Messenger is back and will stay on the Windows 11 taskbar

I still remember MSN Messenger, later known as Windows Live Messenger? Well, the famous chat system will return to Windows 11. However, while it is exactly the same approach, it will be based on Microsoft Teams. Thus, it will be possible to start conversations and calls from task bar and it will be completely free. In other words, everything we had in Messenger but now applies to Windows 11.

Messenger is back and will stay on the Windows 11 taskbar

However, while preview versions of Windows 11 are already available to Windows Insiders, this feature is not yet available for testing. However, Microsoft claims that this integration will be available in the coming months.

In Windows 11 Build 22000.71, even a Group Policy was created for this chat app that makes it available to everyone. In practice, this allows you to customize everything with an icon in task bar… If you activate it, the icon starts to display by default. But you don’t need to touch it to access this feature.

Enabled or disabled, some versions of Windows are coming soon with a chat icon available from a link on the site. Latest Windows versions…

The purpose of this app is very simple. In practice, this will help users communicate more with family, friends, and even colleagues. Whatever the device.

The potential is a lot

For example, it will be possible to perform various actions, such as chat or launching a presentation, directly from task bar… As I mentioned, it goes through the client Microsoft Teams. However, this version is very similar to Messenger and is optimized for consumers. More like Skype in the end.

This is a great idea from Microsoft anyway. This gives people the ability to communicate using Windows tools without resorting to WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger.

How is Microsoft going to get people to use this service?

Now Windows user, Albacore, found several images showing attempts Microsoft do. Images are for the consumer market. Interestingly, they even resemble Windows Live.

Of course, to make the most of this new feature, people need to download Microsoft Teams…