{"id":1808,"date":"2018-09-03T12:56:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T12:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/skype-u-turns-on-snapchat-like-features-after-complaints\/"},"modified":"2018-09-03T12:56:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T12:56:26","slug":"skype-u-turns-on-snapchat-like-features-after-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/skype-u-turns-on-snapchat-like-features-after-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype U-turns on Snapchat-like features after complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Screenshots of the skype app\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/11A2D\/production\/_103273227_skype.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Skype<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    The new layout of the Skype app<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Microsoft has announced it will remove a number of Snapchat-like features from its Skype messenger service. <\/p>\n<p>The software giant updated Skype in June 2017 but now says many customers feel the increasingly complicated features get in the way of its core uses, messaging and making phone calls. <\/p>\n<p>Microsoft will reduce the navigation options from five to three by removing the camera and highlights buttons.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the updates simply &#8220;didn&#8217;t resonate&#8221; with most users, it said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image narrative-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p057yx80.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span>WATCH: Skype update draws backlash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it announced the June 2017 updates, Microsoft told the BBC: &#8220;We know this was a big change and we welcome feedback along the way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re confident that as we continue to listen to users and provide updates to the app&#8230; we&#8217;ll be able to keep improving the experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And now, Skype design director Peter Skillman has written in a blog:  &#8220;This past year we explored some design changes and heard from customers that we overcomplicated some of our core scenarios.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Released in 2003, Skype was bought by Microsoft in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>But now, Facebook&#8217;s Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp as well as Telegram and Snapchat all provide similar features, with many copying ideas from one another. <\/p>\n<p>Most noticeably, Messenger and Instagram incorporate the &#8220;stories&#8221; features from Snapchat.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-45395834\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Skype Image caption The new layout of the Skype app Microsoft has announced it will remove a number of Snapchat-like features from its Skype messenger service. 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