{"id":655331,"date":"2013-04-30T12:13:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T16:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=146843"},"modified":"2013-04-30T12:13:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T16:13:57","slug":"skype-for-desktop-6-5-beta-brings-video-messaging-to-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/655331","title":{"rendered":"Skype for Desktop 6.5 Beta brings video messaging to Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/webcam-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"webcam\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-69306\" \/>Microsoft has released\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/30121-skype_for_windows\" >Skype for Desktop 6.5 Beta<\/a>, a new preview version for Windows users. The new release is notable for introducing support for Skype Video Messaging to Windows, a feature that allows users to send pre-recorded video messages to other Skype users when offline. The feature has already landed in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/25920-skype_for_mac\" >Skype for Mac<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/185-skype_for_iphone\" >Skype for iOS<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/23555-skype_for_android\" >Skype for Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new video calling feature allows users to record video messages that can be sent to other contacts, even when they\u2019re not online, and requires that Adobe Flash already be present on the computer.<\/p>\n<p>Recording a video message is simple: select the intended recipient, then click the Video Message button that appears in place of the Video Call. Users then click the Record button and record a message up to three minutes in length before choosing to either discard or send the message.<\/p>\n<p>Recipients will see the embedded video appear in their chat window, and clicking it will play the video full-screen. Users can play back their video messages too, but only after they\u2019ve been sent.<\/p>\n<p>At the present time, 25 free video messages are available &#8212; we presume that after these free messages have been used up, users will need to subscribe to a premium Skype package to continue using the service.<\/p>\n<p>Skype Video Messaging has already been implemented on other major platforms, and Microsoft promises the feature will be live in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/28938-skype_for_windows_8\" >Skype for Windows 8<\/a>\u00a0\u201cshortly\u201d. In the meantime, both Windows Phone and Windows 8 app users can view and receive messages, but not send them.<\/p>\n<p>Two bug fixes have also been implemented in this new release, both falling into the \u201cCalling\u201d category. The first resolves issues with the ability to call being disabled when trying to call a number in certain scenarios, while the second improves the application\u2019s stability when placing outgoing calls on a computer where no webcam is present.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/30121-skype_for_windows\" >Skype for Desktop 6.5 Beta<\/a>\u00a0is available now as a free download for PCs running Windows XP or later (including Windows 8 in desktop mode).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/gallery-150631p1.html\" >alterfalter<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/\" >Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=xEzGYQ8iT8s:kZcdfyl9rSE:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=xEzGYQ8iT8s:kZcdfyl9rSE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/bn\/~4\/xEzGYQ8iT8s\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has released\u00a0Skype for Desktop 6.5 Beta, a new preview version for Windows users. The new release is notable for introducing support for Skype Video Messaging to Windows, a feature that allows users to send pre-recorded video messages to other Skype users when offline. The feature has already landed inSkype for Mac,\u00a0Skype for iOS\u00a0and\u00a0Skype for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}