With the website of Skype, you can now make video calls and send messages without you having to download the Skype app. Despite the fact that applications frequently offer easier user experience than programs on the Web, the prerequisite of downloading the product means that some of the impending users will not bother.
This is the reason for a renewed agitation for browser-based versions of online services lately. For instance, WhatsApp – the popular instance messaging program launched a version of its service that runs in a browser earlier in the year. Right now, Apple is thinking of how to make its apps available on the Web and you can utilize its office software in a tab.
At this time, Skype that is owned by Microsoft is joining the association of the browser-based applications. Going by a recent blog post, it was proclaimed by Skype that its Web will be available to anyone in the United Kingdom or the United States. There is now a new link that allows you try out Skype for the Web, under the button to download Skype. It is listed as a beta version, which is a way Microsoft is saying that all the bugs may not be worked out yet.
At this time, you can sing in and connect to Skype for Web to get your conversations in an instant without having to download the Skype app, if you visit Skype.com in the UK and US, according to the company.
You probably have the app on your laptop or phone, if you are already a heavy Skype user. Nevertheless, Skype for Web could be a blessing for some people. For example, before installing Skype on your computer, you may need to obtain the endorsement of IT. You can just use the program from an already installed browser now.
Microsoft pronounced that Skype for Web will support voice and video calls, instant messaging and notifications, making use of an RTC (Real Time Communications plug-in. presently, Skype for Web works on Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari. Sorry to say that it doesn’t support Chromebooks so far. Microsoft concluded by making a declaration that Skype for Web is going to more countries in the next few weeks from now.