Microsoft’s VoIP service Skype has rolled out updates to some of its mobile apps to, as said on its official blog, “give you more ways to express yourself. And have some fun while doing it.”
Here they are:
For Skype 5.3 Android
Big changes have been made to the chat experience. Users will see a bubble style chat layout, similar to the Skype apps on desktop & the iPhone. There’s added support for emoji now, so users can go beyond Skype’s emoticons & triple the number of ways to express themselves without typing a single word. When you choose 1 of Skype’s emoticons, the new feature will display a large animated version, if the emoticon’s the only thing you send in a message.
The update also supports messaging via speech to text when connected to an Android Auto experience.
Other key improvements in this update include:
- Catching up on an active conversation will now be easier; chat will no longer auto-scroll to the latest as new messages come in.
- Users can change & view avatars for all of their group chats; just use the “Participants” option in a group chat to get started.
- After signing out, users will now need to re-enter user name and password to sign in again. This will make it easier on those of you who use multiple accounts.
Skype Qik 1.5
Skype has created 8 more effects users can use while recording videos to make them more fun & playful. Once the viewfinder is opened, users can select an effect to apply to their videos. They can even switch from 1 to another while recording to include multiple effects in one video message. Users can choose from favorites like mirror, x-ray & Minecraft (a staff favorite that makes you look 8-bit) or go crazy with hearts or snow. On iPhone & Android, users can tap the magic wand in the viewfinder window to display the effects options. On Windows Phone, swipe on the viewfinder to cycle through the different styles.
Skype 5.12 for iPhone
Skype has decided to add language support. Within the coming week, these languages will be added: Croatian, Slovak, Catalan, Vietnamese, Thai, Hindi, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Turkish, & Estonian.
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