The ability to share anything shown on your iPhone’s display with friends, family or coworkers on a video call is coming soon to Skype for iOS and Android, Microsoft has confirmed.
Skype has doubled the number of group calling participants from 25 to 50, beating Apple’s group FaceTime that allows a maximum of 32 people to be on the same audio or video call.
Aside from the removal of Highlights, Skype customers can expect many more updates over the next several months as the team continues to simplify and improve the core experiences around calling, chat and contacts.
Skype’s end-to-end encrypted Private Conversations protect your texts and calls against eavesdropping and improve privacy by hiding the contents of your chats in notifications. Here’s how to use this handy security-minded feature in Skype for iOS and macOS.
It’s easy to change the Skype appearance on your Mac to match your taste or mood. Here’s how to select a different Skype theme or color in just a few steps.
Apple is aware of the latest bug discovered in iOS which permits anyone to ask Siri to read hidden notifications from messaging apps on a locked device.
China wants to ban Skype.
Try the new photo filters on selfies, in a picture of your morning coffee or a photo of your pet.
A major Skype for Mac redesign we were promised earlier this year is now available on desktop, with features like cloud-based file sharing, customizable themes and more.
Microsoft is now rolling out Cortana to Skype, allowing the personal assistant to find answers inside your chats.
Skype Preview delivers most of the features Microsoft rolled out in June as part of Skype’s next-generation mobile experience.
You can now react to messages, interact with Cortana and other chat bots, play with a new Highlights feature and more, all in Skype’s thoroughly revamped iPhone app.