Skype only pushes notifications to devices where user is active

Skype changes the way it passes notifications. From now on, the app no ​​longer pushes notifications to all devices, but only to devices on which the user is active. As a result, not all devices have to sound notifications at the same time.

If a user on a tablet sends a chat message to contacts, the notifications from that chat session will only arrive on that device as long as Skype is active on the tablet, according to a blog post on the site of the voip and chat service. If Skype is no longer active on the tablet, notifications will go back to all devices.

The change follows a change earlier this year, in which Skype, like Facebook and Twitter, started synchronizing notifications, so that at least users did not receive the same notification multiple times in a row. The new change should further reduce user annoyance about notifications on multiple devices, the Microsoft subsidiary says.

The change does not apply to phone calls: notifications still go to all devices. Skype runs on many different devices, including desktop and laptops, as well as smartphones and tablets, TVs, and consoles.