Microsoft today announced the launch of Skype Group video calling on mobile for Android and iOS devices. Skype’s video calling on mobile supports up to 25 participants at 1080p. It allows you to flip between the front and back camera during the group video call. Skype team has spent lot of time in optimizing the group video calling UI.
A view of what you’re broadcasting is always pinned to the lower right hand coer of your screen, and as more and more people are added, the call’s grid view dynamically adjusts to show you as many participants as it can. But once you hit more than seven participants, the display re-arranges things to highlight the person speaking by default, with all the other participants lined up at the bottom of the screen. You can then swipe through that lineup and find an individual caller and “pin” them to the screen so you always see what they see rather than let Skype pick your view.
Microsoft worked with Intel to enable its SILK Super Wide Band audio codec to run on Azure servers powered by Intel CPUs. Skype Mobile users in the US and weste Europe will get this feature first and worldwide availability is before end of this March.