Make & receive a video call
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Make & receive a video call
Make or receive a video call.
- You can use Skype video to make and receive video calls. From the Start screen, tap the Skype video tile.
- The first time you use Skype, tap Continue.
Note: If you have not signed in with your Microsoft account, you will need to do so now. Tap Sign in and follow the prompts.
- Tap Continue to find friends on Skype or Do this later to finish at a later time.
Note: For this demo, Do this later was chosen.
- You are now logged into Skype. To add a contact on Skype, tap the Add contacts icon.
- Enter the Desired username and tap the Enter key on the keyboard.
- Tap the Desired Skype user to send a request to add them to your contacts.
- Tap Send. When the user has accepted your request, they will be listed as a contact.
- To make a video call, tap the Contacts icon.
- Tap the Desired contact.
- Tap Skype video.
- You will be connected to the video contact.
- To turn the front-facing camera On/Off, tap the Video icon.
- To mute your microphone on the call, tap the Microphone icon.
- To silence the call, tap the Speaker icon.
- Tap the End call icon to end.
- When receiving a video call, you can tap audio for an audio-only call, ignore to dismiss the call, or video to answer the video call.
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