

When you share file types like Office documents and PDFs, you'll see file icons displayed to make it easier to visually scan for and find different files in your chat history, Microsoft says. Skype chat is simply much prettier than it was before, with more spacing between contacts and chats, message previews for unread chats, and more.Įasier sharing. Now, you'll see thumbnail pictures of your contacts, a new bubble-style chat design, and consistent icons for chat, video calls and audio calls." We've made the Skype experience consistent whether you are using your mobile device or your desktop PC. "If you're already using Skype on mobile, you'll recognize some of these changes. "Both Skype for Mac 7.0 as well as the preview for the new Skype for Windows have been redesigned to make it easier to chat and share," Microsoft's Tom Huang writes in a new post to the Skype Garage & Updates blog. That version is out of preview and is called Skype for Mac 7.0. Microsoft also updated Skype for Mac with similar functionality and look/feel. And it now closely resembles mobile versions of the app. But the first thing you'll notice when you upgrade is that this new version of Skype-called Skype 6.2 and curiously still in preview form on Windows-is much prettier than older versions of the client. For the past few weeks I've been using an updated version of the Skype desktop client for Windows, which has been redesigned for easier sharing and chatting.
