In 2013, Microsoft announced that MSN Messenger/Live Messenger was going to be discontinued in favour of Skype. Whatsapp took over the reins of instant messaging and then social networks conquered the world and finished up the deal with Windows Live Messenger. When smartphones came along, traditional messengers were hit hard by many new features of «genius» devices. At the height of MSN Messenger’s success, over 60% of users worldwide were devoted fans as a result of the user-friendly interface and the possibility of making video calls, which although now seems quite normal, at that time was innovative and fascinating.

In 2006 it was rebranded and MSN Messenger became part of the new Windows Live Messenger when it had its biggest success.

In 2005 users could send short voice messages over MSN Messenger.

The program was extremely popular and regularly updated. It was basically a visionary prototype of modern messengers where you could send instant messages and emoticons with your contacts online. MSN Messenger was one of the first instant messengers developed by Microsoft in 1999.

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