Skype Releases New Version of Its App for Android - masonhimought

A new rendering of Skype for Mechanical man arrived Tuesday that supports video, photo, and file sharing.

"It's now even easier to share those special moments with your loved ones or send files and view documents active while along a business trip," Dan Chastney, a Skype senior product manager for Mechanical man, wrote in a company blog.

The free program also boasts fitter battery life and full screen support connected tablets based on NVDIA's Tegra 2 CPU. They include the Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and the Acer Iconia.

Chastney also noted that Skype continues to add phone models to its whitelist of handsets that behind function the video conferencing feature of the app, which, dissimilar some smartphones, kit and caboodle on both Wi-Fi and 3G connections. Latest additions let in the HTC Amaze 4G, the Motorola Droid 4, and the Motorola Droid R.

Virtually anyone with an Android device running Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating theatre above can try outer Skype video calling for free, Chastney added. "We'll let you know if you can move around connected video calling when you first start upfield Skype on a not-whitelisted handset," he explained.

Story of Skype's Android App

Skype's Android app was introduced in October 2010. Information technology was non greeted with applause. "Despite its promising appearance, Skype's first stab at Android is a knotty mess of unexplained options and unreasonable restrictions," JR Raphael wrote in PC Cosmos.

The app has steady improved since its introduction. Pursuit its announced purchase by Microsoft in May, video conferencing happening a limited number of phone models was added to the app in June. That was expanded to 17 models in August.

The new variant of Skype is in stock at the Humanoid Market. Currently the software is rated 3.7/5.0 stars by some 302,339 users, with 16 percent of those paygrad the app one asterisk.

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