Skype’s big redesign publicly launches to desktop users

After the release of Skype' s revamped version, that focused on media sharing and social expression tools, a move made in order to be in line with its competitors such as Snapchat and Slack, Skype has made another major announcement. Yes, a new and upgraded version of Skype is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops. The design blueprint is same as the mobile version.

The news brings good news to Skype users who tend to toggle between several devices, as this new version supports synchronization between any kind of device that has Skype installed in it, be it smartphone, tablet, desktop, Xbox, smart speakers, etc.

Apart from that, the new Skype also has plethora of themes that can be easily customized, a move from the company in order to give a comfortable and personalized experience to its users. The themes will apparently “ reflect your mood, personality, or time of day,” if the post from firm is to be believed.

Also, there’ s a “ chat list,” too, that lets you organize your contact list by time, unread, or status, and you can pin people or groups for quick access. You’ ll find more versatile display options as well, so you can switch the view from standard to compact, or simply collapse the chat list to focus more on your content.

Another interesting addition to the Skpe version is a new notification panel, a hub that holds all of your incoming messages and @mentions in group conversations, while it also lets you know if someone has quoted you. You can jump straight to a conversation by clicking on any of the messages showing in the notification panel.

Skype bad slowly built its popularity since its introduction through its video calling features, and this of course is still central to the Skype experience. Playing catch-up with competing apps, it’ s jazzing up the experience with a new reactions button to let you express how you’ re feeling during a conversation. It has also embedded the ' mentions' feature for group conversations where you can hit the “ @” mark and then type a person’ s name to quickly send a message only to them.

Given above is just a brief overview of what is new in the latest version of Skype for desktop, soon it will arrive as an automatic download for the users who has preset the feature, otherwise, you can only download it manually from its official website.