Microsoft has just launched the “next generation of Windows Live”, as the company itself has called its new Windows Live desktop suite, which represents an improved collection of online add-ons for the Windows users.

Yesterday, Microsoft’s Windows Live services suite lost its beta label and became available for free, so that every Windows user could enjoy the web-connected applications. Microsoft has integrated new shiny tools and has improved the traditional ones within its Windows Live suite, as the company hopes the users will take some of their online activities to its servers.

The “free and fun upgrade for the online and Windows experiences”, as Microsoft calls the new suite, has now started to get more and more like Google’s similar service. Microsoft promises that the new services will simplify the “digital lives” of its Windows users. The company has updated its suite’s core applications, Hotmail, Messenger, Toolbar and Spaces, but it has also made available new applications that look a lot like Google’s similar services.

Through the new Photo Gallery tool the users will be able to share their videos and photos online; the new Live Mail will allow them to combine their multiple email accounts into one interface; the Live Writer makes blog authoring feel much like a Windows-like experience, while Family Safety represents a tool for the parents to keep the “inappropriate online content” away from their children. Last but not least, the Mobile component of the suite makes the users able to connect to Windows Live via a Windows Mobile device.

So, these are the (new) tools the brand new Windows Live suite brings to us! Enjoy!