Updates with new features will arrive for Skype insiders first before launching to the general public. Microsoft says Skype will work and provide a great experience in all mainstream browsers on modern platforms.
With the help of a universal PSTN translator, you can communicate with anyone in any language, both for video calls and for calls to landlines and mobile phones.įinally, one of the most important changes Skype users will enjoy is improved browsers support. The company says key scenarios in Skype on desktops are now 30% faster and over 2000% faster on Android. The Software giant also focused its efforts on performance in video calls on Skype. Microsoft will let you pick custom sounds for notifications and use any emojis as message reactions. All you need to do is scan a QR-code to merge the video from a smartphone with your primary video from a webcam in the call. It allows you to grab a smartphone during a call and use its camera to show additional video feed with documents, pets, new toys, or whatever else you might want to share with your friends. Also, now the stage will follow the current theme of the OS.Īs for feature upgrades, Skype is getting a new TwinCam capability. Other cosmetic changes include redesigned chat headers with an improved layout, new fluent icons across the UI, refreshed themes, colorful avatars (for those without a profile picture), etc. Users with disabled cameras will also appear on the call stage with customizable backgrounds (you can disable video and hide non-video participants), and previews will be larger when someone shares their screen. Also, Skype will arrange video feeds into "a more natural grid" to keep everyone together and in focus.
Microsoft improved the looks to make the UI more modern and polished. One of the UI changes in the new Skype is the call stage.
#Skype updates update#
Microsoft says the new version is faster, reliable, and "super modern-looking." Most notably, user feedback inspired a big part of the changes, so those sticking to Skype will like the update (unlike those updates back in 2017). Because of this reason, every time you initialize the.
#Skype updates install#
Microsoft published a post on the official Skype website, providing users with more details about the upcoming update. When you install Skype on your computer, by default it is configured to update itself automatically. Quite the opposite: the company has just announced a major upgrade with new features, new user interfaces, and significantly improved performance. Still, it appears that Microsoft is not planning to kill Skype any time soon. It is not difficult to understand why some might have thought that Skype was going down: Teams turned out to be a big success for Microsoft, and the company even integrated a consumer-based version of the service directly into the taskbar in Windows 11.