Skype rolls out hand raising to Insiders — finally

Microsoft is rolling out Skype version viii.65 to Insiders. The update brings hand heighten support, the power to blur backgrounds for Android users, and several other handy features. The update also includes several issues fixes.

Hither'southward the complete changelog as outlined by Microsoft:

Raise hand! Do you desire to participate more in the discussion, but you lot don't want to interrupt the current speaker? Just raise your hand. Very handy for classroom meetings, but you can too employ it as a simple voting mechanism.

Background Blur for Android. Nosotros are expanding this amazing feature also for Android users.

New bulletin reaction picker! Missing some reactions? Just customize your reaction picker and add or remove whatsoever reactions y'all want.

Smart suggestions for iOS. We have added directly share support to your iOS devices so you can share text, photos, videos and files with your frequent Skype contacts.

Meet Now support for Safari. Bring together Meet Now calls via Safari on Mac. You don't demand to download the Skype app first if y'all desire to join as a guest.

Bring together Meet Now calls easily. If Skype is already installed, you can just join the meeting by pasting the meeting URL/meeting ID into Skype.

Supporting CallTo and Tel protocols for Windows and Mac.

We have also updated Skype on Amazon Kindle Burn down.

Information technology's worth noting that some of these features, such every bit the customizable reaction picker, rolled out with previous versions of Skype, so some of these features listed in Microsoft's modify log might non be brand new.

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