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Skype Updates iOS App With New Calling Experience and Bug Fixes

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Skype has updated its iPhone and iPad apps with a "new, beautiful calling experience" and a number of bug fixes and improvements.

What's new

✓ Beautiful new calling experience
✓ Mark all your recent chats as read with just a few taps.
✓ General fixes and improvements
- One-to-one chats now appear in the correct order.

Skype is available for iPhone or iPad on the App Store. [Direct Links: iPhone, iPad]

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Cougarcat
175 months ago
It's the Mac version that desperately needs a "new experience," not iOS.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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piecloud
175 months ago
I don't understand why they wouldn't use the Apple Push Notifications like every other voip app in the App Store. Skype has the most unreliable call notifications. Most of the time it'll notify a missed call only when you open the app. The app also stays in the background all the time, eating battery cycles.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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nagromme
175 months ago
Judging by that list, they STILL aren't properly using iOS Push Services. That means you cannot be logged in to even RECEIVE incoming notifications if the app isn't running 24/7, burning battery and RAM.

Other IM apps don't have to stay running to stay logged in.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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