Monday, June 20, 2011

Skype 5.5 beta for Windows won integration with Facebook chat

Some time ago the news of the sale of Skype for Microsoft caught many by surprise, after all, showed that Microsoft is not dead in the Internet market and is in the hunt for achievements. With the injection of investment from Microsoft, Skype will offer new features to improve communication.


In this way, Skype has just announced a new feature. In version 5.5 for Windows, the service will integrate with Facebook chat. In addition, the user can see comments and "enjoy" the status updates from your friends. The new Skype will also have a bar devoted only to present the social network of contacts.

Previously, Skype, could see the news of Facebook friends, make calls and send SMS to the friends had registered on Facebook the phone. Now, the integration was much more intense.

The 5.5 version of Skype, which is still beta, was released today and can be downloaded from Skype. How is a beta version, some bugs can be found. Therefore, it is recommended that you use for testing. Skype has yet to rule when launching the new version of Facebook for integration with Mac OS X or Linux.