Microsoft rolled out an update for Skype app on Android focused on consuming less mobile tech devices battery life. And claims you can now run the app in the background all day without ever worrying about draining your device battery power to empty.<\/p>\n
The latest update also fixes a few bugs that were causing issues for Skype users on Android. A problem on Android 4.4 KitKat involving the camera has apparently been fixed along with a bug that blocked audio and video calls for tablets without Bluetooth capability. You\u2019ll also notice your contacts from Windows Live Messenger now appear in the default view, meaning you don\u2019t have to dig around in the app for them anymore.<\/p>\n Skype admits that its Android app is still a work in progress and promises to roll out more updates in the future. The company\u2019s main strategy for saving your\u00a0HP pavilion dv7 battery life<\/a> is to shut off instant notifications from group chats. In the near future, Skype says it plans to bring back those notifications without putting a strain on your battery, but for now you can head into settings to bring those instant updates back at the cost of\u00a0 Dell Vostro 1710 Battery<\/a> life savings.<\/p>\n Skype app on Android should already be updating automatically on your device, but you can kickstart the process by heading to Google Play. Microsoft also notes that a similar update is coming to Amazon\u2019s Kindle Fire platform later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Experience Skype in the palm of your hand. Here\u2019s just a few of the great things you can do with Skype app\u00a0for Android devices: Send and receive instant messages for free. Free face to face video and voice calls over a 3G or WiFi connection. Low cost calls and text messages to mobiles and landlines. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[363,362,361],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-battery-knowledge-base","category-tech-info","tag-aussie-battery-shop","tag-hp-pavilion-dv7-laptop-battery-life","tag-skype-update-for-android"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"dell-latitude-e6500-battery\"](\"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dell-latitude-e6500-battery.jpg\")
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