Skype is the successor to MSN Messenger, one of Microsoft‘s most complete and professional tools that allows us to open a chat with other people to make voice calls, video calls and IP calls over the Internet. With the confinement of last spring, this software has become one of the best programs to stay connected with our friends and loved ones. And now, with the rise of telecommuting, and facing a possible new confinement, Microsoft has decided to take Skype group calls to a new level.
Until today, this program allowed us to make group calls of up to 50 people . Taking into account that Skype can be used completely free of charge and without limitations, in addition to other programs designed for more business use, such as Teams, the limit of 50 people was not bad. However, with the latest update of this program, the company has decided to increase the maximum number of participants in these calls. Specifically, duplicate it.
Up to 100 participants in the same call
Starting today, users who have the Preview version of this program installed will be able to create group calls of up to 100 participants at the same time. This new feature is available to both normal users and those who use Skype in business and even in the education sector.
This new limit applies to all platforms, so we can use it both from the desktop and from the web and even from mobile platforms such as Android or iOS. For all. The only thing we will need is a Microsoft Account, and have the preview version of the program. Soon the limit of 100 people will reach all other users.
In addition, the latest version of Skype brought with it a series of improvements that add to this increase in the limit of users of calls:
- New messages are not pinned on top of recent messages.
- The language of the settings is automatically set to English.
- Fixed a login error on Android.
- Fixed problems when uploading files, and with the Windows favorite contacts list.
We can download the preview version of Skype from this link . And, if we prefer, we can also download Skype for free to start using it on our computer.
Other programs allow larger group calls
Do you have 100 friends? Now you won’t have to leave anyone out of your group calls. But what happens if we need to put more than 100 people into the same call?
Within Skype we can find a sub-program called ” Skype for Business ” that will allow us to create calls with up to 250 participants at the same time, a number considerably higher than the normal version of this program allows. Microsoft Teams , a platform that has also gained great prominence in these tough months, allows grouping up to 300 people within the same call since its last update.
Other alternatives that are at the height of Skype are Zoom and Google Hangouts, being two platforms that support up to 100 participants at the same time. Although the professional and educational editions raise this limit considerably.
