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Skype team hosted a questions and answers event today, here’s what they revealed
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Published onSeptember 13, 2016
published onSeptember 13, 2016
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As we reported just afew days ago, the Skype team would host a live Q&A event today. Sure enough, a small group behind the scenes sat down around a conference table and took questions from the community through Twitter and their forum. Theyanswered plenty of questionsand even gave us quite a look into what could be in store for Skype in the not so distant future.
There were some features that they mentioned were being investigated for integration, but weren’t necessarily guaranteed to make it in. Of course, nothing is guaranteed until the feature is released, but here are some that they are considering:
It was clear that a lot of the feedback given through the Q&A event left some lingering thoughts for the team to consider. Some even replied that they were inspired by ideas that users had sent in and that they’d look into adding it to ‘the list’. Such as:
One user on Twitter even asked the team if they were working on a way to prevent “the slew of random ‘Friend Requests’ which are likely spambots.” Team member Meduri assured that they were looking into the issue and might havesomething up their sleevesfor a future release.
Perhaps one of the more exciting features is already being tested internally. According to the Skype team, the SMS integration will be releasing to Windows Insider previews as soon as it’s ready.
Earlier this year we announced native SMS integration (on Windows Phone) and Relay (on Windows PC), this functionality will enable you to send and receive SMS messages from your Windows Phone and Windows PC running Windows 10 Anniversary Update. We are currently in internal testing of this feature with plans to release to Windows Insider once the quality requirements are met. As for integrated calling, this is good feedback and something we will consider in the future.
They even replied to ensure that Skype will be continually receivingmonthly updates with bug fixes and new features. “We know there are some much loved features missing in Skype Preview that are used in the Win32 version of Skype. We are actively working to close this gap,” they stated, confirming that the name of Skype Preview will indeed be switched back to Skype once it has met the bar.
Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
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Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.
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