{"id":82926,"date":"2017-06-01T16:04:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T20:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=82926"},"modified":"2017-06-01T16:04:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T20:04:35","slug":"microsoft-unveils-next-generation-of-skype-with-slew-of-new-features","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/microsoft-unveils-next-generation-of-skype-with-slew-of-new-features","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Unveils Next Generation of Skype With Slew of New Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft this week unveiled &#8220;the next generation of Skype.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s popular video messaging service has been &#8220;rebuilt from the ground up,&#8221; according to the Skype team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve made group chats more lively, expressive, and\u2014most importantly\u2014personalized, so you can chat the way you want,&#8221; the company said in an announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the new features include customization options related to chat colors and emoticons. The new Skype will also emphasis social sharing; for example, Highlights lets you create a reel of your day with photos and videos to share everyday moments with contacts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new Skype is your canvas, and now you\u2019re free to share in more expressive ways with your closest friends, family and groups,&#8221; the company says.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qItfRVJFljM?list=PLaLRbjVhH6kJyDzo1_aFwpumdgsQaHsol\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also new bots and searchability, adding some Slack-like functionality to the platform, although the productivity tools are not as robust.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft affirms it is &#8220;the best Skype we&#8217;ve ever built, inside and out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.skype.com\/news\/2017\/06\/01\/introducing-the-next-generation-of-skype\/\" target=\"_blank\">new Skype will roll out worldwide,<\/a> first on mobile &#8220;over the coming weeks&#8221; and then to desktop in a few months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft this week unveiled &#8220;the next generation of Skype.&#8221; The company&#8217;s popular video messaging service has been &#8220;rebuilt from the ground up,&#8221; according to the Skype team. &#8220;We\u2019ve made group chats more lively, expressive, and\u2014most importantly\u2014personalized, so you can chat the way you want,&#8221; the company said in an announcement. Some of the new features [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55555,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[522,122],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-82926","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","hentry","category-News","tag-skype","tag-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/82926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/55555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/82926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82926"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=82926"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=82926"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=82926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}