Microsoft today pushed out a new update for its Skype app for Android users. The app has been bumped to new version 8.9.0.64295. The update comes with some minor new features for the Skype application.

Microsoft has recently made available the new Skype application with UI changes and adding some cool new features to the application like new “Highlights” section similar to “WhatsApp Status”.

Users can now add more content like GIFs, Images etc to their chats by clicking on the “+” button. The team has also made it easy for Android users to upload video from the phone’s gallery to the Highlights option.

Any new contact or friend willing to chat with you on Skype can now send you messages directly with the new Auto accept follow requests option which has been added in the latest update.

The update also comes with the usual bug fixes and performance improvements to the application on Android along with the new features. The update is currently live and can be downloaded by clicking the below Play Store link.

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