{"id":58636,"date":"2014-01-17T00:30:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=58636"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:56:33","slug":"skype-for-ios-updated-with-push-notifications-hd-video-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-for-ios-updated-with-push-notifications-hd-video-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype for iOS updated with push notifications, HD video calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Skype news\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/skype\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a> finally gets push notifications for chat messages as well as HD video calling for iOS devices with A7 processors. The HD video calling feature will only be available on the iPhone 5s, iPad Air, and iPad mini with Retina display. Push notifications, on the other hand, will be available to all iOS devices, which means Skype users will finally get chat messages even if Skype is inactive.<\/p>\n<p>Skype still supports video calling over 3G and 4G data connections, though you&#8217;ll probably blow through your data cap quickly. Users also still have the ability to leave <a title=\"Skype gets Video Messaging in latest Windows beta\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/skype-gets-video-messaging-in-latest-windows-beta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video messages<\/a>, which initially launched as a paid option but is now available <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\">for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The update is now available in the Apple App Store for <a title=\"Skype for iPhone iTunes link\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/en\/app\/skype-for-iphone\/id304878510?mt=8\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPhone\/iPod Touch<\/a> and the <a title=\"Skype for iPad iTunes link\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/en\/app\/skype-for-ipad\/id442012681?mt=8\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPad<\/a>, which is a separate app.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download Skype: <a title=\"Skype for iPhone download\" href=\"http:\/\/skype-1.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPhone\/iPod Touch<\/a> | <a title=\"Skype for iPad download\" href=\"http:\/\/skype-for-ipad.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"iDownloadBlog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2014\/01\/16\/skype-two-way-hd-video-calling-now-supported-on-iphone-5s-ipad-air-and-retina-ipad-mini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iDownloadBlog<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/pandora-introduces-personalized-station-recommendations\">Pandora introduces personalized station recommendations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/chrome-for-android-and-ios-updated-with-data-compression\">Chrome for Android and iOS updated with data compression<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/google-play-movies-and-tv-arrives-on-ios\">Google Play Movies and TV arrives on iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype finally gets push notifications for chat messages as well as HD video calling for iOS devices with A7 processors. The HD video calling feature will only be available on the iPhone 5s, iPad Air, and iPad mini with Retina display. Push notifications, on the other hand, will be available to all iOS devices, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-for-ios-updated-with-push-notifications-hd-video-calls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skype for iOS updated with push notifications, HD video calls&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":58641,"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-58636","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\/58636","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=58636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331533,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58636\/revisions\/331533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58636"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=58636"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=58636"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=58636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}