Microsoft's Skype update will include new themes and color schemes featuring more vibrant colors and customizable gradients. The company states, ' Now if you want to show off your pet's sleeping habits or need to tutor someone while showing multiple angles, it's as easy as grabbing your mobile phone or whatever device you have handy and scanning a QR code to add it to the call as another camera! We match you with your video stream, and you can impress everyone on the call.' Have seem and tried some versions of Chromebooks able to use the android versions but these have been a bit 'buggy' and slow and sort of an official way to get round using a Chromebook and S4B together. The new feature will allow users to scan a QR code on a mobile phone as a second camera. Hi, it was less the IM function it was more the use of voice client, (which would make the Chromebook more of a replacement for a PC). To Microsoft's credit, it sounds more functional than Apple's recent attempt to allow Android and PC users the ability to take part in FaceTime.Īnother feature that is actually really cool is TwinCam. There will be a new layout, chat headers, buttons, and group avatars using its Fluent Design UI cross platforms to make the new experience seamless and more accessible to all. Once it’s installed, swipe or click into your app drawer. Microsoft is also updating the entire application to improve performance across the device spectrum. Does Skype work on a Chromebook Open the Google Play Store and download Skype by clicking the box above.

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