Skype says it's 'here to stay' as it announces new modern look

Microsoft outlined plans to better Skype, including a more modernistic design and improved performance in a new blog post. Skype says that it'due south "here to stay" in its post that breaks down several upcoming changes and new features.

Skype plans to upgrade the phone call stage, which it says is the most important part of the platform. The app will shortly have new themes and layouts, including improvements to how Skype shows a filigree of video feeds.

In the time to come, if someone joins a phone call with merely audio, they'll exist able to have a custom background behind their icon. These are the same backgrounds that people tin cull from for video feeds, so they should look familiar and help make full the call stage.

Skype volition likewise better chat headers, add fluent icons, and support customizable themes with more color options. Notification sounds will too be customizable.

The performance of Skype in key scenarios will be improved by 30% on desktop and over 2,000% on Android. Skype will also back up all browsers in the futurity.

Microsoft has a new feature for Skype on the manner called TwinCam that allows people to add together a smartphone to a call for an additional photographic camera angle. The company doesn't provide an exact timeline for its new features or the changes on the way to the app, though the same blog post states that the changes are on the style this year.

Time will tell if these changes greatly impact Skype users. Microsoft recently brought on a new CVP (Corporate Vice President), Manik Gupta, to oversee the company'southward Skype initiatives. For context, the video-calling platform has been derided every bit irrelevant or noncompetitive by some people in contempo years, meaning changes could exist an try to reassert Skype's place in a earth with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and other competitors.

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