The service also provided a Windows Sidebar gadget for Microsoft LifeCam users that allows them to access their top six contacts and essential Video Messages features directly from their desktop.

The service utilizes Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 to stream videos uploaded to and stored on the website by other users.

Users are required to have a Windows Live ID to record, send, manage, or view multiple video messages.

Users are also able to reply to and forward their received video messages, similar to how e-mail functions.

[4] If the user is using a Microsoft LifeCam and Windows Vista, they may also use the Microsoft LifeCam Video Messages Sidebar gadget to record, send, forward, and watch video messages directly from their desktop.