Instead, you’ll see their name and – another new feature – a custom background image so you can more easily tell everyone apart.Īdditionally, the call stage is now rendered so that participants are evenly distributed on the screen, instead of having someone show up by themselves in one row, for example.Īnother key improvement Skype is making to the calling experience is performance. The call stage now also shows all participants, even if they aren’t sharing any video – but again, this can be changed. Next up is the video feed, it will now be visible in the call stage as any other participant, rather than having a small window in the corner (though you can disable this). A lot of changes are being made here, starting with a new design that fits both light and dark themes for the app. Microsoft is redesigning the call stage, the area of the call where participants are visible.

XDA reports that the Skype team has announced several new features coming to the platform in the near future, promising to make the app better than ever. Microsoft is finally integrating Teams directly into the operating system with Windows 11 and the company is not ready to leave Skype behind.