Windows Live Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger – your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video – plus new ways to connect and share photos and documents effortlessly. It’s faster than e-mail and is a great choice for conversations and the perfect alternative when you can’t be there in person. As always, it’s free to download Messenger and use most of its features.

Main Features

Connect and share instantly on the world's most popular IM network Ta da! It's the next-generation MSN Messenger. Along with everything you already love about Messenger your contact list, emoticons, instant access to your friends there are brilliant new ways to connect and share your photos (and other stuff). As always, Windows Live Messenger is free to download Messenger and use most of its features.

Call their phones. Call their PCs.
Call your friends' mobile or landline phones. It's affordable, both within the US and internationally. And calling someone's PC is always free.

See them on the screen
Show and tell: Grab a webcam and start a video conversation within minutes.

Share stuff
Set up a Sharing Folder with a friend. Drop in photos and other stuff, as many as your computer can handle. See your Sharing Folder even when one of you is offline.

Now: Talk to your Yahoo! friends, too
The world's largest IM network has just gotten bigger and better. With Windows Live Messenger you can now connect with your Yahoo! IM contacts. Forget about using multiple accounts to talk to your friends IM them all with Windows Live Messenger.