<p>The tie-in announced Tuesday represents an uneasy alliance in the midst of a typically contentious relationship between Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc.</p><p>Microsoft is framing its embrace of Google Chat as an example of how it's trying to help connect people who rely on various services to interact with one another. Both Outlook.com and Google Chat are offered for free as way for Microsoft and Google to attract more online traffic to its advertising-supported services.</p><p>With the latest addition, Outlook.com accountholders will have three different ways to interact with their friends and family in real-time discussions. They have already been able to use Microsoft's own Skype chat service and Facebook's messaging service. Microsoft closed its Messenger chat service earlier this year as part of a switchover to Skype, which the company bought for $8.5 billion in 2011.</p><p>Even as it offers Google Chat to its Outlook.com users, Microsoft is warning consumers that Google's search engine and other services can't be trusted. The company has spending millions of dollars on a series of critical ads that began appearing online, in print and on television about six months ago.</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/microsofts-outlookcom-adding-google-chat-option-despite-animosity-between-longtime-rivals/2013/05/14/c8371892-bc96-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-adds-google-messaging-support-to-outlook-com-skydrive-com-7000015351/">Microsoft adds Google messaging support to Outlook.com, SkyDrive.com</a> (ZDNet)</p><p><a href="http://gigaom.com/2013/05/14/man-bites-dog-microsoft-outlook-com-embraces-gmail-users/">Man bites dog: Microsoft Outlook.com embraces Gmail users</a> (GigaOM)</p><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/14/microsoft-adds-google-talk-to-outlook-dot-com-skydrive/">Microsoft adds built-in Google Talk to Outlook.com and SkyDrive.com - Engadget</a> (Engadget)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmGLncTxHbdQuAME7fRSV5amTgFHM&ned=us">55 additional articles.</a></p>