{"id":49435,"date":"2013-09-05T00:44:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T22:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=49435"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:12:10","slug":"skype-for-windows-phone-8-updated-to-support-video-messaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-for-windows-phone-8-updated-to-support-video-messaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype for Windows Phone 8 updated to support video messaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Skype\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/skype\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a> video messaging left beta testing <a title=\"Skype Video Messaging leaves beta, now free to use\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/skype-video-messaging-leaves-beta-now-free-to-use\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">back in June<\/a> of this year and it&#8217;s finally available to <a title=\"Windows Phone\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/t\/windows-phone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Phone<\/a> 8 users. Ironically, <a title=\"Skype for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/skype-1.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a> and <a title=\"Skype for iOS\" href=\"http:\/\/skype-1.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS<\/a> have had this feature since June while Microsoft, who owns Skype, left out its own Windows Phone users until now.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4>\n<li><a title=\"Skype for Windows Phone\" href=\"http:\/\/skype.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-7\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Skype for Windows Phone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Skype for Outlook.com now available in six countries\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/skype-for-outlook-com-now-available-in-six-countries\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype for Outlook.com now available in six countries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Skype will be built into Windows 8.1, replaces current Messaging app\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/skype-will-be-built-into-windows-8-1-replaces-current-messaging-app\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype will be built into Windows 8.1, replaces current Messaging app<\/a><\/li>\n<\/h4>\n<hr>\n<p>Video messaging works exactly like it does on the other Skype mobile apps, allowing users to send each other video messages if they&#8217;re not currently available to chat. Users will be able to send and receive an unlimited amount of video messages. Previously, Skype charged $4.99 per month to use this feature.<\/p>\n<p>Other improvements in this updated version of Skype include bug fixes and performance enhancements. You can get the latest version of Skype for Windows Phone 8 <a title=\"Skype for Windows Phone\" href=\"http:\/\/skype.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-7\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right here<\/a> on Softonic.<\/p>\n<h4>Source: <a title=\"Windows Phone Store\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsphone.com\/en-us\/store\/app\/skype\/c3f8e570-68b3-4d6a-bdbb-c0a3f4360a51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Phone Store<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype video messaging left beta testing back in June of this year and it&#8217;s finally available to Windows Phone 8 users. Ironically, Android and iOS have had this feature since June while Microsoft, who owns Skype, left out its own Windows Phone users until now. Download Skype for Windows Phone Skype for Outlook.com now available &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-for-windows-phone-8-updated-to-support-video-messaging\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skype for Windows Phone 8 updated to support video messaging&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":44969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2559],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-49435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionskype"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49435","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\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332297,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49435\/revisions\/332297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49435"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=49435"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=49435"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=49435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}