

But make sure to check back with Tech Times as we learn more. Whether those features will also make it to the web app remains to be determined. One such feature is automatic background blurring, which uses artificial intelligence to generate a "bokeh" around the subject to blur their background during video calls - perfect for hiding super messy bedrooms.Īnother feature lets users toggle on live captions and subtitles to help deaf or hard-of-hearing users communicate more efficiently. Whether recently released features for the desktop version of Skype will also eventually come to the web app remains uncertain.

While that is cool, the really intriguing aspect is.
SKYPE MICROSOFT EDGE UPDATE
Users can now access it to see every link or piece of media even sent within a conversation, which should make it easier to locate something without having to scroll through stretches upon stretches of text bubbles.įinally, there's also a new feature that lets users search within individual conversations. Users of Windows 10 that use the Edge web browser are getting a cool update this month, as Microsoft is rolling out plugin-free Skype support. Note Edge Servers are deployed to provide connections for enabled Skype for Business clients and other Edge Servers (in federation scenarios). The media gallery, a longtime feature of the standalone Skype apps, has also made it to the web. Authorized external users can use your Edge Servers to connect to your internal Skype for Business Server deployment, but otherwise, they provide no other access to your internal network for anyone. First is a new notifications panel that pings the user each time they're mentioned or quoted. Apart from staple features centered on making calls, Skype for Web has also received quite a number of user interface improvements.
