Download Skype for Windows 3.6.0.127 beta

A new beta of Skype for Windows has been released today with version number 3.6.0.127. Skype is a so-called Voice over IP program that makes it possible to communicate with other users by means of text, speech, image or a combination thereof. In version 3.6, the emphasis seems to be on the image and the most important innovation in this first beta is the possibility of a higher quality of video calls. The full changelog of this release looks like this:

Known issue:

• Skype may crash if user starts and resumes video many times in short time frame

New features:

• High Quality Video calls
• User notification if he has old Logitech driver version
• API: Check and set Skype window status
• API: Notification for opening and closing Skype CHAT windows
• API: Notification for changing state of the Skype main window (minimized, maximized, normal, hidden)

Changes:

• Extras Manager updated to version 1.5.0.5
• Numerous bug fixes
• Updated language files:
  • Arabic
  • Bulgarian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • German
  • Estonian
  • Greek
  • French
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Hungarian
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Norwegian
  • English
  • polish
  • Portuguese-Portugal
  • Portuguese-Brazil
  • Finnish
  • Swedish
  • Russian
  • Romanian
  • Turkish

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