Instant Messaging Comes to Xbox 360

Post by **Digital Puppy** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:01 pm

Instant Messaging Comes to Xbox 360, Expanding the Largest Social Network on Television

Xbox 360 owners can connect with more than 260 million Windows Live Messenger users on Xbox 360, Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices beginning the week of May 7.

[quote]REDMOND, Wash. â€” April 8, 2007 â€” Your Xbox LIVEÂ® friends list is about to get a whole lot bigger. Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Windows Liveâ„¢ Messenger on Xbox 360â„¢, connecting friends across Xbox 360 consoles, MicrosoftÂ® WindowsÂ®-based PCs and Windows MobileÂ®-powered devices. With this update to Xbox 360, friends and families can easily connect and chat directly from their television using Windows Live Messenger, a network of more than 20 billion relationships and more than 260 million active accounts.

Beginning the week of May 7, 2007, the Xbox 360 Spring Update will provide Xbox 360 owners worldwide with access to Windows Live Messenger features, broadening the communication options on the Xbox LIVE social network. Members of the 6 million-strong Xbox LIVE community currently send more than 2 million text and voice messages a day and can now use Windows Live Messenger to text chat with up to six people on their contact list at one time, while playing games, listening to music or watching movies. Text chat adds to the variety of options friends and families already have to communicate with on Xbox LIVE, including voice and video chat.

Current relationships on Windows Live Messenger and Xbox LIVE will be unified on Xbox 360 and users will see at a glance if their existing friends on Windows Live Messenger have gamertags, instantly expanding the breadth of connected experiences they can share online.

â€œBringing the largest IM community in the world, Windows Live Messenger, to Xbox 360 makes sense, as Xbox LIVE has really become the largest social network on television,â€

Tyron · Post by **Tyron** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:55 pm

Nice looking little keyboard accessory. But knowing Microsoft it will be highly overpriced. I'll just plug one of my spare usb keyboards in and use that if I ever use Instant Messenger.

vicaphit · Post by **vicaphit** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:22 pm

can you use any old USB keyboard with the 360? I want a console where I can plug in my keyboard and mouse and play FPSs like a pro while everyone else is still using a controller.