Skype Adds Facebook Video Calling Support

MacRumors · Nov 17, 2011

Back in September, Skype debuted a new Skype 5.4 for Mac Beta offering Facebook integration in the form of chat and news feed support. The company has now expanded that integration to include support for Facebook video calling.

Initiating a Facebook-to-Facebook call from within Skype is quite easy; all you need to do is connect your Skype and Facebook accounts. Then, select a Facebook friend and hit the video call button in Skype- your friend simply picks up the call from Facebook. This new feature lets you maintain social connections with your Facebook friends and compliments previously announced features such as being able to see when your Facebook friends are online, read their status updates and IM them all from Skype.

Skype is a free download and service, although the company also offers a premium subscription service offering such features as group video calling and group screen sharing.

Article Link: Skype Adds Facebook Video Calling Support

Wilder · Nov 17, 2011

I wish Apple brought Skype. It would have been amazing to have Skype integrated into iOS and would have been the perfect starting point for FaceTime and iMessages.

miknos · Nov 17, 2011

Wilder said:
I wish Apple brought Skype. It would have been amazing to have Skype integrated into iOS and would have been the perfect starting point for FaceTime and iMessages.

Apple would never paid all those billions for Skype.

applesith · Nov 17, 2011

Those are some pretty fugly people.

416049 · Nov 17, 2011

applesith said:
Those are some pretty fugly people.

It doesn't really matter as long as the thing works i am happy.

liavman · Nov 17, 2011

applesith said:
Those are some pretty fugly people.

totally unnecessary and un-graceful comment.

coder12 · Nov 17, 2011

As long as I can block annoying people from calling me all the time I guess it'll be okay. I haven't used skype in forever though, it's all facetime for me.

justinfreid · Nov 17, 2011

Facebook Desktop?

So Skype is Facebook's first officially supported desktop app, considering that Microsoft owns Skype, I think we'll see the bond between Facebook and Microsoft grow over time. Microsoft Office online already works with Facebook, and adding Microsoft's Live services would create a formidable opponent for Google's cloud services.

Yvan256 · Nov 17, 2011

What's the delay in opening up the Facetime specifications? Steve announced that Apple would open up all the protocols/etc for Facetime in a keynote.

We need Facetime on Windows, HTC, Android, etc. With Microsoft now owning Skype and this Facebook integration (not that I care about Facebook at all), all signs are pointing at Skype getting a too strong foothold as a closed standard.

arkitect · Nov 17, 2011

applesith said:
Those are some pretty fugly people.

Well hello there Mister Adonis care to post a pic of yerself?

Hmmm Thought not.

Shrink · Nov 17, 2011

applesith said:
Those are some pretty fugly people.

liavman said:
totally unnecessary and un-graceful comment.

arkitect said:
Well hello there Mister Adonis care to post a pic of yerself?

Hmmm Thought not.

Agree totally with livman and arkitect

Some sarcasm is fine - but gratuitously cruel posts really stink.

As my father used to say - you missed a perfect opportunity to keep your mouth shut.

batchtaster · Nov 17, 2011

Back in September, Skype debuted a new Skype 5.4 for Mac Beta offering Facebook integration

And ads.

Pass.

ct2k7 · Nov 17, 2011

Wilder said:
I wish Apple brought Skype. It would have been amazing to have Skype integrated into iOS and would have been the perfect starting point for FaceTime and iMessages.

Who uses iChat these days?

wikus · Nov 18, 2011

ct2k7 said:
Who uses iChat these days?

What's 'iChat' ??

justperry · Nov 18, 2011

Yvan256 said:
What's the delay in opening up the Facetime specifications? Steve announced that Apple would open up all the protocols/etc for Facetime in a keynote.

We need Facetime on Windows, HTC, Android, etc. With Microsoft now owning Skype and this Facebook integration (not that I care about Facebook at all), all signs are pointing at Skype getting a too strong foothold as a closed standard.

Apple is incompetent in that perspective.
They do a lot of things right but social networking is just not their thing.

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wikus said:
What's 'iChat' ??

What is facebook.

AtariMac · Nov 18, 2011

People actually still use Facebook? What is this 2009?

roadbloc · Nov 18, 2011

Now with adverts. Bah. Skype has been going downhill since Version 5.

mailhojo · Nov 18, 2011

Skype and Facebook?

Really? Does anyone use Skype since Oprah went off the air? AND can't wait for Facebook to become the next MySpace...the next AOL...please hurry.

0098386 · Nov 18, 2011

applesith said:
Those are some pretty fugly people.

Hah, naughty but right. It's just the silly expressions. They look silly.

liavman · Nov 18, 2011

justperry said:
Apple is incompetent in that perspective.
They do a lot of things right but social networking is just not their thing.

I agree that Apple has not been great in the social networking space, but opening up facetime does not have much to do with that.

DisturbedLen · Nov 18, 2011

mailhojo said:
Really? Does anyone use Skype since Oprah went off the air? AND can't wait for Facebook to become the next MySpace...the next AOL...please hurry.

100% agree. The "walled community" e.g. AOL, MySpace, Compuserve, etc... all topple. I could frankly care less about Skype and Facebook integration. As long as it's not intrusive, it's fine by me.

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justperry said:
Apple is incompetent in that perspective.
They do a lot of things right but social networking is just not their thing.

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What is facebook.

I think you meant They do a lot of things right but social networking is just not their "ping".

isoMorpheus · Nov 21, 2011

applesith said:
Those are some pretty fugly people.

Very true. The civil rights activists here can be lame and dishonest all they want, but a good ad featuring a video calling functionality should have pretty actors in them.

To get a sense of what looks are pleasant and what are the standards in good marketing, just compare the Skype-Microsoft-Facebook faces with http://www.apple.com/mac/facetime/

isoMorpheus · Nov 21, 2011

micklejohn said:
Hello,
I need you guys help.
Which is better apple or Skype?
Give me some suggestion?

Skype is better, and what suggestion are you talking about?

zachlegomaniac · Nov 25, 2011

applesith said:
Those are some pretty fugly people.

I think British is the preferred nomenclature, dude.

JJ my beautiful UK friends.

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