Features of Skype App
Skype is a desktop application, browser app, & a mobile app that uses the internet to make free or low-cost calls, chats and video calls to numbers worldwide.
Skype-to-Skype Free Voice Calls:
The application allows you to answer or reject calls, block calls from unknown callers, and view caller’s profile.
Low-cost calls to Landlines and Mobile Numbers:
Call landline or mobile numbers domestically or internationally, and pay for those calls with Skype Credit that you purchase online including Forwarding calls, Caller ID and Skype number.
Skype to Go:
The Skype application provide several ways to explore with your close contacts. If you aren’t interested in sharing, you can block all file transfers-
- Share computer screen with anyone you are talking too.
- You are allowed to send a single file or multiple files to an individual or with groups.
- Drag and drop files into a contacts list.
- Accept files from a person
- Group screen sharing
Other Features:
- Add a Skype Contact button on a website or in a blog. Visitors can eithercall or message by tapping.
- Skype translator ready to translate voice calls, messages and video calls into other languages too.
- Skype plugin for outlook.com lets go out from your email inbox to making voice and video calls.
- Skype Share button sites to your website, by a single click, it delivers your content or information into a chart format.
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- The screen sharing options available on Skype.
- Service that is incredibly easy to install.
- Reliable services that offer 24/7 contacts.
- It allows for group call without the need for group features.
- The paid subscription for skype is cheap.
- It offers a secure calling experience.
- The service has become much better
Cons:
- Offers little access to incase emergency services.
- There are no real face-to-face interactions.
- There are no language translation services.
- The sound quality of Skype relies on bandwidth.
- Background noises picked up relatively easily
- The information that transmitted over Skype could intercept.
- The service could go down completely.