

Skype is still seen as the go-to service for free video calls, however, and the full roll-out of Video Messaging across all of its apps should help to reaffirm its market dominance moving forward. Google’s new Hangouts app is available as a Chrome extension – and supports group calls with up to 10 people for free – and cross-platform mobile messaging service Kakao Talk is set to launch a PC version sometime this month. Microsoft needs to stay on its toes at the moment, as there are a number of emerging competitors looking to eat into its existing market share.

Microsoft then brought the feature across to its Windows incarnations two months later, before updating it in June with improved stability and notification options. At the time, however, it was only available for its Android, iPhone and Mac applications.

Skype launched Video Messages as a preview build back in February.

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