On April 30th (Japan time), Microsoft officially released Skype 8.71. It was also announced that "Skype for Web" is now available on almost all desktop and mobile browsers.
"Skype" internally uses the open source library "ReactXP" developed by the "Skype" team based on "React JS" and "React Native". is planned. Therefore, the web version (web.skype.com) can use almost the same UI and functions as the desktop and mobile versions. You can start "Skype" as long as you have a web browser without having to install a client application.
According to the company's support page, in addition to the desktop versions of "Microsoft Edge" and "Google Chrome" that have been supported for some time, "Skype" is now available on the desktop and mobile versions of "Safari" (v13.1 or later). It seems to be available. It is worrisome that desktop version "Firefox" and mobile version "Chrome" and "Chromium" based web browsers (including mobile version "Edge") are not yet supported, but "Safari" is available Good news for Mac and iPhone users.
Supported environments for "Skype for Web"In addition, "Meet Now", which allows you to easily start a "Skype" meeting from the Windows 10 task tray, etc., allows you to name the meeting as you like. In addition, the scenes that can be used in "Together" mode have been expanded.
"Meet Now" that allows you to easily start a "Skype" meeting from Windows 10's task tray, etc. Expanded scenes that can be used in "Together mode" so that you can name the meeting as you like with "Meet Now""Skype" is a cross-platform communication tool. In addition to supporting calls to mobile phones and landlines, you can use functions such as group video conversations with up to 100 people, real-time subtitles for audio and video calls, screen sharing, and call recording.
Supported platforms are desktop (Windows/Mac/Linux), mobile (iOS/Android) and web (web.skype.com). The editorial department also confirmed that the Windows desktop version can be updated this week. The Windows version supports Windows 7 or later, and can be downloaded for free from the official website "skype.com". For Windows 10, you can also use the store app version from “Microsoft Store”.