{"id":52486,"date":"2013-10-07T22:40:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T20:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=52486"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:06:57","slug":"skype-for-android-4-4-updates-tablet-ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-for-android-4-4-updates-tablet-ui\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype for Android 4.4 updates tablet UI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skype revealed upcoming <a title=\"Skype working on chat synchronizing across devices\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/skype-working-on-chat-synchronizing-across-devices\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chat synchronization across devices<\/a> and it has also announced an update for user interfaces in Skype for Android 4.4.<\/p>\n<p>The update includes a new UI that is coming to Android tablets as well as Amazon&#8217;s Kindle Fire HD and HDX. The 4.4 update presents a focus on conversations and displays recent calls and chats. Tablet users will also get an increase in quality and performance.<\/p>\n<p>Other fixes in the update include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accessibility improvements with full support for TalkBack screen reader<\/li>\n<li>Updates that address incoming call issues, including one that was causing phones to reboot<\/li>\n<li>Additional changes to audio routing<\/li>\n<li>Display and UX enhancements when switching orientation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The update for Android starts today while the Kindle Fire update is releases later in the month.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Skype for Android 4.4 \u2013 A New Look for Tablets\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.skype.com\/2013\/10\/07\/skype-for-android-4-4-a-new-look-for-tablets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download: <a title=\"Skype for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/skype-1.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype for Android<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype revealed upcoming chat synchronization across devices and it has also announced an update for user interfaces in Skype for Android 4.4. The update includes a new UI that is coming to Android tablets as well as Amazon&#8217;s Kindle Fire HD and HDX. The 4.4 update presents a focus on conversations and displays recent calls &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-for-android-4-4-updates-tablet-ui\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skype for Android 4.4 updates tablet UI&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2030,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[],"tags":[2559],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-52486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionskype"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52486","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\/2030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332046,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52486\/revisions\/332046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52486"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=52486"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=52486"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=52486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}