The new Skype Preview app has a very streamlined user interface. The new feature is available in Skype for Web on Chrome version 72+. Microsoft has rolled out a preview version of their Skype for Web service, which brings Screen sharing to Chrome. If you’re bored with blowing dust off the official native Skype Linux app you should also give it a try.RECOMMENDED: Click here to fix Windows issues and optimize system performance Is this workaround worth it? If you need to chat in a pinch and your buddy insists on using Skype, it’s useful. If you try to use your webcam during a call the call will end abruptly. Group testing has also not been tested. It’s worth noting that, at present, video calls are not supported. Make a Skype test call and adjust audio levels based on the recording.Allow access to microphone and notifications.Install User Agent Overrider Firefox add-on.The steps you need to follow, as ~ Fuhrer707 details, are: We can thank Edge’s use of standards compliant web technologies for facilitating this, as there’s nothing stopping (bar user agent string sniffing) from making Skype for Web calls using other modern web browsers. “Plugin-free calling in Edge is the first step towards an interoperable, standards-based calling experience in Skype and Skype for Business, so that Skype users on any modern platform can communicate without the need for plugins or downloads,” say Microsoft of the change.Īlthough Edge is not available on Linux one rad Redditor has revealed a reliable way to get voice calling to work in Mozilla Firefox. Microsoft recently retired the need to use a plugin to make use of Skype for Web’s calling features through its Microsoft Edge web-browser.

Sure you do, but you don’t need to wait for Microsoft to flick the ‘on switch’ on their side/fix the web compatibility bug blocking Linux users.

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