After just under 2 years, Microsoft finally has available 8 Beta version of its instant messenger for Mac OS X. The current version was released in April 2008. This is the first official release after another version was leaked a few days ago.

In principle, the first official beta of MSN Messenger, it seems quite stable. However, there are some features that are not yet functional. Among them, file transfer, audio and video chats for corporate accounts and audio and video calls in some network configurations.

According to Microsoft itself, the most important feature that is incorporated in this version is the audio and video chats and unfortunately we know nothing more. The specialist sites complain that Microsoft has done "very little" to this new version. We'll have to wait until the company releases the final version to know what all the new features.

To download the version of MSN Messenger 8 Beta, go to the Microsoft site.