Instant Messaging Comes to Xbox 360! Launching Windows LIVE? Messenger on Xbox 360, connecting friends across Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices means that your Xbox LIVE® friends list is about to get a whole lot bigger. With this update to Xbox 360, friends and families can easily connect and chat directly from their television using Windows Live Messenger, a network of more than 20 billion relationships and more than 260 million active accounts.
The Xbox 360 Messenger Kit is a QWERTY text-input device, the Xbox 360 Chatpad, that will connect directly into the Xbox 360 controller to support text and instant messaging.