It wasn't popular.Ģ012: Microsoft announces merging of Messenger and Skype services and moving clients over to the latter.Ģ013: Users outside of China lose the service.Ģ014: Messenger dies. Windows Vista dominates.Ģ010: Microsoft attempts to make Messenger more social, adding a "social pane" that presented updates from contacts. MSN Messenger is rebranded "Windows Live Messenger."Ģ006-2007: Audio and video PC-to-phone calling capabilities are introduced, helping the service catch up to Skype, which had been released in 2003.Ģ008: The "Groups" feature is added for users to create group conversations. Oh, and you could change the theme color.Ģ005: Winks (giant animated emoticons that annoyingly took up your screen) are added. Version 4.6 of MSN Messenger appears, including grouping contacts and voice conversations.Ģ003: Messenger becomes customizable, with personalized avatars, background, and emoticons. It didn't do much - you could do plain text messaging and create a contact list.Ģ001: Windows XP (R.I.P.), debuts. To commemorate its 15 years of service, we've outlined the service's changes over the years using its original emoticon package:ġ999: MSN Messenger hits desktops, competing against AOL's AIM service. After a year of struggling to retain users, Microsoft finally sent emails this week to its remaining Messenger devotees to announce the closing of the service. There, it still dominated the chatting landscape, until more and more messaging competitors crowded the Chinese playing field (i.e. Microsoft, which had been shifting users of the instant messenger over to Skype since April 2013, kept Messenger alive in China. No more winks, nudges, or shoddy modem connections cutting into your emoticon battles with your best friend (everyone did that, right?): Microsoft's MSN Messenger will officially be signing off Oct. This article is from the archive of our partner.
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