Skype 5.11 for Windows Microsoft Account Integration

Skype team today announced a new beta version of Skype for Windows.
This 5.11 beta contains many new features that many have been waiting for, and some even feared, because Skype is increasingly integrating into the Microsoft infrastructure.

- For example, it is possible to log in to Skype using a Microsoft account (previously known as Windows Live ID), see your presence status, send instant messages directly to Messenger (formerly known as MSN Messenger) Xbox, Hotmail or Outlook.com.
- Improved integration with Facebook, now it is possible to log in to Skype using also a Facebook account without creating a Skype account before.
- Updated design, now it has become more “flat”, that is, the trend is the design of the latest Microsoft products
- History of profile pictures (avatars). All of your previous Skype profile pictures are saved, so you don’t have to search through old files if you want to use the previous image.
- Also in the new version will appear localized version of Skype in Thai, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Catalan and Slovak languages, resulting in a total number of supported languages ​​will be 38.

Full list of changes
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