If you have used Skype on Windows or Mac OS X recently then the changes won’t strike you as particularly new, but Linux users have been waiting a while for such an update. The Skype team have highlighted four main areas in which major improvements have been made, and they are:

1. A unified view for all text chats, rather than separate windows for each.
2. A brand new view for voice calls.
3. Improved audio quality.
4. Improved video quality as well as a wider range of supported cameras.