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Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger

Stay in touch with the people that matter

Messenger is the best way to stay in touch with friends. Share photos while you chat. Talk in real time with video chat. Even see the social updates your friends have shared.

Messenger is part of Windows Live Essentials, which includes free programs for photos, movies, instant messaging, e‑mail, blogging, family safety, and more. Get Messenger or get them all—they're free!


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Clicking "Download now" means you agree to the Microsoft service agreement and privacy statement. The download may include updates to Windows Live programs you already have. You'll get future updates to these and other Microsoft programs from Microsoft Update.

Essentials includes Messenger, Photo Gallery, Mail, Movie Maker, Writer, Family Safety, and Toolbar, plus Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, Office Live Add–in, and Microsoft Silverlight.

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Personalize

Personalize

  • Add pictures or short videos of yourself that can change with your mood, let people know what music you're listening to, and customize the scene in the conversation window.
Keep up with social updates

Keep up with social updates

  • See what your contacts have been up to lately, automatically. With Messenger, you can preview any new blogs or photos they've posted, new contacts they've added, and more.
For mobile

For mobile

Share photos while you chat

Share photos while you chat

  • View and comment on photos with a friend in real time. Simply drop pictures onto the conversation window and watch as your friend flips through the pictures.

How it all works together

Hotmail Hotmail

IM from Hotmail

Now you can chat with friends from almost anywhere there's Internet access. Just sign in to Hotmail, see who's online, and start chatting.

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Share photos and files

Save and share photos on SkyDrive while you chat in Messenger.

Photo GalleryPhoto Gallery

Create photo albums

Use Photo Gallery to create great-looking photo albums that you can share with friends in Messenger.