New features in the Skype application and how to use them

belbalady.net The messaging application (Skype) is a widely used application for making voice calls and video calls, as many people use it to communicate with their friends and family members, and to conduct business meetings as well.

Although Skype has many users, there is a lot of competition between it and other messaging applications. Therefore, Microsoft added many new features to the Skype application at the end of 2022, and some at the beginning of this year, and it has integrated artificial intelligence into the application to enhance the user experience.

Here are the top 5 features in the Skype application to enhance the experience of using the application and communicating with others, and how to use them:

1- Customize the colors:

The options for customizing colors in Skype are not limited to choosing (light mode) and (dark mode) only, but you can also specify different colors for some parts of the application. To change colors in Skype, follow these steps:

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1. Go to the (settings) menu in the Skype application, then click on the (appearance) option Appearance.
2. In the Modes section, you can choose the (light) mode. Light or (dark) Dark.
3. In the Color section, choose one of the colors shown, and you can preview it in the Preview section that appears at the top of the page.

2- Skype TruVoice feature:

Skype TruVoice translates your speech while you are on a video call with someone who does not speak your language for the moment, for example: if you are on a call with someone who does not understand your language, Skype will automatically translate everything you say, and the other party will hear the sentence translated in your voice, so that they feel that you are speaking their language And there is another option to translate with another voice.

In this feature, the application uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect the language you speak during a video call and then translate it in real time, using a combination of speech recognition and natural language processing technology to understand the spoken words and translate them into the desired language.

This feature makes it easier to hold meetings or interviews with people who speak different languages, as a Skype conversation can be held without the need for a translator. This feature is available for a number of different languages, such as: English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and more. To activate it in a Skype video call, follow these steps:

1. Click the three-dot button on the bottom right of the screen.
2. Click the Translate option.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up the translator, then you can start using it.

3- Add contacts using a QR code:

Adding contacts manually is time consuming and can make mistakes while typing numbers and contact information. To solve this problem, Skype added the QR Code generation feature in the Skype td phones application to easily add contacts.

To use this feature, you can follow these steps:

1. Go to (settings) Settings In the Skype application on your phone, then click on the (Skype profile) option.
2. Click on an option (Share profile), then click Option (QR Code) QR Code from the list of available options.
3. You’ll get your own QR code that your friends can scan to add you directly to their Skype contacts. If you want to add someone using a QR code, click the Scan QR button shown on the same page, to scan another person’s QR code and easily add them to your contact list.

4- Control your caller ID settings:

You can control how your caller ID appears. Caller ID Which includes your name and phone number to others when making and receiving calls in Skype.

After setting up the caller ID in Skype, you can choose (digital display). Display my number If you want your phone number to appear when you make a call. And if you don’t want to, you can choose (only show my name in Skype) Display only my Skype name، or (display my name and phone number in outgoing calls) Display my Skype name and phone number for outgoing calls.

To set up the caller ID feature, follow these steps:

1. Open the (settings) menu Settings in Skype, then click (call) Calling.
2. Activate the option (Caller ID) Caller ID.
3. Select your country, enter your phone number, then click the (Add phone number) button Add phone number.
4. Skype will send a confirmation code to the phone number you entered.
5. Enter the confirmation code, then click the (Continue) button. Continue.

5- add Bing account to contact list:

announced Microsoft last month announced that it brought a chatbot to the Skype application, where users of the application can add a Bing account to the contact list in the application and chat with it to obtain the same capabilities that the bot offers in the web, such as: answering questions and inquiries, making suggestions quickly, and others.

You can point to a Bing account while you’re having a conversation with your friends, and ask for a suggestion on what topic to talk to your friends about. For example: If you’re planning a trip with a group of friends on Skype, you can point to your Bing account, to help you decide on the best destination at this time of year.

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