Although communication has changed with the arrival of WhatsApp and Facebook with its messenger Messenger, at other times, many of us connect with family and friends through Windows Live Messenger. Undoubtedly, this is one of the most famous PC applications of all time, and on this particular occasion, we did not want to stop talking about it.

The first thing we have to point out about Windows Live Messenger is that it was one of the first and most successful instant messaging experiences, but also one of the last ones that could not run on a smartphone. And although since the arrival of the messaging systems of BlackBerry and Apple in the first instance, and WhatsApp later, it has lost a lot of users, we can still use it.

Windows Live Messenger is nothing more and nothing less than the evolution of the famous MSN Messenger, one of the programs that had millions of unique monthly active users in history, adapted to the different versions of Windows. But if you haven't tried it in a while, you should know that the application continues to work without problems, although, of course, with far fewer users available to connect.

If we want to point out some of the main features that distinguish Windows Live Messenger and are still available today if we use this application, we will have to talk about the possibility of communicating immediately with all our loved ones. At the same time, this tool allowed us to carry out videoconferences in case we wanted to speak with someone through a video call.

At the same time, although in the first versions of Windows Live Messenger, it was impossible to do so; with some of the later updates, we could send and receive all kinds of multimedia files. In this way, it was easy to send or receive content such as photographs or any images, as well as music or videos that we were interested in showing to someone else.

Other everyday actions of Windows Live Messenger that, with time, have also become present in the most current messengers have to do with modifying the Statusof the user to send different messages to our contacts in common. If we wanted it, just as it happens with WhatsApp these days, we could organize all our contacts through groups.

Similarly, Windows Live Messenger has an integration system with other social networks that allow us to receive notifications from them uniquely on the same platform, saving a lot of time. At the same time, you can share all your activities with your friends through some services such as WordPress, Flickr, or YouTube, to mention the most symbolic cases.

Even the organization of Windows Live Messenger conversations through a system of tabs is lovely and valuable because by jumping from one to the other, we can visualize each conversation's contents. Younger people will not know this, but this platform previously did not group conversations but created a window for each one of them, making everything too annoying.

Do you want to have fun while chatting with your friends and family? Then you should know that Windows Live Messenger integrates a series of mini-games or different pastimes that you can take advantage of in the middle of your chats. You can enjoy these mini-games either alone or with the person you are chatting with at that moment.

Windows Live Messenger is also an application that we can customize so that it adapts to our taste, taking into account that we can modify without many inconveniences elements such as the wallpapers or the sounds of the screen so that it resembles much more what we are looking for each experience.

This application will allow you to set any of the different privacy profiles it offers to consider what personal information we will show other users. This way, you can prevent particular contacts from seeing data about you that you don't want them to have access to.

What is the interface of Windows Live Messenger? Undoubtedly one of the strong points this application has to offer considering that it is clean and keeps all the menus and options very well placed. We could say that now we notice how the aesthetics of this program was far ahead of others of its time, so undoubtedly, one of its strong points is in the design.

In summary, downloading and installing Windows Live Messenger on your computer is an excellent way to experience how communications were a decade ago or a little more. However, it remains fully functional to chat with your friends who still have an account on it. Otherwise, you will not find too many surprises, considering that many of its main features are preserved there.