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Skype for smartphones will be up to 2000% faster, Microsoft is working on a major update

Service Skype, one of the oldest video calling applications, has announced several upcoming improvements on its official blog.

Faster and with a new desktop for group video calls

The application on desktops should be 30% faster and, even more interesting, on the Android platform even up to 2000% faster. Such a number sounds too confident, but the bottom line is that Skype for Android will be much faster. The display of video calls with multiple participants at the same time will also be a big change.

Call Stage | Foto: Skype.com

Microsoft named the new area for video calls as “the call stage” and offer a wide range of options for the distribution of windows by individual participants. With a single press of a menu item, you can rearrange them to suit your current needs.

Call Stage | Foto: Skype.com

The image grid will dynamically adjust to the number of participants, so no one will be pushed away from the others in a small window. And even those who call without a video will have an equally large tile in the grid, just with a picture and a name. The layout of the grid can also be manually adjusted or set so-called. Speaker view to highlight the video of the person speaking.

Possibility of secondary image of the smartphone, advanced translator and improved chat invitations

It is also a new feature TwinCam. For example, if you call a webcam on your computer, you can add another picture from your smartphone to the call. You can also present yourself from another angle, show others around you, pets or children, without having to march with the whole laptop.

TwinCam | Photo: Skype.com

When communicating in a foreign language, the integration of the tool will please Skype Universal Translator. He has to handle the translation of not only text communication in real time, but even speech communication. Microsoft likens the advancement of the new feature to a personal translator from the popular Star Trek series.

Skype Universal Translator | Photo: Skype.com

Skype has also modified the dialog for the Meet Now feature. This should make it even easier to invite a user without a registered account to a chat or conference call. In addition, the generated link with the invitation also contains a preview of who founded the room and who is in it. The text conversation will also be more colorful and with new emoji icons.


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