Your Xbox LIVE® friends list just got a whole lot bigger. With the arrival of Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360, you can now text chat with friends while playing games, watching movies, and more.

It's easy to keep in touch

• Bring your Xbox LIVE and Windows Live Messenger contacts together in a single friends list.
• See at a glance if your contacts have gamertags.
• See from your PC what games your friends are playing when they log-in to Xbox 360 so you can join in too.
• Chat with friends across Windows®-based PCs, Windows Mobile® devices and other Xbox 360 consoles.
• Chat with up to 20 contacts in a single conversation and enjoy up to 6 different conversations at once.

Coming summer 2007: Xbox 360 Messenger Kit.

Getting started

Windows Live Messenger is available right now as a free Xbox LIVE® automatic update. You will be able to text chat using by plugging a USB keyboard into your console and soon you’ll also be able use the Xbox 360 Messenger Kit. 

Sign up for news alerts

It’s easy to keep updated on the latest games, music, films and more on Xbox 360 with Windows Live Alerts from Xbox.com. You can sign up here.