Windows Live Messenger is Going to Retire Soon

The windows live messenger which you are using to chat with your friends and family will be retired in a few months. Microsoft is saying “Good Bye” to its 12 years old child “Live Messenger”. China will be the only country where messenger will be available. The currently known Windows Live messenger was introduced in 1999 as a MSN Messenger which was commonly used for texting.  In the year 2010, more than 300 million users used to use Windows live messenger for instant messaging. Due to the competition among Google talk, Facebook Messenger and other various available applications the users of Messenger was decreasing day by day. To maintain the Microsoft’s fame Microsoft buys Skype in $8.5 billion. The backend of Windows Live Messenger has been integrated into Skype so that you can use your MSN’s account to sign in to Skype.

Microsoft is encouraging its MSN users to switch in to Skype. Microsoft account can be used to sign in to Skype, but you must have the Skype version 6.0 or higher. Mac version and Windows version of Skype 6.0 has already been released. Because the backend of Windows Live Messenger has been integrated into Skype, you can use Messenger account to sign in to Skype. Just by signing in to Skype with Microsoft account all of your Messenger contacts will be transported to Skype automatically.

If you are living in China then you are not able to sign in to Skype with your Messenger’s information because Windows Live Messenger will be available in China due to the internal problem of Microsoft. The joint venture of Microsoft and Sanghai Alliance Investment formed MSN Network Communications Technology Company (MSN China) which provides Windows live Messenger to Chinese. And Skype is provided by Microsoft and TOM online. Microsoft will get lots of trouble from Chinese Government if it wants to merge Skype and Messenger. Until this date Microsoft has said nothing about when it will merge Skype and Messenger in China.

Users will get the following benefits after switching to Skype.

• Available for all platforms with broader device support.
• You can share a screen.
• You can have video call on mobiles or with your Facebook friends.
• You can have group video call.

In the official blog of Windows Brian Hall mention that along with the strong network and integration with Windows Live Messenger, Skype will provide a better experience.  Skype can be used to log in to Facebook, Windows live and Hotmail and is already available in windows 8 as a native application. Microsoft is planning to introduce some “special offers” for those who make a move from Messenger to Skype.

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