Skype 5.11 for Windows allows connection with Microsoft and Facebook

[Scubie67]

A new beta version of Skype VoIP client is available with the opportunity to connect with Microsoft and / or Facebook.

The Skype team has released two new beta versions of its software to version 5.11 on Windows and MAC OS X. Microsoft subsidiary has completed the integration of the messaging service of skype. At startup, the user will be prompted to log in with a Microsoft account. Then the user will associate his Skype ID and thus with the Microsoft account the user will be presented with the ability to send an instant message or call the phone number listed on their user profile.

Integrating Microsoft account will therefore communicate with contacts on Windows Live Messenger or Xbox Live or Hotmail / Outlook.com. Remember that Microsoft will soon offer a plugin similar like Facebook to integrate Skype directly into its new messaging website Outlook.com.

Meanwhile, it is possible to connect directly with a Facebook account. Version 5.11.0.102 for Windows also would have a slightly simplified user interface while grinding Version 5.11.0.33 for OS X offers multiple windows conversations.

[Damiano]

It is great that now we can login with our Microsoft account (formerly known as Windows Live ID) and see our online friends, and send and receive instant messages to the ones who are using it, and can additionally also use Xbox, Hotmail or Outlook.com. In this update, Skype comes in Thai, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Slovak and Catalan, as well as a total of 38 languages also.