Share
Richer conversations. Closer connections.
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HD Video Chat*
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Messenger and an HD webcam bring chatting up close and personal. Talk face to face while sharing photos, playing games, or watching web videos.
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Rich Photo Sharing
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Because a picture is worth a thousand words, now you can share photos as a slide show right in your conversation window — even during a video chat.
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Set your Status
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Appear online to some friends – and offline to others – by setting your status by category.
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Game On
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Play games with your friends while you chat. Choose from Checkers, 3D Tic Tac Toe, Uno, Rock Paper Scissors, and more.
Mobile
Stay connected even on the go.
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Messenger for Mobile
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Stay in touch with your Messenger contacts from almost any mobile phone with SMS, mobile web, and app versions of Messenger.**
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Messenger on the Web
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Now you can access your Messenger from virtually any computer. Just go to messenger.live.com, sign in, and start chatting away.
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Hotmail Integration
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Now, when you check your e-mail, you can also see which of your friends are online and start a chat directly from your Hotmail inbox.
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Messenger for the iPhone
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Send instant messages, share pictures, update your status message, or check your social updates all from one app on your iPhone.
Social
Your social networks, in one place.
Facebook, MySpace, and more
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Messenger brings your social network contacts into one place, and highlights the updates you want to see most. Your comments to friends’ updates can post back to the site they came from.
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Richer Status Updates
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Go beyond text and links to share photos and more as part of your Messenger status. Also share what you are doing on sites like YouTube and Flickr with your Messenger friends.
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Highlights & Photos
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Messenger gives you several ways to filter your social updates and cut through the clutter: highlights from your favorite friends, recent updates, photos only, and more.
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Simple Privacy Controls
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Decide what you share with easy settings so you can control which updates can go public, and which can be viewed by just those closest to you.
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