Microsoft is now taking Skype a step further with a new feature: group video calling on mobile devices.
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Microsoft Corp.is not only building a bridge across the world to connect people, but it is now attempting to break the barriers presented by different languages.
The group video calling on Skype is available for about any device, whether it be an Android, iPhone, iPad or a Windows 10 phone.
Skype’s final announcement this week is its integration with team messaging app, Slack.
Feedback from the testing period revealed French to English was the most popular language pair and the top worldwide Skype Translator calling corridor was Germany to Ghana.
This week and the past year have surely been big for Skype, and with Slack’s rapidly growing communication platform having 2 million daily active users, and 570,000 paid seats, the integration could be a great leap ahead. Google’s Hangouts already have this feature and allows group calling for up to 10 people on the same video call.
Microsoft has finished rolling out Skype’s much-anticipated real time voice translation service to all of its Windows users, according to a post on the Skype blog.
To activate the translator feature for a contact on Skype just open up a conversation window with them and look for the globe on the right side of the window just below the call buttons. “Today we’re releasing a preview version of Skype integration for Slack that lets teams on Slack easily make a Skype voice or video call and reach conclusions faster”. This moves should prove very well for Microsoft’s, seeing how they are one of the most used mobile app in smartphones.
Team members on Slack can sign in suing their Skype name or their account information with Microsoft.
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Microsoft explains a little more about the new Skype integration which has been rolled out to their latest Outlook iOS app update which is now available to download directly from the iTunes App Store for free.
