Skype’s blog post says you can find the app “on your new Windows 8 device and or download it from the Windows Store,” so it may be pre-installed on some new Windows hardware. The app is available on Mac and PC and on iPhone and Android.It allows you to chat for free with your co. Skype for Windows 8 will be available on October 26, the same day that Microsoft’s new operating system launches. Skype is a video, audio, and chat app by Microsoft. Users can connect Skype to the People app by logging into Skype with a Microsoft account. Outside of the app itself, Skype integrates with Windows 8’s People app, which acts as a central location for email addresses, phone numbers and other contact methods. Skype integrates with Windows 8’s People app (click to enlarge) A Skype representative says the company is working to support sharing from the Windows 8 charms menu in the future. With the Windows 8.1 update - expected in mid-October - it will come pre-loaded with the operating system. (Ironic Microsoft wants to kill the name Metro yet their Skype team is still using it for their filenames ) 2. On Windows 8, Skype users have to download the VoIP app via the Windows Store. Download the MetroSkype1.0.0.128x86.zip file from here. The CAPability to grab links or photos from within other apps and send them to a Skype contact would certainly be useful, especially while a conversation is snapped to the sidebar. So you want to try out the new Skype Metro/Modern UI on Windows 8 do ya Well so do I, so last week I found out how to download and install a leaked copy of Skype for Windows 8. One thing that’s missing from Skype’s Windows 8 app is support for the Share charm, which lets any two apps share information with one another.
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