Skype for Windows 8 receives an update - bug fixes in tow

When it comes downward to your Windows 8 device, Skype provides the most integrated solution for video, audio, and text messaging. The application itself isn't still perfect, and I constantly notice myself having to jump into Google+ Hangouts to get multi-person conference calls done correctly, only that doesn't hateful the company isn't working every day to make it better than the terminal. Recently an update has been pushed for Skype on Windows 8 – let'due south take a look and come across what has inverse.

According to the Windows Shop, the application has simply received a collection of "general issues fixes" and nothing more than. Upon launching the app itself, we can't run across exactly what has been fixed, but that might just be due to the fact that Skype hasn't been very buggy for us.

Skype all the same doesn't serve as the best pick for multi-person conferencing, merely is a slap-up style to grab up with friends and family in a i on one chat. We are happy to encounter app fixes trickling down for Skype, and hope to see more features and improved usage in the near future.

Yous can click hither to download the latest version of Skype, two.4.0.1007, from the Windows Store.

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Minecraft Preview can now be downloaded and played on Windows

New ways to test

Minecraft Preview can now exist downloaded and played on Windows

On Monday, Mojang Studios announced Minecraft Preview, a new Minecraft game that will permit players test upcoming changes and updates before they release. Minecraft Preview will eventually replace the current Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta plan.