Skype has been promising some big updates over the next little while, including chat sync, but today they're starting off with a fresh, new, iOS 7-themed makeover for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPhone that's definitely cleaner, flatter, and more-content centric. They've also improved accessibility, which is fantastic to hear. According to Jonathan Watson on the Skype blog, those improvements include:
- Improved accessibility of dialpad with touchtype support
- VoiceOver announces the senders name when messaging
- VoiceOver improvements for group chats
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Source: Skype blog
Reader comments
Skype updated for iOS 7, improved accessibility
Real quick Rene, a little correction:
"new, iOS 7-themed makeover for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPhone"
I assume the second iPhone is supposed to be iPad.
and why you are a liar? :) :)
Getting the new XBOX One. So I am wanting to learn more about Skype. Is there a good place to go to learn more besides the official skype homepage. I find 3rd party sites usually have better info.
Does Skype have better video call quality than Facetime? My girlfriend and I use Facetime daily but the quality still does not seem to be that great even with a great wifi source and each having an iphone 5. If she calls me from her Macbook Pro the quality is great.
I'd stick with FaceTime.
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