Many people continue to think of Skype as a handy app for making free video calls rather than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Telegram. This may change soon as developers have introduced several tools to help Skype compete in the market with other messaging apps. Now users will be able to save draft messages, show multiple photos or videos, preview media files, and more.
The new features will be available on both the Skype desktop client and the mobile app. In addition to the function of saving messages as drafts, users will be able to bookmark messages by right-clicking on the desired place or using a long press (for mobile version). For subsequent access to saved messages, it is proposed to use a special folder "Bookmarks".
Sending multiple photos or videos at the same time will also become easier with the update. If you send multiple files to a group of friends or family, Skype will automatically generate an album where the media files will be moved to, which will avoid cluttering the chat. In addition, you can preview all sent photos and videos.
Another interesting feature is the split window in the desktop version of Skype. The tool allows you to move the entire list of contacts into one window, and the dialogs will be in the second window. This approach will avoid confusion when communicating with several people at the same time.
As all messaging applications are gradually becoming multifunctional tools with support for voice, text and video, Skype's updates seem quite logical, because they will help the application to continue to compete in this segment. To get access to new features on any of the available platforms, just download the latest version of the application.
Source: 3dnews.ru