The Facebook message bar and the phone book can be complete in Skype integrated. The Facebook contacts and their status messages and notice board contributions are of Skype in a separate bar displayed within Facebook. There, the Skype users, such as the social network itself, its own status updates in writing, with the Skype status can also synchronize the. In addition, you can quickly and easily with the Facebook friends make calls or SMS to send them. Is the Facebook contact also represented at Skype, are still free Skype-to-Skype calls are possible. At the same time the Skype 5.0 user interface has been refreshed in.

Audio and video calls, instant messaging, file sharing and working together on a screen will now be controlled easier and more intuitive. The new function for group videoconferencing is initially only available as a free demo version of the new Skype and is also still in beta status. Skype allows video calls with up to ten people. A dynamic view video conferencing makes it easier to follow the respective speaker. In the first six months, video calls had already accounted for an estimated 40 percent of all Skype call minutes.