Microsoft bringing IM to the TV set

Cory Bergman April 8th, 2007

Xbox 360 Live members like myself will be able to link our MSN chat accounts to our gamertags to chat over our TV sets. Voice chat is coming later this year. “We feel this is a huge step in driving social networking further into the family room by allowing Xbox 360 users to IM directly from their couch,” said John Rodman, Microsoft’s group manager for the Xbox 360. “Now you don’t have to manage two separate groups of friends online.”