

Another great feature in Windows Live Messenger is the possibility to view and share pictures within the chat window, without having to send files over to your contact. There is also the possibility of having video chats using your webcam, and also make VoIP calls. Also, Windows Live Messenger status messages have now been reduced to "online", "away" or "busy" – so no more "on the phone" or "out to lunch", for example.Ĭhat conversations are not the only thing you can do with Windows Live Messenger. Customization possibilities include changing the chat window background or even adding a personal message to your nickname, but not creating custom status messages.

You can expand both collections easily by adding new sets which you'll find by the hundred on the Internet. Windows Live Messenger offers plenty of emoticons and winks to cheer up your conversations. With Windows 10 RTM right around the corner, Power BI and Visual Studio arriving this month, layoffs and a new strategy for Windows Phone, make sure to check out The Redmond Report for further insight into these changes.Users will have to use Skype with imported contacts to continue messaging Windows Live Messenger contacts. Microsoft has certainly found a way to keep the month of July interesting. Based on these apps no longer being supported, this means that they will not be coming with Windows 10 but if you do upgrade from Windows 8, you will still continue to see them but know that their support will soon be terminated. In short, to streamline its operations, Microsoft is shutting down apps that were not as popular. We will continue to support those apps with broad consumer appeal including News, Weather, Sports and Money, which will be made available as apps on Windows 10 and will remain cross platform We regularly evaluate our business to ensure we’re focused on the areas where our users find the most value. Microsoft said the following about shutting down these apps:
