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    Skype answers 2012’s call, makes group video calls free

    Former "Premium"-only feature becomes free on Win/Mac desktops and Xbox One

    Today, Skype announced that the telephony service would immediately make group video calling free for all Windows/Mac desktop users, along with Xbox One Live Gold subscribers. The feature, which was limited to Skype Premium subscribers, brings Microsoft's service closer in cost parity to Google Hangouts, which offered free group video calls beginning with its launch in 2013 (and even before that when Hangouts were embedded in the original Google+).

    Curiously, Microsoft chose not to confirm in its announcement whether Windows Phone users will need Skype Premium to take part in group video calls. Perhaps that information will come during WP 8.1's launch this year, which will introduce deeper Skype functionality for mobile users.

    In light of the change, Microsoft has temporarily removed its Skype Premium sign-up page "to give it a refresh." Up until this point, the $9.99 per month plan enabled group chatting, group screen sharing, live-chat customer support, unlimited phone calls to a single nation (up to the user's choice), and an advertising-free experience. Time will tell whether Microsoft's "refresh" will lower the monthly cost or add more features. Google's Hangouts already offers group screen sharing for free as well.

    Xbox One's November 2013 rollout included group video calling for Xbox Live Gold subscribers (to up to four users if initiated on an Xbox One console). To advertise that functionality, Microsoft doled out 100 free minutes of Skype Premium service to be used within a six-month time span. Still, those users won't get wholly free group video calls, thanks to the cost of subscribing to Xbox Live Gold.

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    Finally a much awaited upgrade...


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