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In September of last year, Microsoft first announced support for Facebook Chat in Hotmail, along other major updates. But since then, Facebook Chat has only been available in Hotmail in six regions. That changes today: now, in every country that has Facebook, Hotmail users will be able to use Facebook Chat right in their email client.
Because, according to Microsoft, three out of four Hotmail users also have a Facebook account, this feature is expected to take off very quickly, and in a big way.
To use Facebook Chat inside Hotmail, you first have to connect your Facebook account to Windows Live. Then make sure that "Chat with my Facebook friends in Messenger" is checked so that your consent will be registered with Facebook. After that, your accounts will be linked (in a few minutes). When that's finished, you can start a chat from within Hotmail just by clicking on the name of a Facebook contact. If for some reason this doesn't immediately work, sign out of Hotmail, then sign in again and all should be well.
Because, according to Microsoft, three out of four Hotmail users also have a Facebook account, this feature is expected to take off very quickly, and in a big way.
To use Facebook Chat inside Hotmail, you first have to connect your Facebook account to Windows Live. Then make sure that "Chat with my Facebook friends in Messenger" is checked so that your consent will be registered with Facebook. After that, your accounts will be linked (in a few minutes). When that's finished, you can start a chat from within Hotmail just by clicking on the name of a Facebook contact. If for some reason this doesn't immediately work, sign out of Hotmail, then sign in again and all should be well.
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Subscribe to commentslobotomies4freeFeb 22nd 2011 12:06AM
now THIS is a Live feature I wouldn't mind Google copying. Crosses fingers*
RichardFeb 22nd 2011 5:00AM
I tried the Facebook chat in WLM a short while back and found that it incorrectly reported that people had just logged out, only for a few seconds later to show them logged back in again. This would spam the main window.
Even more annoying, when someone is "logged out" of Facebook, the input window in WLM is locked so you cannot type anything. So you start typing, they log out, you don't realise and continue typing (but nothing appears on the screen) and a few seconds later they log back in again and your typing continues. You end up having a sentence which is missing a chunk of text.
I went back to Digsby.