What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about calling your friends (for free)? Yeah, it is probably Skype. This app first became popular during the time when there was no real competition for it. However, now that there are a lot of alternatives to using Skype, it still remains a number one choice for many people. I want to talk about why exactly that is and describe some of its features. Without further ado, here is a list of features that make this program one of the most popular choices.
Organizing your contact list
If you are a sociable kind of person, you probably have this problem of having too many contacts on your social network services. Some other programs make this contact list seem like a one big mess. Skype, however, has a more organized contact list where you can add contacts to favorites list so you are more likely to find the person you really want to talk to. Organizing your contacts is really easy using this app and it helps to prevent various confusing situations. It also makes it easier to call your “favorite” contacts.
Easy way to organize a conference call
If you want to set up a virtual roundtable or a business meeting, this app will be your best choice for doing that. It offers you the option of organizing your own conference and make calls (all for free). This is a really good way to avoid miscommunication if you want to get a specific point across. These days, Skype also has an option of holding a video conference. It also provides you with various other options, like sharing your screen, for example, or sending files to other conference members. This particular feature is what makes this app the best choice if you want to gather some people for discussion regarding business or just have a talk with you friends.
Sharing
Of course, that is not everything that Skype can offer you. Its developers understand the needs of their users and therefore provide an option for sharing various files. It makes it very easy to just attach the file to your dialogue and send it to the recipient. Not only that, but you can also do that during a chat or a video call as well. This provides some much needed flexibility. You can also message the person you are having a video chat with without interrupting the call.
There are a number of reasons that make Skype so popular and these are the main ones. I must also mention that you can call someone who doesn’t have a Skype account. However, this will require a certain payment from your side. This payment is not as big as you might think. It is actually cheaper than using a phone (you can find the exact numbers on their site or inside the app itself).
I hope that this short article on Skype’s features will help you decide if you want to use it or not. Just remember that there are a number of alternatives that exist out there but not all of them have features that this app has.