MSN Messenger 8.0 becomes Windows Live Messenger!

On October 28, 2005 Microsoft announced that the next version of its popular IM client: MSN Messenger 8.0 would be renamed to Windows Live Messenger. This is attributed to the fact that the Microsoft Network (MSN) will be splitting into two divisions: the current MSN division will focus on content, while the newly introduced Live division will focus on software and services. To read more about this visit the MSN 8.0/WLM News post.

MSN Messenger 8.0 timeline

This is a brief timeline for Messenger 8.0.

• Messenger 8.0 now completely public (May 14, 2006) - Full Details
• New Messenger 8.0.0689 released! (May 04, 2006) - Notes and Download
• New Messenger 8.0.0683 leaked! (April 18, 2006) - Details and Download
• New Messenger 8.0 User Interface revealed! (April 01, 2006) - View Change Details
• Messenger 8.0 is now available for use by the public (March 20, 2006) - View News Details
• MSN Messenger 8.0.0566 BETA released to testers & Invitees (March 01, 2006) - MSN 8.0.0566 details, Changelog
• MSN Messenger 8.0.0562 BETA released to testers (February 10, 2006)
• MSN Messenger 8.0.0365 BETA (December 12, 2005) - Details of MSN 8.0.0365
• MSN Messenger 8.0.0363 BETA leaked (November 24, 2005) - View details for MSN 8.0.0363
• MSN Messenger 8.0.0290 BETA leaked (November 06, 2005) - View details
• Microsoft announces Windows Live Messenger (October 28, 2005) - View article

Download Messenger 8.0

You can download MSN 8.0 from the official Microsoft BETA mirror, which always points to the very latest version of the MSN 8.0 BETA download.
Download the latest English BETA of Messenger 8 from here (Approx. 15 MB).
For other languages, please refer to this list.

MSN Messenger 8.0 News Archive

You can also browse our extensive MSN Messenger 8.0 news archive by going to the MSN Messenger 8.0 News Topic.

This information has been last updated on the 14th of May, 2006.

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