마이크로소트프 iOS, 안드로이드 비즈니스용 Skype 베타판 시작

마이크로소트프 iOS, 안드로이드 비즈니스용 Skype 베타판 시작

Macworld 등의 외신에서 마이크로소프트사에서 Skype의 iOS, 안드로이드 비즈니스용 베타판을 선보이고 테스트를 위해 사용자들을 초대했다. 전화화면을 다시 디자인했고, 좀 더 커진 버튼들과 관리가 쉬워졌다. 한 화면에서 최근 대화, 예약된 미팅을 찾을 수 있게 개선됐다. 화상통화화면도 전체화면을 제공한다. 자세한 사항은 Skypepreview.com 에서 확인할 수 있다.

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< 출처: Macworld >

Microsoft will begin inviting users to test the new iOS and Android apps of Skype for Business, the enterprise communications software whose latest version was launched a few months ago.

The preview will include a number of benefits including a redesigned in-call experience. The new call screen features larger buttons to make it easier to manage a call on a phone’s smaller screen. The app’s new dashboard is designed to make communication easier by pulling a user’s most recent conversations, upcoming meetings and the ability to search all their contacts into one place.

Video calls will now fill the screen on a user’s phone, so it’s easier for them to see their colleagues. Furthermore, the new app’s design is supposed to simplify the video, content and IM panes and make navigating between them easier.

Getting access to the preview apps will be a somewhat involved process. IT administrators can visit skypepreview.com and nominate up to four end users each to test out the iOS and Android apps. Administrators have to apply by Friday to be considered for the first testing batch. After that, Microsoft will evaluate the nominations and pick out a group of testers for the applications.

Users who have the Lync 2013 app for iOS or Android will get automatically upgraded to Skype for Business when the app launches later this year. It’s compatible with deployments of Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015 and Skype for Business Online.

Skype for Business was officially released in April for Windows PCs, but Microsoft has been slower to update and rebrand other platforms. Windows Phone owners already have access to a new Skype for Business app, which launched last month.

The product’s iOS and Android apps are slated to ship later this year.