Microsoft launches Skype Lite for Android devices but for now

Skype is one of the most used communication applications. Due to its ease of adapting to users of all types, its versatility and above all because it is a multiplatform application, Skype occupies in its own right a higher rank within the applications to keep us connected.

Microsoft is aware that it is one of its most widespread utilities but the competition is getting stronger, hence it keeps it updated to deal with other alternatives such as WhatsApp, Telegram or even Facebook Messenger .In this way and in order not to lose users to the strength of the competition the company has announced the launch of Skype Lite for terminals with Android, but only within the market Indian.

The announcement was made by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the Future Decoded event in Mumbai. This is a new version of Skype but lighter, ideal for use in entry-level Android terminals and adapted to the use of networks with less power. No 4G or even 3G networks. The aim is to optimize the use of the 2G network, perhaps the most widespread in the country.

We are talking about a developing country, with a huge population in which networks are not yet at the level we can find in other parts of the globe , a circumstance that does not prevent a large part of the population from having terminals that, although modest, are _smartphones_ permanently connected.

With the use of Skype Lite and thanks to the new mode of using reduced data in video calls, users will see how minimizes the impact of the electricity bill by reducing the consumption of megabytes. Even it is possible to know the amount of data consumed from the same application. These are its characteristics:

• Chat with contacts via Skype or SMS
• Possibility of reducing data consumption in video calls
• Know the data usage from the same application
• Free voice or video calls with any contact on Skype
• Ability to share photos, emoticons, and files

Skype Lite is available in the different dialects that can be found in India, such as Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.It can be downloaded from Google Play and you only need to have a device with Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich or higher It is a movement similar to the one we already saw in your day with Facebook Lite, a way to attract and above all retain, users from countries that do not have the same means as us to access depending on which technologies.

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