The voice and video chat app now will run all day in the background without draining a smartphone's battery, Microsoft says.
Smartphone makers are chasing new features like bigger screens, fingerprint readers, and motion sensors, but a consistent item I hear on ordinary people's wish lists is longer battery life. Apparently somebody at Skype is listening.
Microsoft on Tuesday released an update to its service for voice, video, and text chat that comes with "aggressive battery savings," according to the Google Play store.
That means people can "leave Skype running all day with no noticeable battery drain," the company said.
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