Watch everyone’s smiles and cries when you tell them “We’re engaged!!!' Video calls – Don’t just hear the cheers, see them! Get together with 1 or 24 of your friends and family on a HD video call.Use Skype to send SMS messages to mobiles worldwide and with SMS Connect you can now also read and reply to your phone's SMS messages right from your computer. Say “hello” with an instant message, voice or video call – all for free*. (As I did not.Skype keeps the world talking. But you can expect Skype Preview for iOS to open up to more users over time if you don’t get in immediately. What this means, of course, is that not everyone will get in, at least not immediately. So Microsoft is asking users to register for Skype Insider for iOS to get access to the build. On iOS, things are different yet again: In this case, Skype Preview is available in limited capacity through Apple’s TestFlight program. On Android, you can simply download Skype Preview from the Google Play Store, as I noted yesterday in Microsoft Issues First Skype Preview Build on Android But you don’t actually need to join Skype Insider. That’s because Skype Preview-which will one day simply be called Skype, of course-ships withWindows 10. On Windows, for example, you must join the Windows Insider Program to get Skype Preview.

Skype does this through its Skype Insider program, but the way you get early access to various Skype clients varies by platform. Well, it’s available on iOS too, but in a far more limited fashion.Īs you may recall, Microsoft provides various Insider programs-for Windows, Office, Xbox, and Skype, and probably others-that provide enthusiasts and other interested parties with early access to new software versions. Yesterday, I reported that the first Skype Preview build was available on Android.

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