooth and painless, although that depends on user connection.

There is a new Quick IM feature with which you can send a text chat from within your contact list. ICQ 6 is also having SMS messaging feature and the Flash-movie tZers as well as alerts and skins. Consequentially, the quick-loading app has a larger footprint. Except in the built-in games ad banners are non existent and automatically all text chat histories are saved. Few other features, like Push2Talk, seem to have been phased out of the new version, and customizing tZers is no longer an option. Help option is non-functional in this release. The notable additions include split-screen compatibility, IM forwarding, and integrated Google searching. In enhancing its already rich feature set, ICQ has definitely increased its standing among its many competitors. Now you have the option of sending and viewing instant messages directly from within your Contact List or from the message notification. ICQ 6 lets you use each communication panel separately, or do it all in a single window.