Skype releases v5.9 for Windows, Download now

Developers at Skype has released a new version of the product, released as version 5.9, it looks to fix few issues that was found with the earlier release and brings some small UI notification changes for good.

Below is the official change-log of the released update;

  1. A new confirmation message when sending a contact to a group conversation
  2. A new Hotkey for taking snapshots during video calls
  3. Improved non-standard international phone number recognition for Australian users
  4. The ability to opt-out from silent updates
  5. Screen sharing: Red contours shared window had defects when moving the window around
  6. Screen sharing: It was not possible to initiate screen sharing session when user was in invisible state
  7. Video: Webcam in use message was not displayed properly
  8. Profile: It was not possible to change on your own profile your phone numbers country code
  9. Generic: Skype crashed when pressing “esc” while editing contacts phone number
  10. Video: Video preview did not close after switching the video off
  11. Calling: Add people to call did not list contacts from other contact list than currently active
  12. Accessibility: When receiving multiple files at once the file
  13. Options: Seldom expanding options sub menus did not work
  14. Group conversations: Sometimes instead of contacts full name a Skype name was shown instead on group calls
  15. Generic: On two monitor setup when switching from default mode to compact mode Skype was put to secondary monitor
  16. Localization: Localization to all languages updated

You can download Skype 5.9.32.114 for Microsoft Windows from here.

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