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Windows Live Messenger
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deprecated instant messaging client
Windows Live Messenger was an instant messaging program that allowed people to chat with friends and contacts online in real-time. Microsoft discontinued the service, making it no longer available for use.
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Key facts
- Other names
- MSN Messenger Service Windows Live Messenger
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Initial release
- July 22, 1999 ; 26 years ago ( 1999-07-22 )
- Final release
- 16.4.3508.205 (August 7, 2012 ; 13 years ago ( 2012-08-07 ) ) [ ± ]
- Written in
- C++
- Operating system
- Windows 98 to 8 Mac OS X Windows Mobile Windows Phone Symbian OS 9.x BlackBerry OS iOS Windows CE Xbox 360 MSN TV
- Successor
- Skype
- Available in
- 50 languages
- Type
- Instant messaging
- License
- Proprietary ( freeware or bundled )
- Website
- messenger .live .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- messenger.live.com
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- Commons category
- Windows Live Messenger
- software version identifier
- 16.4.3528.0331
- publication date
- 1999-07-22
- discontinuation date
- 2013-04-08
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MSN Messenger (also known colloquially simply as MSN), later rebranded as Windows Live Messenger, is a retired cross-platform instant-messaging client developed by Microsoft. It connected to the now-discontinued Microsoft Messenger service and, in later versions, was compatible with Yahoo Messenger and Facebook Messenger. The service was discontinued in 2013 in favor of Skype, which was later replaced with Microsoft Teams.
The client was first released as MSN Messenger Service on July 22, 1999, and was marketed under the MSN brand until 2005, when it was rebranded under the Windows Live name. It has since been officially known by the latter name, although its first name remained in common use. In June 2009, Microsoft reported the service attracted over 330 million active users each month, placing it among the most widely used instant-messaging clients in the world.