Free Skype Group Video Calling Coming Soon to iOS

[RaduTyrsina]

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Skype has finally made the group video calling feature free for desktop users running OS X or Windows, Linux and on Xbox One. Previous, group video calling used to be limited to Skype’s Premium users on Windows desktop and Mac for $4.99 for a day pass or $8.99 per month. The same feature has been available for free on Google Hangouts for quite a while now and now Microsoft has decided that it’s time to offer this much needed feature for free.

Skype is proud that, since our beginning, we’ve created opportunities for people to communicate freely and easily, no matter where they are; from keeping in touch with remote family members or calling home when traveling to chatting daily with your close circles of friends. While Skype is known for one to one video calling, we know it’s also essential to connect with the groups of people who matter most, whether friends, family or colleagues. For the last few years, we’ve offered group video calling to Premium users on Windows desktop and Mac and more recently Xbox One. Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re making group video calling free – for all users on these platforms. And, in the future, we’ll be enabling group video calling for all our users across more platforms – at no cost.

In the near future, owners of mobile devices will also welcome this feature, as support for free group video calling will soon be added to Windows 8 touch, Windows Phone, Android and iOS. The fact that Skype user had to pay quite a big price for this feature has been one of the biggest complaints, but not anymore.


Source: iPhoneForums

 

[giradman]

Thanks for the Skype notification - I'm a member of the Mac-Forums which has a Sunday chat session using Google Hangouts - I've joined in just a few times so far and there seemed to always be a hassle - I'll relay this information - Dave