Apple introduced the Touch Bar in November 2016 in the new MacBook Pro and in a few months most of renowned developers have implemented the Apple bar in their applications. The rest, should "move tab" quickly if they do not want to be left behind in the technology race. Microsoft, for its part, continues to take slow but steady steps. First you deployed the Office applications and now it's Skype's turn.
The version that we finished updating corresponds to 7.48 and its main feature is the integration with the Touch Bar. Controlling calls will be much easier from today with the management of the Apple bar.
The implemented functions not only include the buttons on-hook, off-hook, mute and volume. But We can also see the profile photo of the users that are connected, to start an audio or video conversation with them directly. But the entire bar is not used solely for the Skype buttons, as the brightness, escape and Siri control buttons are still active. Who thinks that there is too much information and it will not be comfortable to handle, the developer uses colors to highlight some buttons. An example is the hang up button, which is in bright red.
The part in which they may have to work in the next few months is the moment when the Bar is activated: at the moment, until you have a call in progress, the bar is not activated. We imagine that they will be working so that we can access it when entering the application or with a keyboard shortcut.
In addition, the update incorporates the improvement of other general adjustments that will make a more optimized application. Download the application or update it, it is as easy as to access to the Skype page, where you can always discover recently implemented functions that you were not aware of until now.