Skype introduces free group video calling across iOS and Android

Skype announced Thursday that iOS and Android users in the U.S. and Western Europe can expect to start making group video calls from their smartphones and tablets in the coming week. 

The feature will allow users to hold conversations with up to 25 people at once. Skype designed two new views for group video conferences: The first allows users to see one another in a grid, and it's designed for calls with a handful of people. A second active speaker view shows a big picture of the person talking by default, along with a small, scrollable row of other participants. 

In that view, users can also "pin" someone, so they can always see a large view of the most important person in the conversation for them. Users can change who they've pinned during the call, or remove the pin and go back to Skype's default mode of primarily showing the person talking. 

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