The
new Windows Live Messenger Beta is the next-generation MSN Messenger and, as
always, it is free to download. It has everything you already love about
Messenger - your contact list, emoticons, and plenty of ways to access to your
friends via text, voice and video - plus new ways to connect and share documents
with magical ease.
When you move to the new Windows Live Messenger, it will be like upgrading from one MSN Messenger version to the next. All your contacts will move with you, as will all your personalised elements (emoticons, winks, user tiles, themes, etc...).