Microsoft fits Skype apps on iOS and 7 new Kindle Fire models - ZDNet.de

class=”wp_keywordlink”> Microsoft has updated its Skype clients for Android and iOS . The updates make the messaging software to the new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet to HD and HDX and iPhones and iPads with Apple’s current mobile operating system iOS 7 compatible.

Skype 4.4 for Android brings the beginning of July, introduced with version 4.0 for smartphones new interface also on tablets, including the new Kindle Fire models. Is to facilitate and accelerate by providing conversations at the heart operation. So the app will now last calls and chats directly displayed at startup. All the other functional and performance improvements that are available on smartphones for some time, now hold on tablet feeder.

Skype 4.4 for Android brings the new interface on tablets (Image: Microsoft).

addition, all Android users benefit, according to Microsoft immediately of a much higher video resolution. “Good network conditions” provided it should be four times higher than in the previous versions. On the Kindle Fire HD and HDX hardware acceleration is still supported.

Other new features include full support for the Talkback screen reader, optimized audio routing and an improved display when the device is rotated. In addition, Microsoft has fixed problems with incoming calls, including one that led to a restart of the phone.

Skype for iPhone and iPad delivers a refreshed design for iOS 7 (Image: Microsoft).

The current Android version of Skype is available at Google Play for free download. Kindle Fire owners will have to wait until at least the end of the month, until they can download it.

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Skype for iPhone and iPad on the surface adapts to the new look and feel of iOS 7th In addition, improvements in the input as well as audio and video calls. The update is since Monday in Apple’s App Store before.

Microsoft’s Skype team promises beyond that, to fix some annoying problems with the service that affect all platforms. Currently you working to synchronize the chat message status of all devices across the user so he can see the current status of his conversations on any device, on which he used Skype. This should belong to double or delayed news of the past. Synchronization Microsoft wants to introduce “client across in the coming months.”

[with material from Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet.com]