All new SMS for Mac
We’re proud to announce that we’ve just released a new version of Skype for Mac. We’ve worked hard to bring even more features to you and we hope you’re going to like them.
You can now send SMS messages directly from Skype which means that you can always contact friends or family who aren’t online cheaply wherever they are – all you need is some Skype credit and your contacts mobile number and you are ready to go.
We’ve also increased the number of people you can conference call. Now you can talk with up to 9 people at once whether they are Skype or SkypeOut contacts – now there’s no excuse for not letting everyone know what you are up to, all in one go.
We’ve also made it easier to change your audio device settings for different activities within Skype using drop down selections. Hear incoming calls ring through your speakers so even if you’re not at your computer you can still hear your friend calling, then set outgoing calls to be made through your headset.
Download it now and let us know what you think of it by adding comments to this blogpost.
For those that are a little more technical, please check our the Skype for Mac Developer Site where it contains details on how to submit Bug Reports if you so wish.
Further to my previous entry, I have recieved the SMS verification code on my cell phone, however I cant for the life of me carry out step 2: Entering the code!
I type the code in, however I am unable to click ‘Submit’. Any ideas??
Many thanks and much appreciation for your assistance!
Hi Robbie,
Unfortunately at this time we are unable to provide this service – receiving SMS messages in on your SkypeIn number, but I know it’s something we’d love to do, so keep checking back to skype.com. As far as you being unable to click ‘Submit’ silly question – do you have credit? If you do and it’s still not working, can I suggest you log a support ticket (from your mac) here?
Two things:
1) My Skype seems to crash alot now? Weird..
2) Uhm when I’m on voice chat with someone, you can hear a “PSCHT” sound that it really loud and hurts your ears whenever its just on call. No, it’s not my microphone because it happens with 2-3 of my computers at my house with skype and all have different microphones. I’ve heard other people have this problem when they have this version of Skype. Any way to fix this? Its a real problem.
I love Skype for the MAC, but it’s late at night and I want to lower my mic’s volume so their sleeping parents aren’t disrupted. How do I do this? D: