Skype is one of the most used communication platforms worldwide. It is more of a formal platform since most businesses prefer carrying out their communications via the app. It stands out from other applications due to its simple but appealing interface and accessibility. The company often updates the platform to provide users with a seamless experience and it has recently revamped its design whilst adding a few new features.
The Brand New Skype
The TwinCam feature allows you to show off both yourself and your pet simultaneously. Skype is about to undergo some major changes. The company gave a look into the future of Skype, with a focus on speed, dependability, and design, among several other things. For starters, video calls will have a new look. New themes and layouts will be available soon. While on a call, you’ll be able to see yourself in the main view, but you can conceal your feed if you don’t want to see yourself.
To prevent people from being relegated to a minimized view, video feeds are being reconfigured into a grid. Instead, everyone on the call will be visible, even those who aren’t providing video. In the upper bar, you’ll also see larger video feeds. The call stage has numerous viewing choices, including speaker view, grid view, a huge gallery, and Together Mode. You can also choose to just include persons in the grid who are sharing video or turn off the video stream completely. While on a call, audio-only participants can choose one of the app’s background replacement images instead of grey nothingness.
More colorful themes are on the way, with gradients for buttons and no avatars. Meanwhile, “the elegance of the left side panel screams art, balance, and lightness,” adds Skype, emulating Apple to the best of its ability.
Meet Now, which allows people to join calls without having to register or download the app, is also being redesigned by Skype. The name and avatar of your call will be visible to invitees in the invitation links. According to the company, all browsers will be supported soon. Skype is also focusing on improving its performance. On the Skype PC app, it declares to improving performance in critical cases by about a third, while on the Android app, it asserts to have improved the app performance by over 2,000 percent. Custom notification sounds are also new or coming soon, as is an enhanced reactions window that allows you to respond faster by searching or using pinned reactions. Overall, it is a much simpler way to carry out functions such as SMS Share.
You may also exchange scanned documents, photographs, and videos using the Office Lens feature in the Skype mobile app. You may now add a video stream from a second device to your call using a new feature called TwinCam. If you want to show off your pet or let pupils view both your textbook and your face at the same time, this could be useful. To get started, all you have to do is scan a QR code with your iPhone or Android device.