Skype announces all-in-one Universal Windows App as Insider Preview
Skype released a consumer preview of Skype integration for Windows 10, offering separate apps for video, voice, and messaging. These task oriented apps tested well for mobile and smaller screens, but feedback from those apps has revealed that on larger screens, users are more interested in a single interface that takes up less screen real estate and consolidates functions into a single app. Skype app narrow view With that in mind, Skype is introducing a new, fourth Universal App for Skype , that it’s calling the “Skype Universal Windows Platform App Preview for Windows 10.” This new app won’t replace the current preview task focused apps, but will combine their functions, eliminating duplication and unnecessary menus, with a single global Settings menu in the initial release and context menus to come Sign in with your MSA account and link a SkypeID • Show and change your availability • See a list of your existing Skype contacts • Initiate a chat with...