Download Skype for Windows 2.5.0.91 beta

In addition to a new 2.0 version, Skype has also released a new beta version of the Skype for Windows 2.5 series. The beta has just arrived at version 2.5.0.91 and is available via this link downloaded as an installation file. Skype allows you to call and ‘came’ with other users via Voice-over-IP, as it were. This does not require a subscription, just bandwidth to send the voice data back and forth. It is also possible to take out a subscription with which calls can be made to fixed and mobile telephone numbers in your own country and to numbers abroad. In addition to the usual features of the 2.0 branch, the 2.5 family also supports sending text messages and it is possible to call several people at the same time. The Skype for Windows 2.5.0.91 beta changelog has documented the following changes:

version 2.5.0.91

• feature: Add SMS button to Contact Card
• feature: Remember SMS window size after resizing
• feature: Add offline message hint to SMS
• change: Changes to existing help messages
• change: Voicemail time settings incorrectly saved sometimes
• change: Outlook contacts were not shown in All Contacts group
• change: Removed animated emoticons from SMS
• change: Buttons changed in SMS windows
• change: Manage API access option not activated if option dialog open
• change: Hangup sound was played when in DND mode
• change: Updated installer language files
• change: Status icon removed from search window
• bug fix: Call quality web links were not working
• bug fix: Price precision in Skype client was invalid
• bug fix: There was no Promote Add to Contacts window after finishing call
• bugfix: Incorrect behavior when leaving a Shared Group
• bugfix: Country drop-down should be grayed out when entering + in textbox
• bugfix: ‘Picture belongs to another user’ dialog missing full name value
• bugfix: Add possibility to edit SkypeOut number
• bugfix: File transfer sometimes froze after restart
• bugfix: Was impossible to rename contact in chat window
• bugfix: Search window looked ugly when Korean language chosen
• bugfix: Spain Info icon was misplaced on Call tab
• bugfix: Deleted SMS entry reappeared in History tab after Skype restart.
• bugfix: There were redraw issues of the call button when mouse was at a specific location and you typed into the call bar
• bug fix: Impossible to reset default ring tones
• bugfix: Localized alphabetical order of country list now in Predictive Dialer
• bugfix: Elements did not update on dial pad when language was changed
• bugfix: Impossible to copy URLs from end of multiline chat messages
• bug fix: There was sometimes an ‘access violation’; error after accepting new contact in shared group.
• bugfix: Contact name not displayed in some cases for SMS
• bugfix: When dialing an emergency number wrong dialog was displayed
• bug fix: Changed call quality tip layout
• bugfix: Possible to start calling from an offline state
• bugfix: Message about blocking a user was not displayed
• bugfix: Message “this person has left the group” appears on top of numbers when someone leaves a shared group
• bugfix: Country drop-down not disabled if it matches what the user is typing
• bugfix:: 011 cannot act as international prefix for South Korea
• bug fix: API: Commands SET CALL [id] SEEN and SET CALL [id1] JOIN_CONFERENCE [id2] caused Skype crash
• bugfix: API: Skype crashed if a call’s property was asked while there had been calls made with earlier 2.5 version
• bugfix: API: Not possible to resume call by SET CALL [id] INPROGRESS STATUS
• bug fix: SkypeOut customer feedback changed to https

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