TechHive: Revamped Skype app for Android tablets oozes Windows-esque style

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Revamped Skype app for Android tablets oozes Windows-esque style Oct 9th 2013, 13:52, by Ian Paul Three months after Skype for Android's revamped interface landed on smartphones, the new UI is available for tablets via Google Play and the Android Appstore. Skype 4.4 for Android makes the tablet version of the world's most popular VoIP app a little more flexible than the previous iteration. The new Skype also brings improved video call quality to tablets and smartphones alike, rocking an improved resolution that could be up to four times clearer, according to Skype. If you already use Skype on Android or the Windows 8 modern UI, the new Skype interface for tablets will be immediately familiar. The new interface focuses on your most recent voice and video calls and instant messages, followed by sections for favorites and the people in your address book. Tablet users will see shades of the Windows 8 app in Skype 4.4's chat window. (Click to enlarge.) Unlike the smartphone version, however, Skype 4.4 on tablets lets you view the app in either portrait or landscape—a feature missing from the previous version, Skype 3.2. In portrait mode, Skype for tablets is similar to the smartphone interface, albeit with a few key differences. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: skype-icon-580-100044279-small.png

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