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.
Skype on Thursday unveiled a major app redesign that kind of looks like Snapchat.
The other day I overheard a woman at the coffee shop spiritedly conversing on FaceTime with what I can only presume was her mother. The topic of discussion had been the daughter’s holiday trip, and her mom said something that struck a chord with me: why can’t you show me the photos on here? This got me thinking (at which point I stopped listening in, promised). Since its inception, FaceTime has received dreadfully little attention from Apple. The introduction of FaceTime Audio aside, the service practically makes for an absolute freeze-up in an otherwise constantly forward moving software environment.
As consumers, we have become used to companies spending more resources and time on pet projects of theirs and conversely less on comparably idle services, but what is astonishing is that this analogy does not explain the ongoing neglect of FaceTime. Because for all its faults and plainness, FaceTime is tremendously popular. For reasons only known to the Cupertino giant however, it does barely show in the application’s development. To add insult to injury, the lackluster state is likely to persist for yet another year until the next big software update for iOS rolls in. Never mind the fact this means forever in industry years, but it’s even worse because FaceTime is already adrift of the competition.
With that said, it is time for Apple to start play catch-up and resuscitate the service. Since the coffee shop encounter, I have been mulling over how Apple could ramp up the offering realistically in the near future. Here is what I believe is feasible and crucial for FaceTime to implement within the next year:
