{"id":225036,"date":"2017-08-18T07:53:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=225036"},"modified":"2017-08-18T07:55:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:55:10","slug":"skype-launches-new-desktop-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/225036-skype-launches-new-desktop-preview.html","title":{"rendered":"Skype launches new desktop preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.skype.com\/news\/2017\/08\/17\/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A new preview version of Skype<\/strong><\/a> is available on desktop computers, which includes new features and enhancements.<\/p>\n<p>Skype Preview is designed take advantage of large screens, and the company said it focused on chat in Skype Preview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGroup chats are livelier with new features that improve your connection with friends and family, and you can also do more in group calls, with real-time screen and photo sharing,\u201d said Skype.<\/p>\n<p>Skype is also previewing features aimed at increasing productivity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>@mentions<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Allows users to jump into conversations where they were @mentioned to see what people have said.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chat media gallery<\/strong> &#8211; Finding shared content, such as links, documents, or media, in a chat is easier.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhanced group calls<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Helps customise the group call experience with drag and drop functionality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/222874-skype-gets-support-for-integrated-paypal-payments.html\">Skype gets support for integrated PayPal payments<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new version of Skype is available in preview on desktop computers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":225040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1089],"class_list":["post-225036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-skype"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225050,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225036\/revisions\/225050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}