( Technology, MensXP.In May 2011, Skype got acquired by Microsoft for $8.5 billion. Facebook, the world's biggest online social network, has over 800 million users. This feature is also present on the Google + Hangouts.Īfter the Facebook-Skype integration, Skype reached 30 million online users in March this year. What Facebook users are really waiting for video chats with multiple friends, instead of the limited one-to-one video chat sessions on Facebook Chat. We are on a mission to connect over one billion people and our continued partnership with Facebook brings us one step closer to this goal.' said a Skype spokesperson. “Our approach to social is about personal connections with people. You can also share live streamed video on your screen, while simultaneously video-chatting. Users who are chatting one-on-one will also be able to screen share with live video streaming. Mac users also have (via Skype 5.4 Beta for Mac) video rendering for a better video experience. There's also group screen sharing for Windows users(Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows ), for users with a Premium subscription. Until now, Skype offered users to see which Facebook friends were online, IM them, read their statuses and Like their posts - all from within Skype. Your friend can receive the call on Facebook.

Then, select a Facebook friend, and use the video call button. The feature, which is now live for both Windows and Mac, allows users to make Facebook-to- Facebook call from inside your Skype client.įor this, you'll need to sync your Skype and Facebook accounts (login toSkype, click on 'Connect to Facebook').

While Skype already powers an in-browser video calling feature on Facebook, now you don't even to log into Facebook to call your Facebook friends, directly from your desktop.

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