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Skype For Web Beta Goes Worldwide

Posted by samzenpus on from the around-the-world dept.

SmartAboutThings writes: Just days after offering a limited beta release of Skype for Web to customers in the U.S. and UK, Microsoft has made the beta available to users from all over the world. The expansion adds support for: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, English, German, Greek, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese Simplified, and Chinese Traditional.

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  1. This is good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Many people trying e.g. Chromebooks have complained the lack of Skype being the only reason they can't use them on a daily basis. It's amazing it took this long for MS to put out a truly cross-platform solution of Skype.

  2. Re:Installs an extension... by bemymonkey · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If I want screen sharing I'll use fucking TeamViewer. Give me basic IM, voice and maybe video support without a plugin or GTFO.