{"id":12680,"date":"2010-10-05T14:16:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T13:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/skype-for-android-released\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:09:35","slug":"skype-for-android-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-for-android-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype for Android released!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, Android users have been waiting long enough, but Skype have finally announced the launch of Skype for Android<\/a><\/strong>, bringing the famous free call app to your phone.<\/p>\n

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It’s a potentially huge development, and as long as you are running Android OS 2.1<\/strong> (Eclair), you’re good to go. As long as you have a Skype account, just sign in and get calling. Just remember that there’s still a possibility that you’ll be billed for internet access, so unless you are using wifi, check with your carrier before ringing up that long-lost cousin in Australia.<\/p>\n

I’ve taken a quick look at Skype for Android, and it seems like a pretty smooth ride. It has a nice little introductory sequence – although I’m a bit skeptical that anyone’s first contact with Skype is likely to be on Android – and the app is easy to find your way around and use. Our test call – from one end of the office to the other – was absolutely perfect, and I’d bet that once you’ve tried Skype for Android, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.<\/ins><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, Android users have been waiting long enough, but Skype have finally announced the launch of Skype for Android, bringing the famous free call app to your phone. It’s a potentially huge development, and as long as you are running Android OS 2.1 (Eclair), you’re good to go. As long as you have a Skype … Continue reading “Skype for Android released!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2559],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-12680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionskype"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334692,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12680\/revisions\/334692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12680"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=12680"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=12680"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=12680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}