Modifications of Cardinal Skype: The Discussion App now works differently

The story of Skype communication is rather strange and confusing. A lot of apps and gadgets that have this feature, with different features, have been created, and there is no clear overall direction for all these gadgets. But everything will change from now on, writes Ars Technica.

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Here is a preview of Windows "Clbadic" 32 bit The program for the OS is essentially moderated by the times when Skype n & rsquo; Was not owned by Microsoft. Meanwhile, the "modern" program distributed through the Microsoft Gadget Store has a completely different user interface and other features.

However, the end of this kind of gadget is approaching. Microsoft has finally been able to more or less join the creation of Skype Gadgets for Windows, MacOS, Linux and mobile operating systems. This project was launched in 2016, and now, after the completion of the unification work, the US company can finally start to develop new functions.

Now the gadget is capable of supporting 1080p resolution video calls between 24 people at a time. In group correspondence, to attract the attention of one of the interlocutors, you can use the @think tool, which can share files up to 300 MB. It also facilitates the search for shared video or audio files – Skype also has its own multimedia gallery.

This summer, Microsoft intends to include Skype in the recording capabilities of incoming calls (previously required to use third-party tools), to start displaying when your message has been read and promise to encrypt data from the computer of a single user. on the other – whether it is textual, visual or audio information.

And this is not the end – Microsoft will facilitate the integration of Skype audio and video calls into video broadcasts (Mixer or Twitch). In other words, Skype video or audio content can be loaded onto games or other streaming content, as is currently the case with camera recording information or standard microphone.

Skype users have long been waiting for call recording and message encryption – a long time ago, they were able to find and develop their improved gadgets that need it.

Consolidation of all the different gadgets into a unified user interface and a functional version should theoretically speed up the work of upgrading Skype, as Microsoft developers will no longer need each function for each separate gadget. By the end of the summer, we should know if the theory will become a practice.

However, there is also less good knowledge: the Skype software for the Win32 system will be officially closed from the end of August this year. Users of this gadget, who will continue to use the Skype service, will need to upgrade the gadget to Skype version 8.0 (the so-called "unified" Skype version for Windows computers).